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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
• This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
  
  1. They don't notify winners by email.
  2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
  3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
  4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
  5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
  6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
  7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • rwood_ms@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • uklot_claimsagent@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Rose Wood <rwood_ms@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 00:56:03 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: NOTIFICATION OF WINNINGS


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: rwood_ms@yahoo.com

Customer Service

# 13 Beach Pkw,Princess Dolly Carlin Towers

Manchester,United Kingdom




Ref: UK/9420X2/68

Batch: 074/05/ZY369


DATE: 19/06/2006


NOTIFICATION OF WINNINGS:


Dear Sir/Madam


We happily announce to you the draw of the United Kingdom Sweepstake Lottery International programs held on the 14th of April 2006 in London. Your e-mail address attached to TICKET NUMBER: 564 75600545-188 with SERIAL NUMBER: 5388/02 drew the LUCKY NUMBERS: 07-12-23-26-29-44 which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category. You are therefore, been approved to claim a total sum of $250,000.00USD (Two hundred and Fifty thousand, Dollars). This is from a total cash prize of US $2.5 Million Dollars, shared amongst the first ten (10) lucky winners in this category.

All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 companies websites. Please note that your lucky winning category # :two (2) falls within our Asian booklet representative office in Rachadaphisek Bangkok, Thailand. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you. This is a part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements. You can go to our online result site to confirm the value of your winnings and also get a prize breakdown: www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/results/results.do

To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your full names, contact address, telephone number, Age and occupation, Winnings numbers [such as batch,ref,serial and lucky winning number] and forward to the Overseas Claims Unit: Contact Person: Mr George Howes Email: uklot_claimsagent@yahoo.co.uk

Congratulations from me and members of staff of THE NATIONS LOTTERY.


Yours faithfully,

Rose Wood (Mrs)


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The national lottery promo Awards is proudly sponsored by the Microsoft Corporation, the Intel Group,Toshiba,Dell Computers, Mckintosh and a conglomeration of other international IT companies. The Free lottery internet draw is held quarterly every year and is so organized to encourage the use of the internet and computers worldwide.We are proud to say that over 200 Million Euros are won annually in more than 150 countries worldwide. We also encourage you to visit our website at www.national-lottery.co.uk and take your chance to play and become part of our daily winners. Millions are won on a daily basis on one of the world's most famous The Free lottery Promo.

============================================================================================================== PLEASE NOTE THAT WINNERS WHO RESIDE CLOSE TO PEOPLE WHO WERE AFFECTED BY THE HURRICANE KATERINA AND THE HURRICANE RITA WILL BE REQUIRED TO DONATE TWENTY PERCENT OF THEIR WINNINGS TO THOSE VICTIMS

- Rose Wood

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