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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• 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!

Fraud email example:

From: JARETTE McDOUGLAS <masteragent2000@yahoo.de>
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 10:19:51 +0100 (CET)
Subject: FILL YOUR WINNERS CLAIMS FORM


CHRISTMAS AWARDS!!! GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED!!! UKONLINE NATIONAL LOTTERY IS REGISTERED UNDER THE DATA PROTECTION ACT OF; (Registration Z720633X).





The UK National Lottery,
P.O.Box 200,
Harrogate,
HG1 2YR,
England,
United Kingdom.



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


Dear winner,



WINNERS CLAIMS FORM

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This form is valid for only those who have won the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY Fill in the required fields in the space provided below. No field should e left blank, because your particulars are needed for record purposes.

NOTE : IT IS REQUIRED YOU CLICK THE REPLY BUTTON BEFORE FILLING OUT THIS FORM, AS ALL INPUTED DATA MAY BE LOST UPON OUR RECEPTION. IN THE EVENT THAT YOUR BROWSER SETTING DOES NOT SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM e.g html program, YOU ARE TO SEND THE REQUIRED DATA IN PLAIN TEXT FORMAT.
Please fill in the appropriate information in the space below:
'Z' WINNER'S CLAIM FORM

WINNER'S PERSONAL DATA

First Name.:

Middle Name.:
Last Name.:

Gender.:

Month Of Birth.:
Day:
Year:

Marital Status.:
Nationality.:
Religion.:
Occupation.:
Address 1.:
City.:
State/Province.:
Zip Code.:

Email Address.:

WINNING INFORMATION
Batch Number.:
Serial Number.:
Refrence Number.:

This is to verify that the information filled in this FORM is a valid particulars of me. Yes: [input] No: [input]



BRITISH LOTTERY INTERNATIONALCOPYRIGHT © 2006 ALL RIGHT RESERVED




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