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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "global mega lottery"
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "claim 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.
  • +447040131735 (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.
  • uk_lotteryboard2010@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "world uk" <worldlot_uk2@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: uk_lotteryboard2010@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 13:14:24 +0200
Subject: BRITISH NATIONAL LOTTERY 2006 DRAWS.

 

   

 British Lottery Headquarters:        

                                                                
 33 YATCH BASIN MARINA  OFFICES  
UPON TYNE NEWCASTLE .LONDON 

Dear Sir/Madam,

 

                                          WINNING NOTIFICATIONV AWARD.

 

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today, 08/06/2006, of  winners of the British National Lottery Progamme, held  on 03/06/ 2006. as part of our promotional draws. Participants were  selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 2,500,000 email  addresses of individuals and companies from Africa, America, Asia,Australia, Canada, Europe, Middle East, and NewZealand as part of our electronic  business PromotionsProgram. You qualified for the draw as a result of  you visiting various websites we are running the e-business  promotions for every individual and companies , attached to ticket number 100-309-7482, with serial  number  513-10 drew the luckynumbers 2,9,22,23,24,30,+5 and consequently won in  the  Second Category.You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of US$1,950,000.00 in cash, which is the winning payout for Second category winners. This is from the total prize money of US$13,650,000.00 shared among the Seven international winners in the Second category.

CONGRATULATIONS!

 

Your fund is now deposited with the Global Mega Lottery Finance  Company insured in your name. Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this  secretly from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to your account.This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of thisprogram. We hope with a part of your prize, you will participate in our mid year (2007) high stakes US$6.5millions International Lottery.To begin your claim, please contact your claim agent immediately.

REFERENCE NUMBER: FLS-ZR39-825P-4.
BATCH NUMBER: 74-263-BBN-2.

Kindly contact your claim agent Mr Lonny Cathy for the remittance of your funds immeadiatly this information reach your notice.

   

British Lottery Headquarters:
Customer Service                                                                     
33 YATCH BASIN MARINA  OFFICES,
UPON TYNE NEWCASTLE .LONDON

Mr Lonny Cathy.

Email;uk_lotteryboard2010@yahoo.co.uk

Tel: +447040131735.

Fax.. 44-871-251-5772.
 Congratulation to you and your family also be informed that we have only three countries being our payment head office world wild to enable you receive your British lottery without any delay so state clearly your details to avoid fraudulent Payments to a wrong person. 
Best Regard

 Adams Smith.

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