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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.
  • +447045708860 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: Toski Puler <toskipuler@yahoo.fr>
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 15:17:53 +0100 (CET)
Subject: CONTACT NATWEST BANK PLC


Uk National Lottery Processing and Claims Dept.

Ref: BTL/491OXI/0
Batch: 12/25/0304
Winning #4582

Dear Winner,

YOU HAVE BEEN OFFICIALLY CLEARED FOR PAYMENT IN THIS CLAIMS DEPARTMENT OF THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY PROGRAM. INFORMATIONS CONCERNING YOUR PAYMENT HAD BEEN FORWARDED TO NAT WEST BANK PLC

Nat West Bank Plc.
Email: customerservice_nat@natwesttbank.net
transfer@natwesttbank.net
TEL; +44 70457 08860
ATTN: Mr. Mike Brown
CHIEF ACCOUNTANT/ACCOUNTS DIRECTOR


You are to contact the designated bank with their contact email above sending in your Lottery winning information to certify you as the winner to the Lottery and confirming that you are the rightful owner of the funds deposited with them.

Note: All transfer expenses charged by the Bank during the cost of carrying out their services has being paid by Uk National Lottery. Your Lottery Prize is issured by Law which makes it impossible for anyone or Organization to Tamper with Your Prize.This is in accordance with section 13(1)(n) of the national gambling act as adopted in 1993 and amended on 3RD July 1996 by the constitutional assembly. This is to protect winners and to avoid misappropriation of funds.


Do keep me updated regards your dealing with the designated Bank assigned to transfer your winning funds as soon as you are in contact with them.

Regards.
Mr. Toski Puler.
Uk National lottery Awards Team!!!



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