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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "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.
  • +447624172620

Fraud email example:

From: "The National Lottery" <thenationallotteryuk@microcamp.com.br>
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 20:51:45 -0300
Subject: RE: YOU ARE A WINNER!!!!


RE: YOU ARE A WINNER!!!!THE NATIONAL LOTTERY E-MAIL LOTTERY DEPARTMENTUNITED -
KINGDOMINTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/IPRIECREFERENCE NUMBER:
FLI-OP/2811-FM10431/0253BATCH NUMBER: HPYW/71/731/UJNLAttention Winner,We are
pleased to notify you that your email address linked with ticket No.:
51366221663-48031 with serial No.: 991-504-431 Draw No.: 7-34-61-55-9484
which won in the 3rd batch in our lottery program held on the 3rd of Jan
2007, you have been Accepted for lump sum pay out of GBP&pound;1Million
Pounds (One Million, Great British Pounds sterling) which will be paid to you
as one of the lucky winners, All Partakers of this program were selected via
computer ballot system which your email address was among the lucky
winners.You are required to contact our claims Agent immediately so that your
file will be processed and your won prize will be released to you on or before
30th April 2007, as every unclaimed sum/prize after the above date will be
returned to our Treasury as unclaimed prize, so you have to be in touch with
the claims agent immediately to avoid your prize being returned to our
Treasury.To file for your claim, contact our claim agent with below
information:Mr. Kelly AlexOf THE NATIONAL LOTTERYE-MAIL:
kellyalex2@yahoo.co.ukTel: +44-762-4172620Note: You are to contact our claims
agent with your full names, telephone number for further clarifications and
instruction on how your prize will be claimed, remember always include your
above reference and batch numbers in every correspondence for Identification
purposes and keep the numbers with you as it will be required any time by the
claims agent.Sincerely yoursMr. Nelson HoffmanNotification AgentE-mail Lottery
DepartmentThe National Lottery.
_________________________________________________________
Microcamp

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