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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:

• 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.
  • +447011129274 (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.
  • @yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "UNITED KINGDOM LOTTERY INFORMATION WINNER" <uk_prize02@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 09:06:20 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION FOR THE UK 2006 LOTTERY

              BRITISH LOTTERY

14 FRATON ROAD
FULHAM, LONDON
Ref: EAASL/941OYI/02/SHYN
Batch: 12/25/0034

PHONE: +447011129274

                               WINNING NOTIFICATION:

Dear Mr/Mrs/Sir/Madam:

 

This is to inform you that your email address has won the british lottery which was held on 11th of October 2006. your email with serial number 5388/02 and ticket number564 75600545 188 hit the jackpot .
  

You are therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £, 1,000,000 (ONE Million Great British Pounds, ) in cash credited to file KPC/9080118308/02/SHYN. This is from a total cash prize of £20 Million pounds shared among the first TEN (10) lucky winners in this category. 

In the 2nd category.you are advised to keep this notice to yourself because of individuals who may divert your money to theirs and they also use our company to deceive others.you are advised to report back by means of email to dr_williams_wood@yahoo.co.uk the prize payment manager within 48hours of reading this mail.or you can call us on phone+447011129274 call Dr Williams Wood,  your address attached  in the A Category bonus  ball 47.

 

To check your rand bonus results online click on this link http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/results/results.do  participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from Microsoft users from company and individual email addresses users. All winning must be claimed not later than 31th October, 2006. After this date all unclaimed funds will be returned to European Union Treasury as unclaimed Prizes. Please note, in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your reference number in all correspondence.

 

1. Full name and address.

2. Country.

3. TelNumber and fax number.

4.Occupation. 

5.A PASSPORT PHOTGRAPH.

Congratulations from the staff, and thank you for being part of email account users of this program.


Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Julie Van Hans,
Executive.(Euro Lottery Intern.)

 

Yours faithfully,
MR.FREDERICK KENNEDY.

Lottery Coordinator

 

  The Lottery Company and lottery.co.uk is in no way affiliated with, associated with

 or approved or endorsed by Camelot Group plc Commission ,

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