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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:

• 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.
  • +447045721933 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +447075209561 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: Dr Ashley Mullins <prize_claimscentre@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 19:11:14 +0100 (BST)
Subject: BENEFICIARY AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM


THE UK LOTTERY
UK-LOTTO Headquarters:
The Marina Offices,
St Peters Yacht Basin,
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 1HX
England.


Dear Winner,

Congratulations once again from all the staff here. In order to verify your winnings and put it on our data base, we need you to fill the form below completely for record purpose. All participants for this 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. 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 , we need your to fill the form below for record purposes. All coupon.

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claim is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to receive your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Attached here is a copy of our verifications form, please fill accordingly so as to proceed with your winnings.

Once again congratulations from all the staff. This form is valid for only those who have won the British INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY Fill in the required fields in the space provided below. No field should be left blank, because your particulars are needed for record purposes.




NOTE : IT IS REQUIRED YOU ATTACH THE FORM OR SIMPLY CLICK THE REPLY BUTTON BEFORE FILLING OUT THIS FORM, AS ALL INPUTED DATA MAY BE LOST UPON OUR RECEPTION. IN THE EVENT THAT YOUR BROWSER SETTING DOES NOT SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM e.g html program, YOU ARE TO SEND THE REQUIRED DATA IN PLAIN TEXT FORMAT.



BENEFICIARY AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM

1.FULL NAMES:______________________________

2.ADDRESS:_____________________________________

____________________________________________

3.SEX:_______________

4.AGE:________

5.MARITAL STATUS:___________________

6.OCCUPATION:________________________

7.E-MAIL ADDRESS:_____________________________

8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:________________MOBILE_______



9.TICKET NUMBER:_56475600545 188__________________

10.SERIAL NUMBER:_5368/02_________________

11.ANY IDENTIFICATION(Driving License/passport)Y/N___________
12.AMOUNT WON:___________________________________

___________________________________________

13. WINNERS STATE:__________________________________

14. WINNERS COUNTRY________________________________

Upon receipt of the duly requested data, I will send you the contact information of the payment office so you can proceed with effecting the release of your claim in anyway you deem fit.
Warm Regards,

ASHLEY MULLINS
TEL:+44-704-572-1933
FAX: +44-707-520-9561







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