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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:
  • "deadline" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
• 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.
  • +447045736195 (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.
  • claims_landis@yahoo.ie (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Clemens Landis <claims_landis@yahoo.ie>
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 12:23:29 +0100 (BST)
Subject: The UK National Lottery (Commence with claims process immediately).



COVENTRY, UNITED KINGDOM



13 /07/2007.



Winning number Email Lotto batch number :UK7-16

Dear Edda Wagstein .

This is to inform you that you are one of the lucky winners of THE ONLINE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY draws held on the 7TH JULY 2007. And have been officially cleared and approved for a total pay out of £1,655,605 payment by the Verifications Dept. at the headquarters of the THE ONLINE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY PROGRAMME .
The original copy of this certificate and your cheque from the British government stating that the money was obtained legally through the International Lottery will be sent to the bank .

Please send in the following details:
Full Names.
Address.
Age.
Occupation.
A scanned copy of either your Driver's licence(or)
International Passport (photo page).

Also be reminded that the deadline for the claiming of winnings is
exactly two weeks after the receipt of this email. After this period,
your cash prize will be deemed to have been forfeited by you and will be reused in the drawings of the next edition of the lottery.

Congratulations once again.


Please respond within the next 24hrs to the email address below.

Clemens Landis (Claims agent).
E-mail: claims_landis@yahoo.ie
PHONE #+44-704-573-6195
+44-704-573-6291

Sincerely,
Laura Olsen.
Promotions Coordinator
THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY





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