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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")
• 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.
  • +447031964073 (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.
  • claimsagentukoffice@mail2world.com
  • claimsagentusa1@uymail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: claims agent <claimsagent_ukofficer554@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 09:23:58 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Uk national lottery


Uk national lottery
HOME OFFICE: 165 FULHAM PALACE RD.
W6 8JB UNITED KINGDOM.
(Customer Services)
REFERENCE NUMBER:UK/839030X2/14
BATCH NUMBER:065/088/XY24
TICKET NUMBER:023-1111-790-458
WINNING NOTIFICATION.


We are pleased to inform you of the final announcement today Tuesday
13th,of Feb,2007 of winners of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY ONLINE PROMO
PROGRAMME, held on the 12th of december, 2006 .
Your ticket number 023-1111-790-458 attached to your email address,
with serial number 5073-12 drew the lucky numbers
05-11-12-16-17-45-42(bonus no.42),this lucky number subsequently won
you the lottery in the 2nd
category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of £552,000,00
(Five hundred and fifty-two thousand pounds sterling) in cash credited
to file XYL/26510460037/04. This is from a total cash prize of
£5,520,000,00(Five million, five hundred and twenty thousand pounds
sterling)
shared amongst the first ten (10) lucky winners in this category i.e
Match 5 plus bonus.
All participants of this online promotion programme were selected
randomly from numerous World Wide Web sites through computer draw
system and
extracted from close to 125,000 unions, associations and corporate
bodies listed online and thier companys. This promotion takes place Quarterly.
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European
booklet representative office in the United kingdom as indicated in
your
play cou pon. In view of this,your £552,000,00 (Five hundred and
fifty-two thousand pounds sterling) would be released to you by any of
our
payment office in the United Kingdom.
Your assigned claims agent will immediately commence the process to
facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him/her via
electronic mail(email) or other options made available to you.
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claim is processed and your money remitted to
you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.This is part of
our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted
abuse of this program. Please be warned.
contac our officer deparment bellow for your winning claim:
ON ADDRESS
Uk national lottery
HOME OFFICE: 165 FULHAM PALACE RD.
W6 8JB UNITED KINGDOM
Tel: + 4470 3196 4073
Fax: + 4470 4797 7460
Email claimsagentukoffice@mail2world.com

United State
Inc., A United Online Company,
P.O. Box 344, Woodland Hills, CA 91365-0397
Tel/fax + 1-347-287-6934
Email : claimsagentusa1@uymail.com

* FILL OUT THE WINNERS VERIFICATION FORM BELOW:
*1.FULL NAMES:__________________________________
*2.ADDRESS:_____________________________________________
____________________________________________
*3.SEX:_______________
*4.AGE:________
*5.MARITAL STATUS:___________________
*6.OCCUPATION:________________________
*7.E-MAIL ADDRESS:_____________________________
*8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:_____________________
*9.REFFERENCE NUMBER:____________________
*B. BATCH NUMBER:______________
*10.TICKET NUMBER:___________________
*11.SERIAL NUMBER:__________________
*12.AMOUNT WON:_______________________________
*13.COUNTRY :___________________________________________
*14.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL____________
___________________________________________
Upon receipt of the duly requested data form above,your winning certificate will be send to
you and the contact information of the payment officer so you can proceed with effecting the
release of your claim in anyway you deem fit.
CONGRATULATIONS FROM ME AND MEMBERS OF STAFF OF THE NATIONAL LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,
Lorraine MRS
Online co-ordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY


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