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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.
  • +447045703203 (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.
  • claimsdept_lotterypromo2007@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "UK INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY" <coordinatorrklloydd81@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 02:13:27 +0000
Subject: FINAL WINNING NOTIFICATION

THE UK INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
P O BOX 1010
LIVERPOOL, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref No: UK/9420X2/68
Batch No: 074/05/ZY369
WINNING NOTIFICATION
We happily announce to you the draw (#1196) of the UK INTERNATIONAL
LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held on Sat 09th June,
2007.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:56475600545 188 with Serial
number 5368/06 drew the lucky numbers: 02-03-23-33-40-46 (bonus no.30),
which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e match 5 plus
bonus. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £164,028
(One Hundred And Sixty Four Thousand, And Twenty Eight pound sterling) in
cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.

This is from a total cash prize of £1,476,252 shared amongst the (04) lucky
winners in this category i.e Match 5 plus bonus. 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. However, no tickets were
sold but all email addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for
representation and privacy and the selection process was carried out through
random selection in our computerized email selection machine (TOPAZ).

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, your £164,028 (One Hundred
And Sixty Four Thousand, And Twenty Eight pound sterling) would be released
to you by any of our payment offices in Europe.
This Promotion is approved by the British Gaming Board and also licensed by
The International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR).

Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the
release of your funds as soon as you contact him. For security reasons, you
are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims
is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit
to claim your prize.

This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program. To file for your claim, please contact
our Oversea claims agent.
Fidiciary Agent: Mr. Terry Bledsoe
Official Email: claimsdept_lotterypromo2007@yahoo.co.uk
Tel: +447045703203

Endeavour to email your full names,winning numbers,telephone and fax numbers
immediately.

NOTE: The lucky numbers are the lotto numbers.Endeavour to go to our online
result site to confirm the value of your winnings and also get a prize
breakdown:-http://national-lottery.co.uk/p/results.do

Congratulations from me and members of staff of THE UK INTERNATIONAL
LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,
Mr. Richard K. Lloyd
Online coordinator for THE UK
INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program

_________________________________________________________________
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