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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")
• 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.
  • +447040113478 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448701299820 (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.
  • onlinewinningnotification_lotto1@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • brmfrankgarry@easymail.hu (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?koi8-r?q?Uk=20National=20Lottery?= <onlinewinningnotification_lotto1@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: brmfrankgarry@easymail.hu
Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 21:24:02 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Online Winning Notification(The National Lottery)


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UKNATIONAL HQS LOTTERY

HEADQUARTERS

Uknational Lottery Headquarters:

Customer Service

28 TANFIELD ROAD,

CROYDON.LONDON

UKNATIONAL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL AWARD NOTIFICATION

Ref: BTL/491OX1/04

Batch: 12/25/0304

TO WINNER IN OUR PROGRAM

We happily announce to you the draw of the Uk L

ottery International programs held on the 29th March 2006.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 2 - 3 - 7 - 24 - 46 - 47 – 36 with Serial number 886/04drew the lucky numbers: 31-6-26-13-35-7,which subsequently won the

lottery in the 2nd category.

You are therefore, been approved to claim a total sum of &pound;681,025.00 (Six Hundred and Eighty One Thousand Twenty Five pounds equivalents $1,196,084.21 (One Million One Hundred and Ninety Six Thousand, Eighty Four Dollars Twenty One Cent) in cash credited to file KPC/9022823900/06/TCA This is from a total cash prize of &pound;3,800,000 pounds Shared amongst the first Five (5) lucky winners in this Grand

category "B", shared amongst the first Fifty (40) lucky winners in this category.

This year Email computer balloting Program Jackpot is the largest ever for Uk Lottery .The estimated &pound; 3,800,000 pounds Shared amongst the first Five (5) lucky winners in this Grand category "B"jackpot would be the sixth biggest in the European history. The biggest was the $363 million jackpot that went to two winners in this year drawing of The Big Game, Mega Millions' predecessor.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in our play coupon.

In view of this, your &pound; 681,025.00 (Six Hundred and Eighty One Thousand Twenty Five pounds) would be released to you by our affiliate bank. Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds to you as soon as you make contact with him.

All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 companies.This promotion takes place annually. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and you r money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.

This is a part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements.Note that this program was largely promoted and sponsored by a group of philanthropist, industrialists from the Internet hardware industry and

some other big multinational firms who wish to be anonymous.

Please contact our fiduciary agent with the below details for processing of your claims.

Mr Frank Garry

CLAIMS MANAGER EMAIL: brmfrankgarry@easymail.hu

Tel: +44 704 011 3478

Fax: +44 700 596 1407

You may wish to establish contact via e-mail with the particulars presented below citing the batch and reference numbers to this letter.

Ref No: BTL/491OX1/04,

Batch No: 12/25/0304,

Draw number: 06/1051

Telephone lines are open between the hours of 8.00am - 4.30pm on Monday through Friday.For the immediate release of your funds you are to provide the following details to our fiduciary agent:

FULL NAMES OF BENEFICIARY:........................

CONTACT ADDRESS:..................................

CITY/STATE:.......................................

COUNTRY:..........................................

NATIONALITY:......................................

OCCUPATION.......................................

SEX:.......................AGE:...................

MARITAL STATUS...................................

TEL NO:...........................................

NEXT OF KIN:......................................

AMOUNT WON:.......................................

REFENCE NO:................BATCH NO:..............

LUCKY NO:..................TICKET NO..............

SERIAL NO:.................LOTTERY DATE:..........



Our winners are assured of the utmost standards of confidentiality,and press anonymity until the end of proceedings, and beyond where they so desire. Be further advised to maintain the strictest level of confidentiality until the end of proceedings to circumvent problems associated with fraudulent claims.

CONGRATULATIONS !!!

At your disposal, we remain. Very Truly Yours,

Ms Rose Charles

Zonal Lottery Co-ordinator.

Tel: +44 704 013 1266

Tel: +44 704 010 3005

Fax: +44 700 596 1407

Fax: +44 870 129 9820

This communication is confidential to UK NATIONAL LOTTERY

HEADQUARTERS and is intended solely for the use of the

individual or organization to which it is addressed.It may contain privileged or confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please notify the originator immediately. If you are not the intended recipient, you should not use, copy, alter, or

disclose the contents of this message.

For: The UK National/ International Promotion's.


N.B please confirm your winning from our central lottery link


http://www.thelotter.com/Results_.asp?Lottery=24 with your


Draw number: 06/1051

- Uk National Lottery

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