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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:
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • uba_bank_director@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "sophia halendale" <sophiahalendale_999@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: uba_banks_plc@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2006 00:48:47 +0000
Subject: CONGRATS!!! YOU ARE A LOTTERY WINNER.

FROM:THE DESK OF VICE PRESIDENT
Mrs.Sophia Halendale
URBAN LOTTO INT'L
12 Bridge Street,
Staines Middlesex TW18 4TP
United Kingdom.



Ticket #:56475600545 188
Serial #:5368/02

WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the draw (Draw #06/1056) of the URBAN LOTTO
INT'L, online Sweepstakes International Program held on SATURDAY 15TH
July 2006.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with
Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:Which subsequently won you
one of the lucky dip prizes. You have therefore been approved to claim
total sum of (TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND BRITISH POUNDS ) in cash
credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.

This is from a total cash prize of (SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND
BRITISH POUNDS), shared amongst the THREE (3)lucky winners in this
category.

All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web through a
computer corporate bodies that are listed online.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our African
booklet representative office in Africa as indicated in your play
coupon.In view of this,your(TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND BRITISH
POUNDS )would be released to you by any of our payment offices in
Africa.

Our African paying bank 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 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 contact our lottery payment bank via
email:

This is the paying banks contact:

UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA, PLC
Head Office: Lagos, Nigeria
UBA House 57, MARINA,
P.O. Box 2406, Lagos.
Tel: +(234)805-980-6741
Tel: +(234)802-349-7217
Fax: 01- 4748626
Telex: MIBANK NG 28493, 287196, 11489 and 28990
E-mail:uba_bank_director@yahoo.com
Contact Name:Dr.Aliyu Dikko

With the following vital information:

Full Name:..........................
Full Address:.......................
Nationality:........................
Occupation:.......................
Age:....................................
Sex:........................................
Marital status:..........................
Winning numbers:......................
Batch number:.............................
Amount won:.............................
Email address:...................................
Phone number{land/mobile}:.........

*NOTE*

YOU ARE TO CALL THE BANK IMMEDIATELLY YOU GET THIS WINNING NOTIFICATION
LETTER TO NOTIFY YOUR CLAIM BY PROVIDING YOUR SERIAL# AND TICKET #. DO
NOT FORGET TO KEEP YOUR WINNING CONFIDENTIAL.DO CALL THE BANK @:

Tel: +(234)805-980-6741
Tel: +(234)802-349-7217


For your own intrest, 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.

Once again congratulations from the entire staff of the URBAN LOTTO
INT'L

Warm regards,


MISS.SOPHIA M.D HALENDALE.
Online Coordinator
URBAN LOTTO INT'L.


COPYRIGHT
2006 ALL RIGHT RESERVED

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