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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:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• 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!
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447031949266 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • uklotterypayout_dpt@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • payout_dpt@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "UKNATIONAL ONLINE LOTTERY" <rwoodmore23@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 13:13:20 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATION!!! YOU JUST WON A LOTTERY

Ref : UK/776090X2/23
Batch: 013/05/8394369
Daily Draw Further results
http://www.national-lottery.com/resultsnational.asp
Draw date:24/5/2006
WINNING NOTIFICATION:

Attn: Winner,


We happily announce to you the Draw (#942) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,online
UKNational Lottery program held on 24th of May.Your e-mail address won the
lottery, with Serial number 5368/02 drew the Winning numbers:
01,17,25,29,41,46 (bonus no.06), which subsequently won you the lottery in
the 2nd category i.e match 3 plus bonus. You have therefore been approved to
claim total sum of $1,628,360.00 (One Million Six Hundred And Twenty Eight
Thousand Three Hundred and Sixty Million Unites State Dollars) in cash
credited to file.This is from a total cash prize of $20,350,000.00,shared
amongst the Winners with different amount won in this category i.e Match 3
plus bonus.All participants for the online version were selected randomly
from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from
over 100,000 unions,associations, and corporate bodies that are listed
online.

This promotion takes place weekly.Your lucky winning number falls within our
European booklet repre! sentative office in Europe as indicated in your play
coupon. In view of this, your $1,628,360.00 (One Million Six Hundred And
Twenty Eight Thousand Three Hundred And Sixty Million Unites State Dollars)
will be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe. Our uropean
agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of our
funds as soon as you contact her.For security reasons, you are advised to
keep your winning information confidential till your claim is processed and
your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your
prize.

Draw date:24/5/2006 Bonus

01 17 25 29 41 46 BONUS 06

This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned. To file for your
claim,Please contact our Fiduciary Agent for VALIDATION.

**************************************************
Barrister David Green.
Foreign Services Manager, Payment and Release order
Deprtment,OSA CLAIMS PROCESSING LOTTERY AGENT.
TRANS-ATLANTIC S.A LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
Tel Phone:+447031949266
E-mail :uklotterypayout_dpt@yahoo.co.uk
Email :payout_dpt@hotmail.com
**************************************************

Endeavour to email him your full names,winning numbers,email
address,telephone and fax numbers immediately.

Congratulations from me and members of staff of THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,
Rose Wood (Mrs)
Online Coordinator for THE NATIONAL LOTTERY
www.national-lottery.com
CONGRATULATION

_________________________________________________________________
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