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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:
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• 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!
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • +447024032003 (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.
  • nationallotteryuk2007@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Barr Johnson George" <barrjohnsongeorge7@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: nationallotteryuk2007@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 23:48:35 -0900
Subject: CONGRATULATION, YOU HAVE WON!

United Kingdom National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369

WINNING
NOTIFICATION:
We happily announce to you the draw (#1138) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,
online Sweepstakes International program held on Wednesday. 24th Jan. 2007.
Your e-mail address attached to e-ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial
number 5368/02 drew the lucky (lotto) numbers:

01 19 20 32 42 46
Bonus ball (#49), which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category
i.e, match 6 plus bonus. You have therefore been approved to claim a total
sum of 5, 41,022(Five hundred and forty one thousand, twenty-two pounds
sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03. This is from a total
cash prize of 5,246,132 shared amongst the (6) lucky winners in this
category i.e. Match 6 plus bonus.

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from the
World Wide Websites through computer draw system and extracted from over
100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online.

Your prize award has been insured in your name and is ready for claims. To
begin your claims therefore, you are advised to expeditiously contact our
licensed and accredited claims agent for Overseas Lottery Winners within a
period of 21 days (date of this email inclusive) for the processing of your
winnings and remittance to your designated bank account after all statutory
obligations have been satisfactorily dispensed with.

This promotion takes place By-weekly. Please note that your lucky winning
number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as
indicated in your play coupon.
In view of this, your 541.022(Five hundred and forty one thousand,
twenty-two pounds sterling) would be released to you by any of our payment
offices in Europe.

Please be informed that claims not processed within the stipulated period
may be forfeited to the pool without further notice.

Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the
release of your funds as soon as you contact him. For security reasons, you
are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims
is processed and your
Prize remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit. This is part of our
precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this
program. Please be warned.

To file for claim, fill out the information required in the verification
form and establish contact via e-mail between the hours of 8.00am - 7.30pm
on Monday through Saturday and contact our overseas claims unit with the
information below:

OVERSEAS CLAIMS UNIT
United Kingdom Lottery Fiduciary
Contact Person: Rev. James Paul
E-mail: nationallotteryuk2007@yahoo.co.uk

VERIFICATION FORM

1.FULL NAMES: __________________________________
2.ADDRESS: _____________________________________
_______________________________________________
3.SEX: __________

4.AGE: __________
5.MARITAL STATUS: ___________________
6.OCCUPATION: _______________________
7.E-MAIL ADDRESS: _____________________________
8.TELEPHONE NUMBER: __________________________
9.LOTTO NUMBER: ____________________ B. DRAW NUMBER: ______________
10.TICKET NUMBER: ___________________
11.SERIAL NUMBER: __________________
12.AMOUNT WON:______________________
13.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL____________
___________________________________________
14. COUNTRY________________________________


CLAIMANT SIGNATORY DECLARATION
====================================

I,......................................HEREBY DECLARE THAT I HAVE NEVER
RECIEVED ANY FORM OF SETTLEMENT FROM THE UK. Neither NATIONAL LOTTERY NOR
ANY MEMBER OF MY FAMILY.
I, THEREFORE, DECLARE THAT THE UK. NATIONAL LOTTERY ACTS ON MY BEHALF IN THE
PROCESSING AND TRANSFER OF MY PRIZE AS INSTRUCTED BY ME.
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You can go to our online result site to confirm your winnings
And also for verification of your winning numbers:
www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/results/results.do

Good luck from me and members of staff of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,
Barrister. Johnson George

Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.
Phone: +44-7024-032-003


Copyright 1994-2007 The UK National Lottery Inc.
All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guideline

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