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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:
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• 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.
  • +447023050848 (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.
  • claims_kennmcfish@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "ukdept1" <ukdept1@terra.com.mx>
Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2006 06:14:34 -0600
Subject: Notification of Winning (UKON 2006)


THE NATIONAL LOTTERY.
THE MARINA OFFICES, ST PETERS YACHT BASIN
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE6 1HX
ENGLAND.

Claims Unit Department:
Contact Person: Mr Kenn Mcfish
Contact email:- claims_kennmcfish@yahoo.co.uk
Tel: +447023050848 +447023052284
FROM: THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR PROMOTIONS,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,

Winning Ref No: UKON-5464K2/71
Batch Number: 012/06/DR432
Lucky Numbers: 14 . 33 . 36 . 39 . 42 . 46 . [13] Bonus Ball
Date:05 -06-2006
_____________________________________________ __________________________________
Notification of Winning (UKON 2006)
_______________________________________________________________________________
Dear Winner,
You have been Selected in the UKON 2006 Lottery Program. Our lottery
program selection has finally been performed today which was held at the
Marina office. UK Promotion is a joint Euro/America private lottery
registered and organized in accordance with the World Lottery Regulation
act. We the The National Lottery organizing committee are pleased to
officially notify you of the status of your email application. An official
notification of winning is hereby issued to you as your email promotion
ticket randomly drew for the Lucky Numbers:14 . 33 . 36 . 39 . 42 . 46
. [13] Bonus Ball which selected your email as the 2nd winner of our
lottery program you have consequently won the lottery program in the
first batch.
Congratulations!
We have offi cially approved a sum payout of 950,000.00 GBP only to you
as the lottery winner. This amount is from total prize cash of
2,850,000.00 GBP randomly distributed among Three (3) international winners
selected by our Lottery Random System Selection (LRSS). All participants
were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 25,000 names/
email issued from Australia, New Zealand, America, Europe, North
America and Asia, as part of our International Promotions Program, which is
conducted yearly. Your prize can only be obtained from the assinged
listed corresopndence office, they are to assist and provide helpful
information to you in order to receiving your prize. The National Lottery
Promotion,
===========================================================
Please carefully read all information provided on your winning
file.please remember to quote your winning reference and Lucky winning number
correspondences with this o ffice. Furthermore, should there be any
change of your address, do inform us as soon as possible.
Congratulations again from all our staff for being part of UKON 2006
Lottery Program.
Sincerely,
Information Department
The National Lottery Promotion
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NB: The National Lottery holds the right to cancle your winning if you
are below the age of 18,Employees and immediate family members of
employees of The National Lottery, its associated companies,professional
advisers, advertising and promotional agencies are not eligible to be
winners of this promotional lottery.Contacts should be made directly to the
Claims Unit Department via email on or before 14 days after receiving
your winning notification as this is mandatory.Looking forward to your
urgent reply by filling the VERIFICATION FORM.
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VERIFICATION FORM
SURNAME...................MIDDLE NAME.......................
COUNTRY.......................ADDRESS............................
WINNING EMAIL ADDRESS...........................
SEX.................................................
PHONE NUMBER...............FAX NUMBER.....................
DATE OF BIRTH...................OCCUPATION...................
LUCKY NUMBER ..............REF NUMBER.......................
STATUS..............
===================================================================
This email and its attachments are confidential and intended for the
exclusive use of the addresse(s). This email and its attachments may also
be privileged or protected by legal rules. If you have received this by
mistake please let us know by reply immediately and destroy the email
and its attachments without reading, copying or forwarding the contents

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