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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 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.
  • +447031904643 (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.
  • agentclaimsowen@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "ukclaimspromo_home.se" <ukclaimspromo@home.se>
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 17:46:26 +0000
Subject: Congratulations! you are the lucky winner


Dear Winner
The National Lottery
Commodore House
51 Conway Road
Colwyn Bay LL29 7AW
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
+447031904643
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
Date:25/10/2006

WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We happily announce to you the draw (#1009) of the UK
NATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International
program held on FEBRUARY 29th, 2006. Your e-mail
Address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188
with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:
01-40-43-44-48-49 (bonus no.02), 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 £1,000,000 (one million pounds sterling) in cash
credited to file
KTU/9023118308/03.This is from a total cash prize of
£7,782,260 (seven million, seven hundred and eighty-two
thousand, two hundred and sixty pounds sterling) shared
amongst the nine (9) lucky winners in this category
i.e. Match 5 plus!Bonus.
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 £778,226 (seven hundred and
seventy-eight thousand,two hundred and twenty-six
pounds sterling) play would be released to you by any
of our payment offices in Europe.Our European agent
will immediately commence the process to facilitate
the release of your funds as soon as you make
contact.

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your
winning information confidential till your claim is
processed and your money remitted to you in What ever
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 fill
the form below and send it to the claims agent:
MR.ROBERT OWEN

Email: agentclaimsowen@yahoo.co.uk

Phone number:+447024055279

Yours faithfully,

MARTINS.K Lloyd.
Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program
NATIONAL LOTTERY

(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.............(identification on delivery)

INDICATE PREFERRED MODE OF PRIZE COLLECTION:
(A) CASH

(B) DRAFT

(C)BANK TRANSFER

THE PROGRAM WAS HELD BY THE BRISTISH LOTTO, THE LEADING LOTTERY ORGANISATION WORLDWIDE
OUR COMPUTER BALLOT QUALIFIED YOU AS ONE OF THE WINNERS OF THE SUM OF
£ 1,000,000.00 (ONE MILLION POUND STERLINGS)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/ INDIVIDUAL:
................................................................
................................................................
...............................................................
____________________________
Date.

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