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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 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:
  • "transfer of your funds" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "high court" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• 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.
  • +447031945161 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +447031947183 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448704906989 (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.
  • nationwidecorporatehouse@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Lewis Jnr <uknlcliamsdepatment_lewis@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: ukfiduciary.agentlewis@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2007 16:33:19 +0100 (BST)
Subject: CONTACT PAYMENT BANK


BRITISH NATIONAL LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS:
28 TAN FIELD ROAD,
CROYDON, LONDON,
UNITED-KINGDOM.
05-07-2007
Customer Service
+447031945161
+447031949326
+447031941190
(24hours)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369



We write to notify you that our Legal department has obtained and notarized your claim processing form from the High Court of Justice and your Certificate of Award from the UK Gaming Control Board . It has been forwarded to the payment bank Nationwide Bank Plc Inc.of London for the transfer of your funds into your account.

However you are advised to contact the payment bank for the release of your winning Prize from UK National Lottery. See below the contact information of the Foreign Transfer Manager. You are advised to act accordingly.

Mr. Williams Totty
Foreign Transfer Manager
Nationwide Bank Plc.
Tel: +44 703 194 7183
Fax:+44 870 490 6989
Email: nationwidecorporatehouse@yahoo.co.uk

Finally we advice you give us updated as soon as the payment bank has transferred the funds into your account in order for us the lottery company to list your name on the winning list. To complete the transfer, you are required to setup a temporal debit account with the bank.

This account will be solely for the purpose of the transfer. Immediately the account is setup, your funds will be deposited into the temporal debit account from which you can then transfer your money to any bank account of your choice.
Do keep us updated in regards to your progress with them. Congratulation in advance.

Sincerely yours, Mr.Lewis Jnr.



© Copyright 1994-2007 The U.K. National Lottery Inc.











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