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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:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "abuja" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • +2348061159853 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • claimsdepartmentunionbankplc@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: CASH-OUT LOTTO BV <mary_pc3@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: 27 Mar 2007 07:57:08 -0800
Subject: Congratulation Youn Have Won $500,000,00 USD Claim Now

Content-Type: text/plain

Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit




CASH-OUT LOTTO BV

CASH-OUT PLAZA, SUITE 1102A

AMSTERDAM ZUID-OOST

AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS

INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRICE AWARD DEPARTMENT.



Batch No: WD18/0065/05RN

Our Ref: UKNL/255457004/05

Our Ref: UK-NL/0627/05



DEAR WINNER,



BONUS LOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION



The CASH-OUT LOTTO BV is pleased to notify you of the release today as dated of the CASH-OUT LOTTO BV Promotions programme held on friday the 20 of March 2007.Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 25,000 names from Europe,America, Asia, Australia,New Zealand Middle-East,Africa, and North & South America as part of our international promotions programme conducted annually to encourage prospective overseas entries.



We hope with part of your prize awards, you will takepart in our subsequent lottery jackpots.The result of our computer draw 844 of this day selected your names and email address attached to Ticket Number 034-22478556 with serial number 129 drew the lucky number 16-25-27-32-35-43-42 which consequently won the lottery grand prize awards in the 2nd category.



Therefore, you have been approved a lottory jackpot lump sum prize awards winning of #3,950,280.00 (Three Million, Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand,Two Hundred and Eighty Pounds Sterling Only) in cash prize

credited to file Ref. No: UKNL/255457004/05. This is from the total prize of #18,486,220. 00 (Eighteen Million, Two Hundred and Eighty Six Thousand, Two Hundred and Twenty Pounds Sterlings) shared among the

Thirty Eight overseas lucky winners in this category as part of our

promotional programme for this year 2006. This is your opportunity!

Your prize awards has been insured in your names and ready for claim.

To begin your claims therefore, you are advised on final notice and as a matter of urgency, to contact our licensed and accredited claim agent for Overseas Lottery Winners for the processing of your prize awards winning and payment to your designated bank account after all statutory obligations have been concluded satisfactorily.



Contact thus:



Financial Director,

Marvin Davis

UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC.

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR,CLAIMS VERIFICATION AND

INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT.

UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC,

PLOT 54,RALPH SHODEINDE STREET,

CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT.

ABUJA-NIGERIA.

PHONE: +234-806-115-9853 , +234-802-472-0855 .

EMAIL: claimsdepartmentunionbankplc@yahoo.com





(CLAIMS VERIFICATION AND REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT).



DO NOT HESITATE TO CONTACT ME IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT I CAN ASSIST YOU WITH.THE PICTURE PAGE OF MY INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT IS HEREBY ATTACHED FOR YOUR PERUSAL,THANKS.



BEST REGARDS,

YOUR AGENT,

MRS Mary Anderson

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