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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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)
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "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 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.
  • +447024068341 (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.
  • uknationallotteries1@yahoo.co.uk
  • owenp@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?robert=20muller?= <uknationallotteries1@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 09:24:20 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!! YOUR EMAIL JUST WON YOU.


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: uknationallotteries1@yahoo.co.uk

The United Kingdom Lottery

Headquarters

270 John Downey Drive

New Britain

CT 06051

LONDON

UNITED KINGDOM


(Customer Services)

Ref: UN/9420X2/68

Batch: 074/05/ZY369

DATE:01/06/2006


NOTIFICATION OF WINNINGS:


Dear Sir/Madam


We happily announce to you the draw (..942) of the ,

online Sweepstakes International program held on 26th

of May,2006.

Your e-mail address attached to TICKET NUMBER:

1416-4612-750 with SERIAL NUMBER:3187-17 drew the

LUCKY DREW NUMBERS:31-17-8-28-55 (bonus no.25), which

subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category

i.e match 5 plus bonus.

You have therefore been approved to claim total sum of

£500,000(Five Hundred Thousand Pounds) in

cash credited to file .This is from a total cash prize

of UK £500,000.

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 £500,000 (Five Hundred Thousand Pounds) will be released to you by any of our

payment offices in Europe.

Our European agent will immediately commence the

process to facilitate the release of your funds as

soon as you contact him.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.

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 claims agent

******************************************************************************************************

Mr. Owen Phillips

270 John Downey Drive

New Britain

CT 06051

LONDON

UNITED KINGDOM

Tel:+4470-24068341

Official Email:owenp@myway.com

******************************************************************************************************

Endeavour to contact him with the following

informations:


1,Full Names

2,Contact Address

3,Telephone Number

4,Age

5,Sex

6,Nationality

7,Occupation

8, Winning information i,e ticket number, batch

number, reference number, serial number e.t.c

Congratulations from me and members of staff of THE

UNITED NATIONS LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,

Rose Wood (Mrs)

Online coordinator for THE UNITED NATIONS LOTTERY

Sweepstakes International Program

For and on behalf of the

Office of the Secretary General

OF THE UNITED NATIONS


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





- robert muller

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