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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:
  • "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.
  • +2348037476504 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • standardtrust_bank_nig2000@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: james brain <claims_agent099@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 08:07:06 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: FILL THIS FORM AND SEND A COPY TO THE BANK AND ONE TO THE CLAIMS AGENT






Dear Pavlina Bland




GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED!!!
UK ONLINE?INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
IS REGISTERED UNDER THE DATA PROTECTION ACT.
(Registration Z720633X).
National Lottery
(Customer Services)



SIR,


THIS IS TO ACKNOWLEDEGE THE RECIEPT OF YOUR MAIL TO
US IN RESPONSE TO OUR NOTIFICATION TO YOU ON YOUR
LOTTERY PRIZE WINNINGS.IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT ONE DRAWS
YOUR ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT OUR INTERNATIONAL
LOTTERY PROGRAMME WHICH IS FULLY BASED ON AN ELECTRONIC
SELECTION OF WINNERS USING THEIR EMAIL ADDRESSES
FROM VARIOUS WEB SITES.IT IS NOT MY LOTTERY, PLEASE TAKE NOTE.
THIS TYPE OF LOTTERY IS DONE ONES IN EVERY YEAR AS
PART OF OUR INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONAL BONANZA.
THIS DRAW WAS PROPERLY MONITORED BY TOP DIRECTORS OF
OUR LOTTERY COMPANY BEFORE THE GENERAL
PUBLIC.

YOU ARE REQUIRED TO FILL THE PROCESSING FORM AND
SEND IT TO US AND TO THE BANK VIA EMAIL ATTACHEMENT FOR
THE PREPARATION OF NECESSARY DOCUMENTS FOR THE
RELEASE OF YOUR PRIZE WINNING/FUND TO YOU.




WINNERS APPLICATION FORM OF PAYMENT.


FULLNAME:......................................
DATE OF BIRTH: ...............................
ADDRESS:.........................................
SEX:...................................................
NATIONALITY:....................................
OCCUPATION:....................................
........................................
TELEPHONE:....................
........................................
EMAIL:...............................................
BANK ACCOUNT NO:(if any)........................
WINNING AMOUNT.................
Choose your new email address.....................


DATE:.........................
............................................
SIGNATURE:........................
WINNER Ref Batch NO:...............................
.........................................
Ref.No:..............................
Batch No:.......................................
Winning
No:....... ...............................
Ref. File No:......................................
APPROVED FOR PAYMENT.
THIS FORM IS TO ENABLE US HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE WINNER .
FILL IT AND SEND TO US FOR YOUR DUCOMENTS OF CLAIM.
AS SOON YOU FILL THIS FORM , WE WILL INFORM OUR
HEAD OFFICE IN AFRICA DIVISION UNIT FOR YOUR WINNING
CERTIFICATE WHICH WILL BE SEND TO YOU AS A RIGHT
WINNER.

NOTE:SEND TO US ONE OF YOUR FILLED FORM AND ALSO
SEND TO THE BANK AS WELL. NOTE:
CONTACT BANK: STANDARD TRUST BANK PLC.NIGERIA.FOR THE
TRANSFER OF YOUR WINNING PRIZE/FUND.
E-MAIL: standardtrust_bank_nig2000@yahoo.com

ONCE AGAIN CONGRATULATION!

DONALD JONES

CLAIM AGENT / LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE UK INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
PHONE:+234-8037-476504
FAX:447024070924



Copyright 1994-2006 The UK National Lottery Inc.
All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guideline

CLAIMS AGENT...


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