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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.
  • claimsdept_uklotterynov2006@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: BRITISH LOTTERY <claimsdept_uklotterynov2006@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 02:08:20 +0100
Subject: HELLO!!!

28 TANFIELD ROAD                             
CROYDON, LONDON.
Batch: 12/25/0340
Ref: BTL/101OXI/02
                             BRITISH INTERNATIONA LOTTERY
                                   NOTIFICATION DESK
 
We happily announce to you the results is now released to you on  Saturday 
 11th 0f November , 2006 and your email address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky  numbers -23-24-28-33-34-41-18 and bonus ball-45in the Lotto, to check your results online click on this link http://lottery.co.uk/res/ participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from Microsoft users from company and individual email address users.
 
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £500,000 (Five hundred thousand pounds sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.This is from a total cash prize of £2,500,000,00 shared amongst the first four (5) 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 bianually.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 £500,000 (Five hundred thousand pounds sterling)  would be released to you by any of our courier department.Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him/her.
 
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claim is processed and your money remitted 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.
 
Contact the agent below for instructions on how yoour winning we be sent to your location.
 
FIDUCIARY COUNCELLOR
MR.     Carl A. Moore
EMAIL:claimsdept_uklotterynov2006@yahoo.com
TELL   + 44-7011127855
    

Goodluck from me and members of staff of the BRITISH INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY.
 
Yours faithfully,
GREG STEWART (Mr.)
Director.International Promotions Unit,

 

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