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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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:
  • "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.
  • +447040116737 (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.
  • mailto.richardmatlock@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "national lottrey" <m_dule_uk11@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 18:15:46 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION

 

UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,
ONLINE SWEEPSTAKES 
12 Bridge Street,
Staines Middlesex TW18 4TP
United Kingdom.
Ref: LSUK/2031/8161/04
Batch: R3/A312-59

WINNING NOTIFICATION:

With pleasure The National Lottery, organizers of the Uk National Lottery,Euromillions,Daily Play,Thunderball,Lotto Hotpicks,and Lotto Extra announce to you the result of  draw #1115 of the UK National Lottery, online Sweepstakes International Program held on Thursday 28th Sep 2006 in London UK. 
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 

(19-21-22-38-44-49)

 Which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of  £669,219.00

(Six hundred and sixty nine thousand two hundred and nineteen pounds sterling) , credited to file UKNL/9023118308/03 with a consolation prize of a Dell Pentium 4 Laptop, a UK National Lottery T-shirt and face cap. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our Western booklet representative office in London  as indicated in your play coupon.
In view of this, your £669,219.00 and your consolation prizes will be released to you by the claims department. Our claims agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds and prizes as soon as you contact him.
All participants for the online version were selected randomly from
the World Wide Web through a computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions,associations,and corporate bodies that are listed online.This promotion takes place weekly.
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims are processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem it fit to claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements and most importantly for your own security to avoid situations like this reported on this news extract; http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/story.jsp?story=654977 
Please be warned.

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary and provide him with the details below:

AGENT: Mr. Richard Matlock
Email: mailto.richardmatlock@yahoo.co.uk

Phone: (+44) 704 011 6737

(Form HLP)
REFERENCE NUMBER: UK/9420X2/68
FULL NAME...............................................
COMPANY NAME:...........................................
FULL ADDRESS:...........................................
SEX:.................................
AGE...................................
OCCUPATION.............................
TEL.......................
FAX................. (If any)
COUNTRY................................
E-MAIL..................................
HAVE YOU A PASSPORT OR LICENCE.............
WINNING NUMBER........................
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/ INDIVIDUAL:......................................................................

To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your
reference/batch numbers in any correspondence with our designated agent or us.
Congratulations once more from all members and staff of this program.
Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.

To view more testimonies about the national lottery click on the links below;

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=15798589&method=full&siteid=94762&headline=eur--pound-77m-richer--name_page.html

http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=1721352005

 

WARNING: You might receive similar emails from people who will be asking for your personal informations, if they are not from us please diregard it as they will be using that means to get your information which they would want to use to impersonate you and claim your winnings, we have been witnessing similar cases, be warned.

 

Sincerely,

 

MRS.Kelly Jacobs

Online Co-ordinator for UK National Lottery Sweepstakes International
Program.

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