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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• 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.
  • dr_fn_claims_unit@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "uk lottery" <loto_uk_prog4@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 18:51:25 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS/ YOUR EMAIL ID HAS WON THIS MONTH ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD

                                                     

The National Lottery
PO Box 1010
Liverpool
L70 1NL

 

FROM: THE DESK OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR

INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRICE AWARD DEPARTMENT.

REF Nº: EGS/2251256003/06

BATCH Nº:14/0017/1PD

 

RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION/ FINAL NOTICE

 

National U.K Lottery wishes to inform you the results of the E-mail address ballot lottery international program by Great Britain held on 3rd May, 2006. Your email account have been picked as a winner of  One Million, Two Hundred and Eighty Thousand and Sixty-Seven {1,280, 067 } GB. Pounds sterling only.

This results is now released to you on Saturday 27th May, 2006 and your email address attached to ticket number 206817 with serial Number 1082 in the A Category hit bonus ball  05, 08, 12, 24, 28, 31 and bonus ball 22, which won lotto draw of the above date.  To check your results online click on this link              http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/results/results.do

 

Note, participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from Microsoft users from company and individual email addresses users.

 

Be advised to keep your winning information confidential until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this programme. For the release of your winning, kindly contact your claims agent in British Lottery Head Quarters Dr. Franklin Norman at dr_fn_claims_unit@yahoo.co.uk  Note, you are to quote your lucky number for confirmation of your winning.

 

All winning must be claimed not later than 30th June, 2006. After this date all unclaimed funds will be returned to European Union Treasury as unclaimed Prizes. Please note, in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your reference number in all correspondence.

You are therefore advised to give the following informations to your claim's agent via email which is .............................................

 

1. Full name and address.

2. Country.

3. Tel and fax number.

4.Occupation. 

5. A PASSPORT PHOTGRAPH.

 

Congratulations from the staff and thank you for being part of email account users program.

Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Julie Van Hans,
Executive.(Euro Lottery Intern.)

Dr. P. Swier, Mr. Gerald Goodman (Manager Foreign Operations), Mr. Franklyn Van Der Weijden (Manager Domestic Banking Operations), Dr. James Williams (Director International Credit Department), Mrs. Sandra Murphy (Executive), Mr. Michael Cole (Executive), Mr. Stephen Boer (Chairman).
Copyright © 2005 British Lottery International

 

MRS JULIE VAN HANS,

VICE PRESIDENT

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