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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:
  • "claims 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 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.
  • claimagent_wilhem@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "UK LOTTERY PROMO" <promolotteryuk@msn.com>
Reply-To: parker_onlineclaimsofficer@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2006 23:22:24 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION(CONGRATULATION!!!)

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

       Ref: UK/9420X2/68  
                Batch: 074/05/ZY369            

      

                    WINNING NOTIFICATION         

We happily announce to you the draw (#1099) of the UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held on Saturday 1st July 2006.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number : 56475600545  188 with  Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:

  Bonus Ball which subsequently won you the lottery in the 1st category i.e. match 6.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £891,257(Eight hundred and ninety one  thousand two hundred and fifty seven pounds sterling) in cash credited to file  KTU/9023118308/03.

This is from a total cash prize of £2,673,771 shared amongst the first three(3) lucky winners in this category i.e Match 6.

 

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from 
WorldWide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000unions,associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online.This promotion takes place twice a week(Wednesdays and Saturdays).

 

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

 

In  view of this, your £891,257(Eight hundred and ninety one  thousand two hundred and fifty seven pounds sterling)would 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 untill 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 fill the form below and contact our claims agent whose details is given below.:

 

Name: ____________________________________

 

Sex: _____________________________________

 

Age: _____________________________________

 

Emmail: __________________________________

 

Marital Status: __________________________

 

Ocupation: _______________________________

 

Address:__________________________________

       

Telephone:________________________________

 

State: ___________________________________

 

Country:__________________________________

 

Ticket Number:____________________________

 

Serial Number:____________________________

 

File Number:______________________________

 

Draw Number:______________________________

 

Amount Won:_______________________________

 

 

                CLAIMS AGENT CONTACT.

Name : Agent Wilhem Wrope(Mr.) 

Email: claimagent_wilhem@yahoo.co.uk

CONGRATULATIONS  FROM THE MEMBERS AND STAFF OF UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,
Mr. Brian Hunt.

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

          

          Mr.  Brian Hunt

           Online coordinator.

 

© 2006 Uk National Lottery. All rights reserved

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