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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 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 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.
  • +447024098013 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: claims agent <claimsagent_uknatlottery2006@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2006 14:06:57 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: {Disarmed} URGENT RESPONSE REQUIRED





The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)

















Ref:UK/9420X2/68
Batch:074/05/ZY369

Date:7TH DECEMBER 2006

ATTENTION:WINNER,

Congratulations once again from all the staff here.I`m reall sorry to reply your email so late but like you know the Uk National Lottery programme is done weekly and as such i had a lot of work to attend to.


Your email stated your doubting the legitimacy of this Lottery Progrmme,i know it seems too good to be true but it actually is and i would like you to fill out the form i sent to you and send it back or i will have to tell the Board in charge of the International Sweeptakes Programme that you have chosen to forfeit your winning prize.

As for the German withholding taxation issues you do not have to worry about that as our international lottery programme makes sure you only have to pay a little tax out of your winnings so you should not worry.

I advice you send your reply soonest and i hope it is a positive one because that way you will be making my job a lot easier.

I hope i have satisfactorily answered all your questions.

Warm Regards,

Mr James Parker
Claims Agent,
UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.
Telephone:+447024098013






















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