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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:
  • "international lottery programme"
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "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 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.
  • +447011133339 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448704786407 (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.
  • verificationdept06@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "BRITISH LOTTERY AWARDS NOTIFICATION" <btl_tracy2003@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: verificationdept05@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 01:24:09 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE WON £850,000.00 POUNDS

     

BRITISH INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY INC.

5th Floor East
Commonwealth Centre
55 Currie Street London L70 1NL.
United Kingdom.

 

DATE: 10th October 2006.

 

CONGRATULATIONS ...............................

Dear Sir/Madam,

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 6th October, 2006 from the British International
Lottery programme.

Which is fully based on an electronic selection of winners using their e-mail addresses , your email was attached to ticket number  56475600545 188  serial number
5368/02.

This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows bonus number , which consequently won the lottery in the First category.

You hereby have been approved a lump sum of £850,000.00(POUNDS STERLING) in cash credit file  KTU/9023118308/03 from the total cash prize of £850,000.00(POUNDS STERLING)
 shared amongst Ten lucky winners in this category.

All participant were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from canada,Australia, United state, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually.

This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by conglomorate of some multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communitties where they have operational base.

Further more your details(e-mail address) falls within our European representative office in London,United Kingdom,
as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of £850,000,00, will be released to you from this regional branch office  in London:

We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year  high stakes for L1.3 Billion international draw.

 

PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU QUOTE YOUR BELOW WINNING PARTICULARS WHEN CONTACTING YOUR AGENT:

 Batch: 12/25/0340
Ref: BTL/101OXI/02 

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE,
Simply contact our fiducial agent, 

MR. Terri Martins
(VERIFICATION DEPARTMENT MANAGER)
Email:verificationdept06@yahoo.co.uk
TEL:+44-701-113-3339
TEL:+44-702-407-6499
TEL:+44-702 407 6725
FAX:+44-870 478 6407
FAX:+44-870 478 5254

 

1.Name:
2.Address:
3.Marital Status:
4.Occupation:
5.Age:
6.Sex:
7.Nationality:
8.Country Of Residence:
9.Telephone Number (Country Code)-(Area Code)- Phone Number):
10:Cell Number:(Country Code) - (Cell Phone Number):
11.Fax Number:
12.Draw Number above:-
13.Annual income:
14.Payment Method  (Cheque / Draft):
15.Email Address:

Fill in the details below to your claims agent for verification.

For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information confidential from the public until your claim
is processed and your prize released to you.

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this programme by non-participant or unofficial personnel.

Congratulations, once more from the entire Management and Staff of BRITISH INTERNATIONL LOTTERY Cooperation to all our  lucky winners. Thank you for being part of this promotional lottery program.

 

Yours Sincerely,

   
Carol David (co-ordinator).

BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.

 

THANKS:

MANAGEMENT, BRITISH LOTTERY INC

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