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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:

• 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")
• 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.
  • +447005938106 (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.
  • verification01@aol.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Overseas Gambling Board" <overseasgamblingboard3@googlemail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 15:26:20 +0100
Subject: Award Notification


*Batch No: WD20/0173/07RN
Our Ref: UKNL/25535424/07
Our Ref: UK-NL/06677/065*



Treasured lucky winner,



*RE: BONUS LOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION *


We are pleased to notify you of the release today as dated of the
"UK's Overseas
Lottery International Promotions programme held on April 16th 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 take part 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 lottery jackpot lump sum prize awards
winning of *£850,950.00* *(Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand, Nine Hundred
and Fifty pounds Sterling Only)* in cash prize credited to file Ref. No:
UKNL/255457004/04. This is from the total prize of *£18,486,220. 00 *(Eighteen
Million, Four Hundred and Eighty Six Thousand, Two Hundred and Twenty Pounds
Sterling) shared among the Thirty Eight overseas lucky winners in this
category as part of our promotional programme for this year 2007. This is
your opportunity!



Your prize awards have 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 Gambling Board 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:



*N.I.P Management ltd*

*Regency House*

*62-66 Deansgate, *

*Manchester** M3 2EN *

*United Kingdom**.*

*Email: **verification01@aol.co.uk<http://webmail.aol.com/25045/aim/en-gb/mail/display-message.aspx>
***

*Tel: +44-7005-938-106 *

*Fax: +44-7005-938-406 *



Due to mixed up in some numbers and names and for the purpose of
confidentiality, be advised to keep this award notification as secret from
public notice until your claim has been processed and your prize money
remitted to your designated bank account as this is part of precautionary
measures to avoid double claim or misuse of this program by some social
miscreants. Hence, your prize award is confidential as our winners are at
liberty to remain completely anonymous until payment is effected to the
benefit of the beneficiary. Our staffs are sworn to secrecy, so you will be
the only one to know what you've won hence, this notification via this
medium (EMAIL) to avoid interception of official letters.



On a final note, you are advised to begin your claim immediately hence, all
prizes awards must be claimed and disbursed within 20days of this
notification as elapse of the scheduled "End of Claim" date will authorized
funds withholding for redirection as abandoned/ unclaimed without notice.

Note: To enhance the processing of your claim by our accredited claim agent,
you are advised to officially introduce yourself to the claim agent and also
provide them with your valid means of your personal identification with a
copy of this awards notification for references.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!



At your disposal, we remain.



Very Truly Yours,



*MARY HOWARDS (Mrs.),*

Director.

International Promotions Unit,
OVERSEAS GAMBLING BOARD.

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