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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "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.
  • +447024076684 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "ONLINE LOTTERY" <onlinelottery_uk1@rediffmail.com>
Date: 18 Oct 2006 23:15:13 -0000
Subject: AWARD NOTIFICATION/ FINAL NOTICE


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THE UK ONLINE NATIONAL LOTTERY
PO Box 1010LiverpoolL70 1NL REF NO: EGS/2251256003/02BATCH NO:14/0017/1PD RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION/ FINAL NOTICENational Lottery wishes to inform you about the results of the E-mail address ballot lottery international program by Great Britain held on the&nbsp;18th of&nbsp;OCTOBER 2006. Your email account have been picked as a winner of TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND pounds only.This result is now released to you on the&nbsp;19th of&nbsp;OCTOBER 2006 and your email address attached in the A Category bonus ball&nbsp;06 16 20&nbsp;&nbsp;21 23 37&nbsp;and bonus ball&nbsp;40 Be adviced to keep your winning information confidential until your claims has been processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program,For the release of your winning,kindly contact your claims agent in National Lottery Head Quarters withe the follwoing details:NAME OF CLAIM AGENT: MR. BRENT SPINNERPHONE: +447024076684Email: agentbrent01@yahoo.comYou a
re to quote your lucky number for confirmation on your winning.All winning must be claimed not later than 16th of&nbsp;NOVEMBER 2006. After this date all unclaimed funds will be retured to European Union Treasury as unclaimed. Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your reference number in all correspondence.You are therefore advised to give the following informations to your claim\'s agent via email which is agentbrent01@yahoo.com1. Full name and address. 2. Country.3. Tel and fax number. 4. Occupation.
Congratulations from the staff and thank you for being part of email account users program.Yours Sincerely,Mr THOMAS WILSON,Executive.(National Lottery International)Dr. P. Swier, Mr. Gerald Goodman (Manager Foreign Operations), Mr. Franklyn Van Der Weijden (Manager Domestic Banking Operations), Dr. James Williams (Director International Credit Department), Mrs. Sandra Murphy (Executive), Mr. Michael Cole (Executive), Mr. Stephen Boer (Chairman). Copyright 2006 UK ONLINE NATIONAL LOTTERY

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