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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "international lottery programme"
• 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 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.
  • jay_seung_yoo@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "british lotto" <bnl_uk_1@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2006 01:29:01 +0100
Subject: ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION:

FROM:THE DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARDS
DEPARTMENT UNITED KINGDOM NATIONAL SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY COPORATION at:
http://www.national-lottery.co.uk


Date:23/11/2006
Ref: 575061
Batch:8056490902188
Winning Numbers: 24,30,38,43,46,49,06,

ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION: FINAL NOTICE




Dear Sir/ Madam,

We are pleased to inform you of the lottery result winners of UNITED KINGDOM
NATIONAL Lottery Programmes held on the 20th of November 2006 from the
United Kingdom International Lottery programme. Which is fully based on an
electronic selection of winners using their e-mail addresses.Your name was
attached to ticket number; 675061725 Serial Number 67749137002. This batch
draws the lucky numbers as follows bonus number 24, which consequently won
the lottery in the FIRST category. You are here by have been approved a lump
sum pay of £100, 000 00(ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS) in cash credit file
ref: ILP/HW 575061/03 from the total cash prize shared amongst ten lucky
winners in this category,


Due to mix up of some numbers and names, you are advised to keep your
winning information confidential until your claims has been processed and
your money remitted to your nominated bank. This is part of our security
protocol to avoid double claims and unwarranted abuse of this programme by
some participants. All participants where selected through a computer/mail
balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from
United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East,
Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions program which is
conducted annually.This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomorate
of some multinational companies and also the United Kingdom Government as
part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the commmunities
where they have operational base. Further more your details (e-mail address)
falls within our European representative office in London, United Kingdon,
as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of £100, 000 00 will be
released to you from our regional branch office in West Africa. We hope with
part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes for
£200, 000 00 international draw.

TO FILE FOR YOUR CLAIMS
CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS
AGENT DR. JAY SEUNG YOO
EMAIL- jay_seung_yoo@yahoo.co.uk

To file for your claim . Please quote your Date of draw,Reference Number,
Batch Number and Winning Number, which can be found on the top-left corner
of this message. Also, you should give in your telephone number to help
locate your file easily. For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep
this information confidential from the public until your claim is processed
and your prize has been released to you and also to the public. This is part
of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking
advantage of this programme by non-participant or unofficial personnel.
Note: All winnings MUST be claimed before the 30th of December 2006;
otherwise all funds will be forfited. Congratulations once again on your
winning!

Sincerely
Dr. Holt Willie
VICE PRESIDENT UK LOTTO

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