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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:
  • "claims agent" (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.
  • +447031862238 (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.
  • online_claims_helpdesk@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • @yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: UK NATIONAL LOTTERY CLAIMS DEPT <uknlt_bonus10@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <online_claims_helpdesk@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 19:40:10 +0000
Subject: Congratulations!!!!!! Our Lucky Winner


FROM DESK OF: PROMOTIONS MANAGER.The National LotteryP O Box 1290London, L70 1NLUNITED KINGDOM DEAR WINNER, [REF Nº: UKLLT14/154WS/2007] [BATCH Nº: WER/FRB/471] RE: BONUS PROMOTIONAL PRIZE/AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION The management of UK National Lottery is pleased to inform you that you have emerged one of the Seventeen (17) winners of our 4th International online awareness Sweepstakes Program which was drawn on the 17th of May, 2007. Your email/company, attached to compu-ticket play coupon No.325-1232-23413-2143, with serial number 23-51-206 drew the lucky numbers: 14-26-34- 36-38-47 Bonus (16), and consequently won the lottery. You have therefore been approved for the lump sum pay out of £550,000.00(Five Hundred and Fifty Thousand GB Pounds); in cash credited, to file Nº: UKLLT14/154WS/2007. This is from total prize money of £4,200,000.00 (Four Million, Two Hundred GB Pounds) Promotional budget shared among the Seventeen (17) International winners in this category. Participants were selected automatically selected by Computer Ballot System (CBS), listings of all global names in the four geographic continents, which could be found on-line. The internet emailing idea was used, since most people who are not able to purchase tickets can play outside the UK. This is a part of UK National Lottery contribution towards economic upliftment and the reduction of known Epidemics. This draw automatically qualifies you for our "End of year 2007" International Grand draw of 2 Billion GB Pounds Sterling that will take place by the end promotional year 2007 (more info from our promotions office).Your fund is now available for claim. For due processing and remittance of your prize money, to your chosen account or preferred payment method, please contact our United Kingdom Regional Overseas Claims/Payment Unit on the following address: Contact: Dr. Edmund Walters (Regional Claims Manager)Tel: + 447031862238Fax: + 448715036327 Email: online_claims_helpdesk@yahoo.co.uk It is important to provide the following information clearly, to avoid any delays in processing your cash award.Full Name:__________________Age:________________________Gender:_____________________Occupation:_________________Ref: _________________________Batch:_______________________Tel/Fax:_____________________Email:________________(also include an alternative email address e.g. @yahoo.com)Country of Origin:____________Country of residence:_________ NB: All claims must be submitted to the claims department not later than two weeks of this notification, otherwise will be automatically disqualified and Prize returned to UK NATIONAL LOTTERY Trust Account as unclaimed. Our winners are assured of the utmost standards of confidentiality, And press anonymity until the end of proceedings, and beyond where they so desire. Be further advised to maintain the strictest level of confidentiality until the end of proceedings to circumvent problems associated with fraudulent claims. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Any lottery double claim attempt detected by our monitoring committee will lead to automatic disqualification and prize returned to our lottery pool as unclaimed. We hope with a part of your prize, you will participate in our End of Year high stakes GB Pounds 2 Billion International Lottery. Should there be any change of your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible. Congratulations!! Once again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotional programs. At your disposal, I remain. Very Truly Yours, MRS Clemence Gasper (Lottery co-ordinator)UK National Lottery Online Promotions
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