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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:
  • "top of the day to you" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
• 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.
  • webnotice_uklotto_courier@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: schole campbell <webnotice_uklotto@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 13:13:57 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Re: Lottery winning notification


Hello Mr Reymond,

Top of the day to you and many thanks for your times and considerations on this issue,please note that this matter required your urgent attention at this time should you desired your winning stakes to be paid out to you promptly.

Really what we considered paramouth at this time and you should consigned yourself is on how to claim your winnings in time record.

Note we have no problem availing you your winnings and should not attertain any fears about this,please fill out correctly the verification form below and sent across in the manner stated below to allow our acredited agents process your winnings to you within the week hopefully.

This is simply all that it required of you in order to claim your winning funds which is still pending and only awaiting your response as well as instructions.

Thank you,willing to hear from you shortly,may the good Lord go before you now and allways.

Regards

Scholes Campbell.




U.K NATIONAL LOTTERY

Dear { Winner} ,
We are in receipt of your mail.
Congratulations from all the staffs here at the UK National Lottery Headquarters.
This is the UK National Online Lottery Sweepstakes, an online lottery sweeps open to all individual from all over the world. We got your Email contact from our professional data base randomly picked from your website by our computer random selection draws. Your email address was luckily picked by our computer after series of search. So you have been approved to claim the said amount specified on the winning notification mail sent to you.
In order to verify your winnings, we need your particulars for record purposes.
Attached here is a copy of our verification form, please fill accordingly so as to proceed with your winnings. We do have some of the below data with us but for proper verification of winnings we will really appreciate if you will fill out the correct data’s and return to us, if the information given to us match with the information we have, this means you are our actual winner and have received our winning notification mail. This is done so as to avoid impersonation.
So do fill out the verification form and send back to us as soon as possible. Note that you have 2weeks after the receipt of this mail to claim your prize. So act fast and get back to us so we can proceed on the deeming process and transfer your prize to you in the shortest possible time.
Once again congratulations from all the staff.
UK NATIONAL LOTTERY VERIFICATION FORM

1.FULL NAMES: Steven Briggs_________________________________
2.ADDRESS:___1517 S __________________________________________
3.SEX:_______________
4.AGE:________
5.MARITAL STATUS: __________________
6.OCCUPATION:________________________
7.E-MAIL ADDRESS: _____________________________
8.TELEPHONE NUMBER: _____________________
9.WINNING NUMBER: ____________________ 10. DRAW NUMBER: ___________
11.TICKET NUMBER: ___________________
12.SERIAL NUMBER: ________________
13.AMOUNT WON: ___________________ 14.DESCRIPTIONOF COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL:_______________________ 15. COUNTRY: ___________________________
Note: Some of the above information will be found on the winning notification mail sent to you. You will have to fill in the required information on the form from the winning notification mail to the verification form. For ease and convenience in filling out the verification form, do click on reply then you will be able to fill out the form with ease.

Upon the receipt of the duly requested data, send a copy to the Couriernet Limited With reference to Mr. John Clark.
Email : webnotice_uklotto_courier@yahoo.co.uk
They will be responsible for sending your winning draft and legal documents of your winnings. They are an affiliate courier department to the UK National Lottery responsible for the dispatching of winners document. They would be responsible for sending you the original copies of those documents which would require your signature. When these documents are couriered to you, you will have to sign them and return them to the courier company via same medium from where it would be forwarded to the Lottery headquarters for final payment of your prize money. Please oblige to follow their instructions so the documents can get to your present address on time. Do ensure to file your claims to them with a copy of your verification particulars and scanned copies of driver's licensee or any form of national identity.
Ensure to adhere to all instruction given to you by the courier department and do make your replies on time as they will always be on desk to make replies to your mails.
Good luck and Congratulations once again from our staff.

Scholes Campbell (Mr)




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