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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:
  • "universal stakes lottery"
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found 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 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.
  • +4407031918701
• 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.
  • george.rich@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: george.rich@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2006 12:29:35 -0400
Subject: Congratulation Winner

UNIVERSAL STAKES LOTTERY.
U.K NATIONAL LOTTERY ORGANIZATION
UNITED KINGDOM.

From the desk of
Mary James
(coordinator)
U.K.National lottery Organization
Tel: +44 070-319-18701


Ref. No:132/756/4509

Batch No:538901527-Bc68

Ticket No:27522465896-6453

ATTENTION
We are pleased to inform you, THAT AS A RESULT OF OUR RECENT LotterY DRAWS HELD on the 11TH OF MARCH
2006.Your e-mail address attached to ticket numberNo:27522465896-6453 with serial number 652-662
drew
lucky numbers 7-14-18-23-31-45 which consequently won in the 2nd category. you have therefore been
approved for a lump sum pay out of 2,000,000 (EUROS) (TWO MILLION EUROS) note that All participants in
this lottery program have been selected randomly through a computer ballot system drawn from over
20,000 companies and 30,000,000 individual email addresses from all search engines and web sites. This
promotional program takes place every
year, and is promoted and sponsored by eminent personalities like the Sultan of Brunei, bill gates
of microsoft inc and other corporate organisations. this
is to encourage the use of the internet and computers worldwide.

For security purpose and clarity, we advise that you keep your winning information confidential
until your claims have been processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our security
protocol to avoid double claims and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants. We look forward
to your active participation in our next year USD50 million slot.

You are requested to contact our clearance officer below to assist you with your winnings and
subsequent payments. all winnings must be claimed not later than one month After the date of this notice.

To file for your claim, please contact our fiducial agent:
MR George Rich
E-MAIL:< george.rich@yahoo.co.uk >

Please note, in order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications, remember to quote your reference number
and batch numbers in all correspondence. Furthermore,
should there be any change of address do inform our
agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations once more and thank you for being part
of our promotional program.

NOTE: YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED IF YOU ARE
BELOW 18 YEARS OF AGE.
Sincerely yours,
Mary James
(co-ordinator)
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