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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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • +447040116819 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448700688838 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: Natwest Bank <services@tech-natwest.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2006 16:22:17 +0000
Subject: Attn: Prize Payment Remittance(UK/OL/2012)


National Westminster Bank Plc
PO Box 90
1 Market Street BD1 1EG
England

Branch Tel: +448700688838
Direct Tel: +447040116819
Direct Fax: +447092860562

24-hour Telephone Banking 0704 011 6986(For Emergencies)
International +44 (0) 704 011 7413(For Emergencies)

Our Ref#: NWB/ACC/06
Your Ref #: NWB/UK/F4-W6/06

We are yet to receive any correspondence from you. Upon cancellation of payment, any rebates, earnings, bonus's or prizes accrued at the date of cancellation shall be held for the benefit ofthe Estate of the Lottery Company. In the absence of a testimonial beneficiary, the ROLLING procedure will be invoked, or the Lottery Board may at its solid discretion appoint a new beneficiary/winner. The Lottery Company reserves the unfeterred discretion to approve any new beneficiary(and subsequent payment). Contact the undersigned to be privy for further clarification.

Treat with dispatch,

Yours Faithfully
Gordon Pell
Chief Financial Officer

**National Westminster Bank Plc, Registered in England No 929027. Registered Office: 135 Bishopsgate, London EC2M 3UR.
Regulated by the Financial Services Authority

*Agency agreements exist between members of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group

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