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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:
  • "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.
  • +447045715908 (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.
  • garryconsultoffice@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "BRITISH INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY LOTTERY" <onlineloto2007@acasa.ro>
Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 08:50:15 +0300
Subject: Congratulation!!! Dear Winner


BRITISH INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY INC.
5th Floor East
Commonwealth Centre
55 Currie Street London L70 1NL.
United Kingdom.
DATE: May 2nd 2007.

CONGRATULATION BOUNS WINNING NOTIFICATION

ATTENTION:

We happily announce to you the draw (1068) of the BRITISH INTERNATIONAL
LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held on 2nd May 2007.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545188 with Serial
number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 02-06-10-17-29-30(Bonus no,30),
which subsequently won you 1th category in the match 5 plus bonus category.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of1,000,000.00 (One
Million Pound Sterling Only) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.
This is from a total cash prize of 51,002,068 shared amongst the (6) lucky
winners in the match 6 category.

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World
Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000
unions,associations and corporate bodies that are listed online.

This promotion takes place weekly. Please note that your lucky winning
number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as
indicated in your play coupon.

In view of this, you have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of
1,000,000.00 (One Million Pound Sterling Only). This sum will be released
to you by any of our payment offices in Europe. Our European agents will
immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as
soon as you contact them.

As part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and eradicate
the unwarranted abuse of this program, you are advised to keep your winning
information confidential until your claims is remmited to you.

PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU QUOTE YOUR BELOW WINNING PARTICULARS WHEN
CONTACTING YOUR CLAIMS AGENT:

Ref No:4758961725
Batch No: 70564943902/188
Winning No: FGNGB2701/LPRC
***********************************************
HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE,
Simply contact our fiducial agent, DR GARRY LEE, at
garryconsultoffice@yahoo.co.uk
Tel: +44 7045715908
Fax: (44) 870 490 0339
to file for your claim .
CALL FOR MORE INFORMATION,
***********************************************
For further clarification/verification of your claims, Please call on any
of our official numbers as stated in notification email:
garryconsultoffice@yahoo.co.uk
Congratulations from me and the entire members of THE BRITISH LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Basheera Abubakar
Online co-ordinator for THE BRITISH INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.

Mrs. Basheera Abubakar
(Co-coordinator).

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