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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 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.
  • jamesmarkonlineagent@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "BRAIN HUNT" <lotto2007@rediffmail.com>
Date: 13 Jan 2007 15:44:06 -0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION...HAPPY NEW YEAR!!


&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; UNITED KINGDOM NATIONAL LOTTERY
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; FROM: THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR PROMOTIONS, INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,&nbsp; REF.NO.-UKNL-L/200-26937&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Dear Winner,
We are pleased to announce to you as one of the 6 lucky winners in the UNITED KINGDOM NATIONAL LOTTERY&nbsp; held on 7TH JAN, 2007. All 6 winning addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 40,000 international emails through electronic draw. Your email address emerged alongside 5 others as a 3rd category winner in this month\'s draw. Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a total pay&nbsp; of&nbsp; ?£250,000 (Two hundred and fifty thousand pounds sterlings) only. This promotional program takes place once in a month, and is promoted and sponsored by eminent personalities like the Sultan of Brunei,Bill Gates of Microsoft, Michael Dell of Dell Computers and other corporate organizations. this is to encourage the use of the Internet and computers worldwide. For security purpose and clarity, we advise that you 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 claims and unwarrant
ed abuse of this program by some participants. You are requested to contact our clearance officer below to assist you with your winnings and subsequent payments. all winnings must be claimed not later than two weeks After the date of this notice.The following particulars are attached to your lottery payment order: REF No: UKNL-L/200-26937 BATCH No: 2005MJL-01 TICKET No: 20511465463-7644 SERIAL No: S/N-00168 LUCKY No: 887-13-865-37-10-83Please contact the under listed claims officer as soon as possible for the immediate release of your winnings with the following details:
1. Full Name 2. Sex 3.age
4. Phone and Fax Number 5. Nationality 6. Present Location 7.Occupation8.REF No: 9.BATCH No:10.TICKET No:&nbsp; 11.SERIAL No: 12.LUCKY No:

CONTACT AGENCY Mr.james markEmail: jamesmarkonlineagent@yahoo.com&nbsp; Tel:&nbsp; +44-702_ 406 _5725Once again on behalf of all our staff, CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Sincerely, Mr BRAIN HUNT LOTTERY COORDINATOR, INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS. PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT, UK.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Congratulations from me and members of staff of UNITED KINGDOM NATIONAL LOTTERY.
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Copyright 2007 The UK National Lottery Inc. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guideline&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 77635 476378 255667460 &nbsp;

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