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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:
  • "deadline" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• 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.
  • +447031844625 (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.
  • citizensfinancialbank@cfb-online.uk.tt (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "FINANCE DEPARTMENT NL.UK" <nlfinancedepartmentuk@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 05:34:18 +0100 (BST)
Subject: ANNOUNCEMENT! ANNOUNCEMENT!! ANNOUNCEMENT!!!



National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
United Kingdom

27th June 2007

Attn: Ref: UK/1O32X9/LHM
Batch: 100/BKU10/TYN204

We wish to inform all our winners who have participate in our Lottery award organized by the Euro Millions International; it is our profound greeting to our entire legitimate winner who could not meet up with the needed requirement.

It is our sincere greetings to you for participating as one of the lucky winner of the lottery email balloting award program. In this context we the member and staff of the National Lottery which to announce to you that we have come to the end of the lottery award program held previous, of which a winning notification was sent to you alongside with procedure of claim.

Be informed that by the 30th, June 2007 comes the final deadline date for processing of any unclaimed funds; therefore you are still having three more days to meet with the requirements needed by the payment center. Note, any mail received after this date (30th, June 2007) will not be entertained.

You can contact the payment center immediately for processing of your funds, if you can still meet up with the time factor.

Bank Name: Citizens Financial Bank UK
Name of Casher: Sandra Adams
Contact Email: citizensfinancialbank@cfb-online.uk.tt

Phone: +447031844625, +447011149365

Should you need any assistance, do not hesitate to contact us.

Thank you and have a nice day.

Yours Sincerely

FINANCE OFFICER
NATIONAL LOTTERY.








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