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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.
• 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.
  • lotto_online@ny.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: CLAIMCASH-ONLINE UK <lottolotto211@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: lotto_online@ny.com
Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2006 14:36:50 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Re: PRIZE AWARD


UKONLINE NOTIFICATION DESK.
GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED!!
UKONLINE?INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
IS REGISTERED UNDER THE DATA PROTECTION ACT OF;
(Registration Z720633X).


National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)














WINNING NOTIFICATION


Ref: LSUK/2031/8161/06
Batch: R3/A312-59a
CATEGORY. 2nd category

We happily announce to you the by-anual online draw of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International Program held on 29th May 2006.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: B9564 75604545 188 with
Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 01,14,20,22,31,42 & bonus 09. Which subsequently won you one of the lucky Dip prizes. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £980,840 (Nine Hundred and Eighty Thousand, Eight Hundred and Forty British Pounds ) Only in cash credited to file LSUK/2031/8161/05. This is from a total cash prize of £47,305,800 (Forty Seven Million, Three Hundred and Five Thousand, Eight Hundred British Pounds) Only, shared amongst the Twenty (20) lucky winners in this category.

LOTTO PRIZE BREAKDOWN
Draw date : 29nd May 2006. Your Prize Money £980,840.00
NUMBER OF MATCHES. No OF WINNERS. £s PER WINNER.
TOTAL Match 6 1 £5,254,612, £5,254,612: Match 5 plus bonus 20 £980,840, £19,616,800
Match 5 576 £11,754, £6,770,304: Match 4 33686 £465, £15,663,990: Match 3 604272 £10: £6,042,706: Totals 638555, £47,305,706

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from the World Wide Web through a computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 Unions, Associations, Companies and Corporate bodies that are listed online.

Our corresponding 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. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claims and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned !!!

To file for your claim, please contact our corresponding Agent immediately
you read this message for quick and urgent release of your fund, contact
information is as follow: -

Name : Dr. Peter Davies .
Overseas Subscribers Agents
ADDRESS: 2-3 avenue, highlands
north, Liverpool 85609.
Email: lotto_online@ny.com

Please be informed that all winning must be claimed on or before 15th July, 2006. To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your reference/batch numbers in any correspondences with our designated agents or us. Congratulations once more from all members and staff of this program that has successfully won this competition. Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery Program.

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 !!!

The Free Lotto 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 lotto internet draw is held thrice in a year and is so organized to encourage the use of the internet and computers worldwide.

We are proud to say that over 200 Million Dollars are won annually in more than 150 countries worldwide. We also encourage you to visit our various website online and take your chance to become part of our daily winners as Millions are won on a daily basis on one of the world's most famous free lotto service. Become part of our daily winners.

Once again congratulations from the entire staff of the U.K NATIONAL
LOTTERY.

Brain Hunt.
Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program
NATIONAL LOTTERY

Brain Hunt
Controller Copyright 1994-2005 The U.K. National Lottery Inc.




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