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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.
• 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 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.
  • johnharrison_001@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • janetcole_online@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "UK LOTTERY" <richardkllyod943@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 02:39:36 +0000
Subject: WINNER!!

 

National Lottery           
P O Box 1010

Liverpool, L70 1NL                                                             
(Customer Services)                                                    
Ref: UK/9420X/05 
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
                                                   

                        

                        

      

 

                                      WINNING NOTIFICATION         
We happily announce to you the draw (#1045) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held on the 13th of OCTOBER ,2006.

 

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 5647560054 188 with Serial number 5368/02 jack pot lotto winners drew the lucky numbers:(-02-06-21-34-35-49-(46-)"bonus no 46. which subsequently won"you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e. match 5 plus bonus.

 

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of  £250,000 (Two hundred and fifty thousand pounds sterlings)  in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03 in a total sum of 1,802,040 lotto jackpot shared amongst the  first Ten (10) lucky winners in this category i.e. Match 5 plus! Bonus with percentage  16.9%  .All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online.

 

This promotion takes place weekly.Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your  £250,000 (Two hundred and fifty thousand pounds sterlings) would be released to you by any of ourpayment offices in Europe.

 

Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your moneyremitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.

 

This is part! of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned. To file for your claim, please contact
our fiduciaryagent:

 

Mr:JOHN HARRISON

Email:johnharrison_001@myway.com   

Email:janetcole_online@yahoo.com

 

 

CONGRATULATIONS  from me and members of staff of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.

 

MEET SOME OF OUR LUCKY INTERNATIONAL WINNERS!!

 

Yours faithfully,
RICHARD. K. Lloyd.
Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program
NATIONAL LOTTERY

 

Richard K. Lloyd

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