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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)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "overseas claims unit" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• 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.
  • +447011150362 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: UK NATIONAL LOTTERY <richardklloyd915@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 15:38:55 +0000
Subject: YOUR EMAIL HAS WON YOU LOTTERY DRAW 2007



THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERYThe Marina Offices, St Peters Yacht Basin,Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 1HXEngland. Ref: UK/9420X2/68Batch: 074/05/ZY369 WINNING NOTIFICATION Dear Winner,
We happily announce to you the draw (#1112) of the UK NATIONALLOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held 29th of june , 2007.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 withSerial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:(6) (29) (31) (34) (40) (48) Winning Numbers Breakdown Bonus Ball [04] which subsequently won you the lotteryin the 2nd category i.e match 5 plus bonus.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of 250,000(Two Hundred and fifty thousand pounds) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.
This is from a total cash prize of 2,500,000 million pounds shared amongst the firstfour (10) lucky winner in this category i.e Match 5 plus bonus.
All participants for the online version were selected randomly fromWorld Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over100,000 unions, associations and corporate bodies that are listedonline. This promotion takes place weekly.
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our Europeanbooklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon.In view of this, your funds would be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe.
Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitatethe release of your funds as soon as you contact him.For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning informationconfidential your claim is processed and your money remitted to you inwhatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.
This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming andunwarranted abuse of this program.
Please be warned. To file for your claim, please fill the form givenbelow and contact our claims agent whose details are given below ;
FILL THE FORM BELOW
Name___________________________________Age_____________________________________Sex_____________________________________Age______________________________________Marital Status_____________________________Tel/Fax___________________________________Address___________________________________Country ___________________________________

NB: FILL AND RETURN THE FORM TO THE CONTACTS BELOW;
Overseas Claims UnitUnited Kingdom Lottery Fiduciary
Mr.Brian GereEmail:mrbrian_gere@yahoo.co.ukEmail:briangere1974@myway.comtel:+447011150362
Once your verification form is completely filled and returned ,ourEuropean agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate therelease of your funds as soon as you contact him. You may wish to establishcontact via e-mail with the particulars presented above citing thebatch and reference numbers to this letter.Our winners are assured of the utmost standards of confidentiality, andpress anonymity until the end of proceedings and beyond where they sodesire. Be further advised to maintain the strictest level ofconfidentiality until the end of proceedings to circumvent problems associatedwith fraudulent claims. This is part of our precautionary measure toavoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.
Goodluck from me and members of staff of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.Yours faithfully,
Richard K LloydOnline coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,Sweepstakes International Program.Open 7days 8am-8pm
Richard K. Lloyd
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