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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:
  • "uk national lottery" (can only win this lottery if you bought a ticket)
• 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!

Fraud email example:

From: "Long Mr.Jim" <info_uklotterypayout101@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 17:18:55 +0800 (CST)
Subject: FILL THE FORM AND GET BACK TO US


Government Accredited Licensed Promoters,
P.O Box 789 Hatill HG1 2YR
London, United Kingdom
REF: EL3/9318/04
BATCH: 8/163/EL

Atten. Winner,

FILL THE FORM AND GET BACK TO US

We wish to congratulate you and formally inform you that you have won
the sum of 1,500,000.00 (One Million, Five Hundred Thousand Euro) in
the last email-lottery draw, organized by A.L LOTTERY.

We have confirmed the above winning. You should note that your email
address in addition to millions of company and individuals email were
extracted with a software and the addresses were scrutinized with a
ballot system and after the processes, 30 email addresses were selected
and they were shared into 3 ategories respectively and which you are a
winner in the 1st category of 1.5m. Euro.


However, our client (A.L P) has been notified of this development and
the status of your claim. Following the above, you are expected to fill
the form and return to this office via email or fax
transmission for vetting process which is a standard practise, just to
ensure that we are dealing with the right individual and account.

U.K NATIONAL LOTTERY CLAIMS FORM
1.FULL NAMES:____________________________

2.ADDRESS :__________________________________
__________________________________
3.SEX :_______________________
4.AGE :________________________
5.MARITAL STATUS:___________________
6.OCCUPATION:________________________
7.E-MAIL ADDRESS:_____________________________
8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:_________________________
9.MOBILE :_____________________________________
10.FAX NUMBER:________________________________

11. DRAW DATE:________________________________
12.TICKET NUMBER:_____________________________

13.AMOUNT WON :_____________________________
14.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL___________________________

15.CITY / STATE:________________________________
16. NATIONALITY:_______________________________
This is to verify that the information filled in this FORM is a valid particulars of me. YES ___________ NO ______________(PLEASE INDICATE)
PROPERTY OF UK NATIONAL LOTTERY INC




Yours Sincerely,
Mr Jim Long,
Foreign Services Manager,
Claims Processing And
Release Department,UK National Lottery
England,UNITED KINGDOM

COPYRIGHT © 2007 ALL RIGHT RESERVED



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