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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:
  • "please endeavor to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • graham_betts@keromail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: uklotto_info@mchsi.com (Uk National Lottery)
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 04:45:30 +0000
Subject: Dear internet user,(CONGRATULATIONS)!!!

REF:WINNING NOTIFICATION


The Marina Offices,
St Peters Yacht Basin,
Newcastle upon Tyne,
NE6 1HX
England
(Customer Services)


Dear Internet User,

The draw of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY®. online Sweepstakes International Program
held on 29th April 2006, won you the Lottery in the JACKPOT Bonus. The amount
you luckily won is yet to be claimed and you are getting the FINAL notification
as regards this Email.
NOTE: We had to wait for all Winners who purchased the Lottery Ticket(s) to
claim their prizes before notifying you who won *Online* even without your
knowledge. This is the reason we have not notified you of your winnings before
now.
Your e-mail address was attached to the following winning numbers: 4, 10, 23,
36, 37,49,And (Bonus ball(24)
By our computer draw system, which subsequently won you the lottery in the
Email Lottery (e-Lottery®).
Because your email was attached to our winning numbers, you are QUALIFIED as
one of the draw winners. You have therefore been approved to claim:
a total sum of £1,666,667 (ONE MILLION, SIX HUNDRED AND SIXTY SIX THOUSAND,SIX
HUNDRED AND SIXTY SEVEN Pounds Sterlings) in CASH credited to file number ;
KTU/902311832012/06 and Draw Number: 1080.01.
Do not think that your winning is a joke, (or Play-Time) . It is real, and we
had more winners in the past with greater prizes than this. You may click on
this link to watch videos of what past winners have to say **click here**

The UK NATIONAL LOTTERY®. and the EURO MILLIONS®, are the richest Lottery
Agencies in the whole world.
The total cash prize was shared amongst (5) lucky winners in this category
i.e Email Lottery (e-Lottery®)
All participants for the Email Lottery (e-Lottery®) were selected randomly from
World Wide Web sites (w.w.w.) through our Email Lottery Draw System (E.L.D.S)
and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that
are listed online.
This Lottery programme is part of the Country's Programme to fund for the
Olympic Games in 2012 (The £1.5bn Olympic lottery puzzle). Other sums to be
raised from the National Lottery would be from Ticket sales, Marketing,
Sponsorship and the sale of Television rights.

Note: You did not purchase any Ticket(s) for this winning, your email was
selected by our E.L.D.S.(e-Lottery®) randomly.
Your £1,666,667, will be released to you by any of our payment offices in
Europe.
Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the
release of your funds as soon as you contact them. They would not require any
Financial Or Pecuniary Actions from you.
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claim is processed and your money remitted to you in
your country.
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, kindly contact our Adiministration Assistant with the
information below:

Name: Graham Betts.
Adiministration Assistant
Hunmber & worlds Council
Official Email: Graham_Betts@keromail.com
Complete the below text form and summit it to: Graham_Betts@keromail.com

YOUR FULL NAMES: --------
YOUR WINNING NUMBERS:-----------------
YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS:---------------
TELEPHONE/FAX NUMBERS:------------
YOUR AGE:------------------
YOUR COUNTRY:----------------
LANGUAGE:------------------
YOUR OCCUPATION:---------------
HAVE YOU EVER WON A LOTTERY BEFORE:----------------
HOW DO YOU FEEL TO BE A WINNER:-----------------

Please endeavor to contact Mr. Graham Betts with the required information as
soon as possible. You can go to our online result site to confirm the value of
your winnings :-
http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/information.do?info=unclaimedprizes

ONCE YOU VISIT THE ABOVE SITE, CHECK FOR YOUR WINNING DATE AND NUMBER.

Congratulations from me and members of staff of THE NATIONAL LOTTERY®.

Yours faithfully,
Carleton Doyle(Mrs)
Online Coordinator
For UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program © Copyright 2006

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