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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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:
  • " lotto international " (no such lottery exists)
  • "uk national lottery" (can only win this lottery if you bought a ticket)
  • "uk national lottery inc." (no such lottery exists)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "from: the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • +66832941180 (Thailand, probably a mobile phone)
• 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.
  • wills_uknational@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "asiauk_national@terra.es" <asiauk_national@terra.es>
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 18:24:54 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: Congratulations! Your Email Won.




DATE: 19TH JUNE, 2007.=20

REF N0: ZFN/22512567303/07
BATCH NO: 86056490902/204=20
WINNING NO:ASUK/33/36/45/12/07/LW

FROM: THE DESK OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR=20
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRICE AWARD DEPARTMENT.=20
OF THE UK LOTTERY/INTERNATIONAL

RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION

ATTENTION

The U.K National Lottery/International wishes to inform you of the results =
of the E-mail address ballot lottery international program by the United Ki=
ngdom lotto International promotions held on 16th March, 2007. Your email a=
ccount has been picked as a winner of NINE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DO=
LLARS ONLY ($900,000:00)=20

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial =
number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers :( 06, 09, 11, 33, 36,49and bonus bal=
l 29) which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.=20

This promotion is sponsored by United Nation, National Lottery, Hotmail, Ya=
hoo, corporate organizations and eminent personalities including the chairm=
an Microsoft; Bill Gates, to create awareness of internet benefits and comp=
uter literate for encouragement of equality and to help eradicate poverty w=
orldwide. We hope with a part of your prize, you will help to achieve these=
objectives and educate others the importance of internet use.=20

Remember you neither participated physically in this computer ballot draw n=
or did you buy any ticket for this draw, your email name is lucky to be amo=
ng the selected in this category, therefore claiming of prizes is subjected=
to clearance process before payment to you. To avert information leakage, =
prizes were secured with (secret codes) your payment secret code will be se=
nt to the co-ordinator, it is your duty to contact him now.=20

To begin your lottery claims, please contact our co-ordinator with your inf=
ormation as stated below:=20

REF No:=20

BATCH No:=20

WINNING No:=20

TICKET No:=20

SERIAL No :=20

FULL NAME:=20

AGE:=20

JOB:=20

LOCATION:=20

TEL/FAX NUMBERS:=20

EMAIL ADDRESS:=20

Dr. Steven Wills.=20

Phone: +66832941180
Email: wills_uknational@yahoo.com

Congratulations from the staff and thank you for being part of email accoun=
t users for the promotion.=20

Sincerely,=20

Mrs Tina Akira,
President=20

Over 237,000 grants have been awarded from The National Lottery, totalling =
over =E0=B8=8318.5 billion. These have benefitted all sorts of people, from=
Olympic athletes and charities, to schools and underprivileged groups. Fin=
d out here about just some of the people and projects in your area that you=
have helped, simply by playing lottery games.=20

CONFIDENTIAL NOTICE: This email message, including any attachments, is
intended only for the use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain info=
rmation that is privileged, confidential and prohibited from unauthorized d=
isclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient of th=
is message, any dissemination distribution or copying of this message is st=
rictly prohibited. If you received this message in error,please notify the =
sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message.

Copyright =E0=B8=89 1994-2007 The UK
National Lottery Inc.
All rights reserved. Terms of Service -Guidelines.





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