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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.
• 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.
  • +447011149997 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • dreverest_payment_manager@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "UK LOTTERY NATIONAL" <uk_dept_01@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: dreverest_payment_manager@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 10:29:14 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATION YOU HAVE WON UK LOTTERY!!! CALL OR WRITE PAYMENT MANAGER

  THE UK UNIVERSAL LOTTERY
PRIZE PAYMENT MANAGER

UNITED KINGDOM

EMAIL :dreverest_payment_manager@yahoo.co.uk

TEL : +447011149997

                    (Customer Services)
                  Date:15TH Of December, 2006

                     Ref:SGIL: 763276/03 
                        Batch: 6858/UK

Dear Winner No: 7.

WINNING NOTIFICATION / PROCESSMENT ADVICE                                       BONUS   We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today, 15th Of December 2006,  winners of THE UK UNIVERSAL LOTTERY PROGRAMS held on the 7th of December, 2006. Your email address attached to ticket number 023-56678230954,drew the lucky numbers 06-09-11-33-36-49-29,batch number 6858/UK and consequently won the lottery in the 7th category.   we are apologize for the delay in the release of the results which was caused by our computer system breakdown which resulted in a mix up of some name and addresses of beneffficiaries and participants.   As a security protocol to avoid fraudulent claims we ask you to keep your Award notification letter until your claim has been processed and your winning fund remitted to your designated bank account.   You have therefore been approved of a lump sum pay of £1,000,000,00 (ONE MILLION POUNDS STERLING) which has been credited to  file REF NO. SGIL/763276/03. This is from the total prize money of  £40,000,000.00 which is to be shared among the forty national winners in categories C with serial number:IL/FLW/12-C033721192.    All participants in this lottery program were selected randomly through a computer ballot system, drawn from 85.000.000  individual email addresses from all search engines. Your e-mail address was picked by the automated computer ballot system, which has been programed for this random selection. This has eventually qualified you for the Winning.   This promotional program takes place annually, and is promoted and sponsored by eminent personalities, Sultan of Brunei, Bill Gates of Microsoft Inc. With the support of European corporate companies and organizations to encourage the use of Internet and computers worldwide.   In view of this, your  £1,000,000,00 would be released to you by Our European Fiduciary Agent. Our European Fiduciary Agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your fund as soon as you contact  Dr,Everest Friech office in U.K (Lottery International Prize Payment maneger). Your winning details can only be released to your fiduciary agent who will commence the process of your prize claim And will driect you to the african payment center were your won prize will be released, This is to avoid wrong and double claim.   It is also part of our security protocol to avoid unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous element To begin with your claim contact your file/payment officer with the below contact details:   Dr, Everest Friech International Payment Manager Universal Lottery Fudiciary   Email: dreverest_payment_manager@yahoo.co.uk Tel: (+44)7011149997                    Please be aware that our Paying Authority will Effect Payment Swiftly upon satisfactory Report, Verifications and validation provided by our processing Agent.   Note: According to lottery code of conduct section 37.2 page 10 paragraph 5, All winnings must be Claimed not later than 30 days from the date of this notification; thereafter all funds will be returned to the FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE OF BRITAIN as unclaimed please remember to qoute your reference number in all your  correspondendent  and  should there be any change in your contact addresses , do contact the payment maneger immediately.   Forward to this office the below details for the process of your won prize   1.Full Name: 2.Date of Birth: 3.Sex: 4.Marital Status: 5.Contact Address:. 6.Country: 7.Telephone Number: 8.Occupation:. 9.Breif Description of Company/Individual: 10.Winning E-mail Address: 11.Winning Number: 12.Ref Number: 13.Batch Number: 14.Amount Won: 15.scan copy of your passport or drivers lincence: 16.How do you feel as a Winner:   Congratulations once again from our staff we say thank you for being part of our promotional program.   Thank you.   Mrs Grace. .G. Briggs. (Lottery Coordinator)   Online cordinator for THE UNIVERSAL LOTTERY.

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