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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:

• 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.
  • +447017025440 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +447024074927 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "NATIONAL PROGRAM" <uklottery_awards006@rediffmail.com>
Date: 20 Dec 2006 07:01:38 -0000
Subject: YOU\'VE WON LOTTERY HOLIDAY AWARDS (CONGRATULATION)!!!


NATIONAL LOTTERYPROMOTIONS/ PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.79 BOVILL ROAD LONDON. SE23 1EL.
*************************REF Nº: EGS/2251256003/02BATCH Nº: 14/0017/1PD*************************&nbsp;Attn:Winner&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; WINNING NOTIFICATION
The board of directors and entire member of staff of the National Lottery wishes to inform you of&nbsp; the result of the (Email Address Ballot) online Sweepstakes international program held at the British Headquarter. Your email account has been picked as a winner of Six Hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling (£600,000.00) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03. This is from a total sum of Four Million; Two hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling (£4,200,000.00) shared amongst seven winners.
This results is now released to you on Saturday 16 December 2006 and your email address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky&nbsp; numbers 5-8-11-27-30-46&nbsp; and bonus ball-34 in the Lotto, to check your results online click on this link http://lottery.co.uk/res/&nbsp; participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from Microsoft users from company and individual email address users. Be advice to keep your winning information confidential until your claims have been processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. For the release of your winning, kindly contact your claims supervisory officer at the British Lottery Head Quarters, Payment Release Order Department.
**************************************************Contact Agent: Mr. Adams Richard.PROMOTIONS/ PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,BRITISH/UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.E-mail: uklottery_agent_richard@yahoo.co.ukTel:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; +44 701 702 5440&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; +44-702-407-4927**************************************************&nbsp;You will be required to quote your lucky number, for confirmation on your winnings. All winning must be claimed not later than 25th of December 2006 after receipt of this mail. After this date all unclaimed funds will be returned to European Union Treasury as unclaimed prize for good cause. Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your reference number in all correspondence. You are therefore advised to give the following in formations to the fiduciary (Mr. Adams Richard via email)
1. Full name and address.2. Country.3. Tel and fax number.4. Occupation.5. Languages Spoken6. Religion.7. Age.&nbsp;Congratulations from the entire member of staff and thank you for being part of our email account users
program.Yours Sincerely,Mrs. Ann Roberts,Executive (International Sweepstakes).
Note: Participants below 21 years are automatically disqualified. All e-mail transmission/ correspondence are 100% protected by our Secured Socket Layer (SSL) server. The NLS is an institution under public law.Therefore, the lottery contract is concluded between the lottery participant and the public law institution NATIONAL LOTTERY ONLINE PROGRAM which is represented through its Director Dr. Gerhard Rombach at 79 Bovill Road, London. SE23 1EL. United Kingdom, trades register HRA 6230. Affiliates The Lottery Company and lottery.co.uk is in no way affiliated with, associated with or approved or endorsed by Camelot Group plc or The National Lottery Commission.
WARNING!!! ANY MAIL RECIEVED OF THIS SUCH WITH ANY OTHER TRADE MARK OR ADDRESS SHOULD BE FOWARD TO THIS BOX IMMEDIATELY ,THIS WILL HELP US TO FIGHT SCAM AND LOTTERY IMPOSTERS . THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANTICIPATED CO-PERATION.&nbsp;&nbsp; Material Copyright © 2006 the Lottery Co. Ltd

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