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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.
  • +447031942999 (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.
  • lloyds_tsbank@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Uk Lottery result:" <lloyds_tsbank@myway.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2006 02:19:23 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATION! ! ! Ref Number: UK/910/16454


THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY SERVICE
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
P O Box 1010 Liverpool, L70
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer\'s Service Center)
Ref Number: UK/910/16454
Batch Number: VC/32/ID1141

ATTENTION!!!

WE HAPPILY ANNOUNCE TO YOU THE RESULT OF THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY PROGRAMS HELD ON THE
28TH OF OCTOBER 2006 IN ENGLAND AND WALES.YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS ATTACHED TO TICKET NUMBER
5224652456UT WITH SERIAL NUMBER 0098/UK0204, BATCH NUMBER VC/32/ID1141,LOTTERY REF
NUMBER UK/910/16454 AND DREW LUCKY NUMBERS, WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY WON YOU THE LOTTERY
IN THE 3RD CATEGORY I.E MATCH 5 PLUS BONUS. YOU HAVE THEREFORE BEEN APPROVED FOR A LUMP
SUM OF PAYOUT OF £2.800,000(TWO MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS STRLING) IN CASH
CREDITED TO FILE KLTT/KTU/2006ETN.THIS IS FROM A TOTAL CASH PRIZE OF £14,000,000
(FOUTHEEN MILLION POUNDS STERLINGS), SHARED AMONGST THE FIRST FIVE (5)LUCKY WINNERS IN
THIS CATEGORY.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
DUE TO MIX UP OF SOME NUMBERS AND NAMES ,WE ASK THAT YOU 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
PROGRAMBY SOME UNSCRUPULOUS ELEMENTS. BE INFORMED THAT ALL PARTICIPANTS WERE SELECTED
THROUGH A COMPUTER BALLOT SYSTEM DRAWN FROM OVER 40,000 COMPANY AND 20,000,000 INDIVIDUAL
EMAIL ADDRESS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. THIS PROMOTIONAL PROGRAM TAKES PLACE EVERY YEAR
AND IT IS PROMOTED AND SPONSORED BY ASSOCIATION OF SOFTWARE PRODUCERS.

TO FILE FOR YOUR CLAIM,PLEASE CONTACT OUR PAYING BANK WITH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF YOUR CASH PRIZE.

(i) YOUR NAMES:
(ii) CONTACT TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS:
(iii) CONTACT ADDRESS:
(iv) YOUR WINNING NUMBERS:
(v) QUOTE AMOUNT WON:

BANK NAME : LLOYDS TSB UK LONDON.
CONTACT PERSON: Mr. RICH DUKE.
E-mail: lloyds_tsbank@myway.com
TELEX: +447031942999,+ 447031943661.
(International Remittance Department).

REMEMBER, ALL WINNING IN THIS SECOND CATEGORY MUST BE CLAIMED NOT LATER THEN 20TH OF NOVEMBER
2006. AFTER THIS DATE ALL UNCLAIMED FUNDS WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE NEXT STAGE. PLEASE NOTE IN
ORDER TO AVOID UNNECESSARY DELAYS AND COMPLICATIONS PLEASE REMEMBER TO QUOTE YOUR REFERENCE
UNMBER AND BATCH NUMBER IN ALL CORRESPONDENCE. FURTHERMORE, SHOULD THERE BE ANY CHANGE OF
ADDRESS DO INFORM OUR AGENT AS SOOS AS POSSIBLE.

CONGRATULATIONS ONCE MORE FROM OUR MEMBER OF STAFF AND THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF OUR
PROMOTIONAL PROGRAM. NOTE THAT YOU MUST CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT WITHIN ONE WEEK OF RECEIPT
OF THIS NOTICE.

NOTE: ANYBODY UNDER THE AGE OF 18 IS AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED.

SINCERELY,

Dr. KATE WILLIAMSON.
LOTTERY COORDINATOR UK.

Anti-fraud resources:

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