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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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:
  • "part of our security protocols" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "to your nominated bank account" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • +447045710473 (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.
  • claimsdepartment_ukjackpot1@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: FRANK WOOD <claimsdepartment_ukjackpot1@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 11:44:15 -0800 (PST)
Subject: TERMS AND CONDITION/ CLAIM APPLICATION FORM .






U.K LOTTERY CLAIM/LEGAL DEPARTMENT
(ACCREDITED LICENSED AGENT)
TEL/FAX Number+447045710473
406 BURY NEW ROAD,WHITEFIELD, MANCHESTER M45 7SX, U.K.

Reply Email:claimsdepartment_ukjackpot1@yahoo.co.uk

























WINNING INFORMATION / OUR SERVICES Sir/Madam

Congratulations from our members of staff. We are U.KLOTTERY
AGENCY , You don't have to purchase a ticket to enter this lottery, your
email indicating you as a winner in the lottery programs held by the
U.K LOTTERY was received. Your email address was selected through
the computer ballot system drawn as one of the lucky email address that emerge from the category (A) to have won the sum of Eight hundred and fifty thousand pounds only,out of our sixty -six million pounds splash on this anniversary . The information was passed to you by the Lottery Co-ordinator to ensure that they are in contact with the rightful owner of the winning e-mail and web-site addresses.

We write to explain and clarify the mode and chronologies of the
services we render to our clients of lottery claim related issues. Firstly,
our ultimate concern is that our clients get their winning prizes as
quickly as it is possible.

You are therefore required to fill the U.K Lottery Claim Application Form Attached below,and return back to this office through
e-mail attachment for verification from the lottery coordinators. After been confirmed as the bonafide winner, a Release Order will be issued and you will be invited to sign this document after which a Beneficiary Award Certificate will be presented to you. You will also be required to
complete the Form B6, where you will have to indicate your preferred mode of payment.

Your winning prize being deposited at the Treasury department of the
paying bank will therefore be eventually remitted, to your designated
account. Due to mix-up of certain numbers and names, you are required to keep your winning information confidential until your claim has been
processed and winning prize remitted to your nominated bank account. This is part of our security protocols to avoid abuse of the program by some participants.

Your winning prize is covered by HIGH INSURANCE POLICY PREMIUM, in
accordance with Article 342 of the World Gaming Board as amended in the 1996 Constitution. This is to protect the prime winner and miss-Appropriation of funds.

Be assured that, in line with our principles of efficiency,
transparency and customers` satisfaction, we handle all verification exercises with the highest level of professionalism and discretion to ensure that our clients receive their prizes within the shortest possible time. For more information, please contact the under-signed directly on
calling from Europe+447045710473 or 011 447045710473 when calling
from United States. We are open between 0700hrs -20:00hrsGMT from Mondays through Fridays and on Saturdays from 0700hrs -18:00hrs GMT. Once again, Congratulations.

N.B Please find attached the claim application form, filled in the
necessary info and send it back via e-mail attachment and upon
receipt we shall forward it to the verification center for further scrutiny
and verification purposes.

Best Regards
Frank Wood.
(U.K) Claims manager.







































































CLAIMS APPLICATION FORM.

Your application for the claim of lottery winning prize will be duly process and settlement be made upon certification. Hence, carefully fill in the appropriate information in the space provided below to facilitate our immediate commencement of your claim processing.

Full Name of Beneficiary: __________________________________________________

Address: __________________________________________________________

City/State: ____________________Country:_________________________________

Bank name: ______________________________________________________________

Occupation: ______________________________________________________________

Tel: ______________________________ Fax: ___________________________________

Next of Kin: _______________________ Address: ______________________________


Amount won: _________________________________________________

Winning Email Address: __________________________________________________



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