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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "british lottery international" (no such lottery exists)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "accredited attorney" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "courier company" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
• 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!
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • temple1gardens@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: coca cola <ln_olympic2012_win@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2007 03:08:38 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Fill Claims Form


CONGRATULATIONS! CONGRATULATIONS!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!



LONDON2012
PROMOTIONAL DRAW FOR THE 2012
OLYMPIC GAMES IN LONDON




THE COCA COLA COMPANY
PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD
DEPTCOCA COLA AVENUE
STAMFORD BRIDGE LONDON.
SW1V 3DW UNITED KINGDOM
Dear Winner,


We members of the Gaming Board and promoters of this program would like to congratulate you once more and also guarantee you that this programme is in full recognition with the British Gaming Board which makes your prize fully legitimate and tax free by the UK customs.This program is organised by Link Serve Consultants in collaboration with Coca-Cola to find out the best producing Soda company for the Olympic 2012 which would be hosted in London,United Kingdom. To claim your prize at the ongoing coca-cola Best soda promotion in which you emerged as one of our lucky winners you are required to contact the promotional accredited attorney general to help process your neccessary winning documents which would be issued by the International Association of Gaming Regulators after which you would be redirected to our accredited courier company for delivering your winnings to your doorstep via air mail if you are unable to come down to our office when your winnings have been
processed.
We always advice WINNERS NOT TO DISCLOSE THEIR INFORMATIONS TO ANYONE until they have received their prize to avoid fraudulent acts from fraudulent perpetrators.We take confidentiality as our watch word.
You can contact the Companies Accredited Attorney with the form below

Barrister Shaman Kapoor
Email:temple1gardens@yahoo.com
1Temple Law Chambers
London, UNITED KINGDOM


Best Regards, Mr. Jones Spencer
THE COCA COLA PROMOTIONS OLYMPICS 2012 PROMOTIONS


LONDON2012
Copyright © 1994-2012 The Coca~cola Company
Copyright © 1994-2012 The Coca~cola Company

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WINNER'S CLAIM FORM







WINNER'S PERSONAL DATA







First Name.: [input] *







Middle Name.: [input]



Last Name.: [input] *




Gender.: MaleFemale




Month Of Birth.: MonthJanuaryFebuaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember



Day: Day12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031



Year: [input]




Marital Status.: SingleMarriedDivorced



Nationality.: [input] *



Religion.: [input]



Occupation.: [input]







Address 1.: [input] *



Address 2.: [input]



City.: [input] *



State/Province.: [input] *



Zip Code.: [input] *




Mobile phone No.: [input] *



House Phone No.: [input] *



Fax No.: [input]



Email Address.: [input] * eg. username@domainname.com




WINNING INFORMATION



Batch Number.: [input] *



Serial Number.: [input] *



Refrence Number.: [input] *







This is to verify that the information filled in this FORM is a valid particulars of me. Yes: [input] No: [input]












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BRITISH LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
COPYRIGHT © 2007 ALL RIGHT RESERVED


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