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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 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.
  • +447011140200 (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.
  • claim_agent60@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: uk lottery uk lottery <uklottery2007_001_web@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:56:13 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: CONGRATULATION YOU HAVE WON FROM UK LOTTERY



BRITISH LOTTERY

14 FRATON ROAD
FULHAM, LONDON
Ref: EAASL/941OYI/02/SHYN
Batch: 12/25/0034
PHONE NO +447011140200


WINNING NOTIFICATION:
Dear Mr/Mrs/Sir/Madam:
This is to inform you that your email address has won the british lottery which was held on 8th Day of Janaury' 2007. your email with serial number 5388/02 and ticket number564 75600545 188 hit the jackpot .

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £, 1,000000,00(One Million Great British Pounds, ) in cash credited to file KPC/9080118308/02/SHYN. This is from a total cash prize of £50 Million pounds shared among the first fifty (50) lucky winners in this category.

In the 2nd category.you are advised to keep this notice to yourself because of individuals who may divert your money to theirs and they also use our company to deceive others.you are advised to report back by means of email to claim_agent60@yahoo.co.uk within the hours of reading this mail.or you call on this telephone NO+447024018262 call Mr.M.Robinson,your (Claim Agent), your address attached in the A Category bonus ball 47. participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from Microsoft users from company and individual email addresses users. All winning must be claimed not later than 24th Day of May , 2007. After this date all unclaimed funds will be returned to European Union Treasury as unclaimed Prizes. Please note, in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your reference number in all correspondence.



1. Full name and address.
2. Country.
3. Tel Number and fax number.
4.Occupation.
5. A PASSPORT PHOTGRAPH.
6.age & Sex.
Congratulations from the staff, and thank you for being part of email account users of this program.


Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Julie Van Hans,
Executive.(Euro Lottery Intern.)






Yours faithfully,
Mrs.FAITH BASHEERA
(CO -ORDINATOR)



MRS Caro smith
(secretary)





The Lottery Company and lottery.co.uk is in no way affiliated with, associated with
or approved or endorsed by Camelot Group plc Commission ,

LOTTERY SPONSORS: CHIEF SPONSORS;

MICROSOFT CORPORATION UK, MICROSOFT CORPORATION AFRICA,
MICROSOFT CORPORATION USA, MICROSOFT CORPORATION ASIA.

Past winners.



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