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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "british lottery international" (no such lottery exists)
  • "ms-word lotto" (no such lottery exists)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "from: the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims office" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • +447011147907 (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.
  • dr.f_claim_units@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Uk National Lottery ." <loto_uk_prog1@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <dr.f_claim_units@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 11:42:03 +0100
Subject: Congratulations Your Mail Id Has Won This Month Electronic mail
Award 2007/ Open Page For Details!











The National LotteryPO Box 1010Liverpool L70 1NL
FROM: THE DESK OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR

INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRICE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
Ref No: 475061723
Batch No:70564702/188

RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION/ FINAL NOTICE
Dear Sir/madam
National U.K Lottewry and MICROSOFT COOPERATION MANAGEMENT WORLDWIDE are pleased to inform you of the todays winners of our annual MS-WORD LOTTO LOTTERY conducted in UNITED KINGDOM THE HOST OF THE EVENT FOR THIS PRESENT YEAR MEGA JACKPOT LOTTO WINNING PROGRAMS HELD ON Sat 09 Jun 07
Your Personal E-mail address or Company email is attached to Winner No 7 02ms_pz, with serial number7741137002 drew the lucky numbers consequently won in a category hit bonus ball and bonus ball which won lotto draw of the above date.
pay of Five Hundred Thousand Birtish Pounds Starling Only {£500,000, GB}.you have been approve for lump sum in cash Credited to file REF NO:ms_475061723 this is from total prize money of GB 25,000,000.00 POUNDS, shared among the Twenty-five (25) lucky international winners in first and second category.
All participants were selected from Worldwide Websites mail through our Microsoft computer ballot system drawn from 21,000 Names, as part of International "EMAIL" Promotions Program, Which is conducted annually for our prominent MSWORD users all over the world, and to encourage the use of Internet and Computers worldwide.
Your E-mail address should be used in all correspondence with your claims agent, please Note that, you are to contact your claims agent via email and phone as we are promoting the use of E-mail. Also you have the right to call him to confirm your winnings, as he will provide you with the necessary details on how to claim Your prize.
You are to keep your ref. number and batch number from the public, until you have been processed and your prize money delivered to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and the act of scamming people of their ref number and prizes. We hope with a part of your prize, you will participate in our next year High stakes of GB 0.3billion International Lottery. You are advised to report back by means of email within the hour of reading this to and provid to your agent these information written below
Contact Your Claims Agent
Dr. Franklin Norman
Email: dr.f_claim_units@yahoo.co.uk
Phone: +447011147907
Fax +447005938312
To file for your claim, please fill the form below and contact our claims agent whose details is given above.
Full Name: ___________________________
Sex: ________________________________
Age: ________________________________
Email: _______________________________
Marital Status: _________________________
Ocupation: ____________________________
Address:______________________________

Cellphone Number:______________________
Fax Number:___________________________
State: ________________________________

Country:_______________________________
Nationality:____________________________
Ref Number:____________________________

Batch Number:___________________________

Serial Number:____________________________


Amount Won:______________________________
A scanned copy of your passport:_______________
Remember, all prize money must be claimed within one month of receiving this information.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in all correspondences with your claims officer. Do contact our claim agent At once you will be asked to provide some details to enable the office proceed with your winning certificate and file keeping.
Congratulations from the staff and thank you for being part of email account users program. Yours Sincerely,Mrs. Julie Van Hans,Executive.(Euro Lottery Intern.)
Dr. P. Swier, Mr. Gerald Goodman (Manager Foreign Operations), Mr. Franklyn Van Der Weijden (Manager Domestic Banking Operations), Dr. James Williams (Director International Credit Department), Mrs. Sandra Murphy (Executive), Mr. Michael Cole (Executive), Mr. Stephen Boer (Chairman).

Copyright © 2007 British Lottery International
MRS JULIE VAN HANS,

VICE PRESIDENT

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