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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 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.
  • nancy_brown203@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "UK NATIONAL LOTTERY 2006 LOTTO PROMO" <uk_draws14@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: nancy_brown203@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 19:09:14 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATION YOUR E-MAIL HAVE WON THE UK NATIONAL L OTTERY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THE NATIONAL LOTTERY
P O BOX 1010
LIVERPOOL, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)

Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
Date:28th NOVEMBER, 2006.

WINNING NOTIFICATION:

We happily announce to you the draw (#966) of the UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held 20TH OCTOBER,
2006.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:56475600545 188 with
Serialnumber 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 05 21 23 28 40 48 26 Bonus
Ball which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.ematch 5
plus bonus.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of Ã-£850,000 (Eight
hundred and fifty thousand pounds sterlings)in cash credited to file
KTU/9023118308/03. This is from a total cash prize of ã1,000,000 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
WorldWide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over
100,000unions,associations,and corporate bodies that are listed online.This
promotiontakes place weekly. Please note that your lucky winning number
falls within our African book letrepresentative office in Africa as
indicated in your play coupon.

Visite:Our
Website:http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/results/results.do

In view of this, your Ã-£850,000 (Eight hundred and fifty thousand pounds
sterlings)would be released to you by any of our payment offices in Lome
Togo Our African agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate
the release of your funds as soon as you contact her.For
security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential 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.

Please be warned. To file for your claim, please contact our claims
agent:Mrs Nancy Brown EMAIL: nancy_brown203@yahoo.co.uk Goodluck from me and
members of staff of the uk national lottery.

FILLING PROCESSING FORM
The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
You are to fill and submit the below infomation to Mrs Nancy Brown via
email to nancy_brown203@yahoo.co.uk
DRAW NO________________

FULL NAMES_______________

ADRESSES_________________

AMOUNT WON______________

COUNTRY__________________

OCUPATION________________

TEL NUMBER_______________

AGE______________________

Yours faithfully,
Ben Clinton
Online coordinator for uk national lottery, Sweepstakes International
Program.Open 7 days 8am-8pm

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