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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:

• 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!

Fraud email example:

From: Verification Agent <verification2agent@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 18:26:19 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Winning Notification, {Congratulations your email address has just won 2006 British Lottery}.


BRITISH LOTTERY

14 FRATON ROAD
FULHAM, LONDON
Ref: EAASL/941OYI/02/SHYN
Batch: 12/25/0034

WINNING NOTIFICATION:
Attn: Amarjit Singh

This is to inform you that your email address has won the british lottery which was held last week.Your email which was attached to the serial number 5388/02 and ticket number564 75600545 188 hit the jackpot.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £,500,000 (Five Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds, ) in cash credited to file KPC/9080118308/02/SHYN. This is from a total cash prize of £ 25 Million pounds shared among the first fifty (50) lucky winners in this category (2nd category).

In this category you are advised to keep this notice to yourself because of individuals who may divert your winnings to theirselves and they also use our company to deceive others.You are advised to report back by means of email to verification2agent@yahooco.uk within 48hours of reading this mail with the following details for verification:

CLAIMS ORDER FORM:

1.Full Name
2.Residential Address
3.Nationality
4.Date of Birth
5.Next of Kins
6.Tel/Fax
7.Occupation
8.Ref. Number
9.Batch Number
10.Email Address
11.Annual Income
12.Email Address Serial Number

For futher information or inquiries kindly get back to us to update you on how to claim your winnings.

Yours faithfully,
Mrs.Ella Cole
Lottery Coordinator.

The Lottery Company and lottery.co.uk is in no way affiliated with, associated with or approved or endorsed by Camelot Group plc or The National Lottery Commission.
visit our website www.lottery.co.uk
Material Copyright © 2006 The Lottery Co. Ltd.

LAST WINNERS ON BRITISH LOTTERY ONLINE PROGRAMM.








Dr. P. Swier, Mr. Gerald Goodman (Manager Foreign Operations), Mr. Franklyn Van Der Weijden (Manager Domestic Banking Operations), Dr. James Williams (Director International Credit Department), Mrs. Sandra Murphy (Executive), Mr. Michael Cole (Executive), Mr. Stephen Boer (Chairman).


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