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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:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash)
• 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.
  • +442081816437
• 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.
  • macdanny_co99@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Macdanny Cole" <macdanny_co66@anpmall.net>
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 07:38:10 +1030
Subject: 2007 BONUS EMAIL LOTTERY WINNING ANNOUNCEMENT.

Overseas Claim Office
Contact Person: Macdanny Cole
Email:macdanny_co99@yahoo.co.uk
Fax: +44 208 181 6437
PHONE NUBER:00447895697400

Dear Lucky Winner,

We are pleased to notify you the draw of the UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY, Program held on 25th of January 2007,
Participants were selected through a computer ballot
system drawn from a pool of over 25,000 names of distinguished professionals
drawn from America, Asia, Europe, Australia, Middle-East,
parts of Africa, New Zealand and North & South America as part of our international
promotions programme conducted annually to encourage prospective
overseas entries. We hope with part of your prize awards, you will take
part in our subsequent lottery jackpots. The result of our computer draw
(#1032) selected your email address attached to e-ticket number
56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers
02.03.06.07.18.19 (24bonus ball), which subsequently won you the
lottery in the 2nd category i.e. match 5 plus bonus.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £2,600,000
(Two Million Six Hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling) in cash credited to
file KTU/9023118308/03.This is from a total cash prize of £10,533,120
shared amongst the first Six (6) lucky winners in this category.

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

You may wish to establish contact via e-mail with the particulars presented below
citing the batch and reference numbers to this letter between the hours of
8.00am- 7.30pm on Monday through Saturday. Contact the lottery fiducial/verification
officer with the contact details on the top left corner of this email providing him
with the requirements below to begin your claim process.

UK NATIONAL LOTTERY : WINNING PRIZE CLAIMS-
LOTTERY CLAIMS APPLICATION FORM-C
========================
FULL NAME OF WINNER:
CURRENTADDRESS:
COUNTRY/REGION:
STATE/PROVINCE:
AGE:
SEX:
MARTIALSTATUS:
OCCUPATION:
CURRENTEMAIL:
TEL/FAX:
E-TICKET NUM:
DRAWDATE:
HOW DO YOU FEEL:
====================================
PLEASE INDICATE YOUR PREFERRED MODE OF PAYMENT BELOW:
PREFERRED MODE OF RECEIVING PAYMENT:
1) BANK TRANSFER
2) CHEQUE
3) CASH


2007 BONUS EMAIL LOTTERY WINNING ANNOUNCEMENT.



©2006 UK National Lottery. All rights reserved

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