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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:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "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.
  • +447024038631 (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.
  • catherinenolaclaims1@excite.com
  • catherinenolaclaims@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • customercare_sevice@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: norris.warner1@gmail.com
Reply-To: catherineclaims1@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 23:22:34 +0200
Subject: AUGUST LUCKY WINNER!!!


The National Lottery
P O Box 1290
London, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM

Ref: UK/9420X2/70
Batch: 074/05/ZY345

FINAL WINNING NOTIFICATION:



*BONUS LOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION *



We are pleased to notify you the draw (#1078) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,
Online Sweepstakes International Lottery Program held on Sat 22nd July 2006.
Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from a
pool of over 25,000 names of distinguished professionals drawn from Europe,
America, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Middle-East, parts of Africa, and
North & South America as part of our international promotions programme
conducted twice in a week to encourage prospective overseas entries. The
internet emailing idea was used, since most people are not able to purchase
tickets and play outside the UK. We hope with part of your prize awards, you
will take part in our subsequent lottery jackpots.



The result of our computer draw (#1078) selected your name and email
address attached to e-ticket number: 56475612545 187 with Serial number
5368/03 drew the lucky numbers: 20-21-23-26-31-47-(Bonus Ball 2) 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 £3,000,000.00 (Six Million
Great Britain Pounds) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/07.This is
from a total cash prize of £18,000,000.00(Eight Million Great Britain
Pounds) shared amongst 6 lucky winners in this category i.e. Match 6.



Your prize award has been insured in your email and is ready for claims. To
begin your claims, you are advised to expeditiously contact our licensed and
accredited claim agent for Overseas Lottery Winners for the processing of
your winning and remittance to your designated bank account after all
statutory obligations have been satisfactorily dispensed with.



This promotion takes place weekly. Please note that your lucky winning
number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as
indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your £3,000,000.00 (Six
Million Great Britain Pounds) will be released to you by our fiduciary
agent in UK.Please be informed that claims not processed within the
stipulated period may be forfeited to the pool without further notice.



Our payment unit will immediately commence the process to facilitate the
release of your funds as soon as you contact him. You may wish to establish
contact via e-mail with the particulars presented below sending the batch
and reference numbers and these information's below for quick verifications
and release of funds between the hours of 8.00am - 7.30pm on Monday through
Sunday.



Overseas Claims/United Kingdom Payment Unit
Contact Person: MRS CATHERINE NOLA

Email :* *catherinenolaclaims1@excite.com

Email :catherinenolaclaims@myway.com

TEL:+447024038631 <catherineclaims@walla.com>



Our winners are assured of the utmost standards of confidentiality, and
press anonymity until the end of proceedings, and beyond where they so
desire. Be further advised to maintain the strictest level of
confidentiality until the end of proceedings to circumvent problems
associated with fraudulent claims. This is part of our precautionary measure
to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Any lottery
double claim dedected by our monitoring committee will lead to the
Uknational lottery cancelling the winnings. making a loss for both the
real
winner, and the fake (intended) claimer.



CONGRATULATIONS!!!

At your disposal, I remain.
Very Truly Yours,

Norris Warner

Lottery Online Co-ordinator.
P O Box 1290
London, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOMWarning!!!: Fraudulent emails are circulating that appear to
be using National Lottery addresses, but are not from The National
Lottery.PLEASE REPORT IMMEDIATELY TO: CUSTOMER CARE/COMPLAINTS
DEPT:customercare_sevice@yahoo.co.uk<http://us.f381.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=DEPT:customercare_sevice@yahoo.co.uk>

(c) 2006 Uk National Lottery. All rights reserved.

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