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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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)
• 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.
  • +447045712789 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: Clyde Davis <cd_ukinl1@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 09:36:30 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Claims Form



Attn : Brune Klugstein

I am Mr Clyde Davis the financial consultant to the UK/IRELAND NATIONAL lottery Organisation attached to the Finance Advisory group of London.We are solely in charge of processing lottery winnings proceeds for all British National Lotteries which the UK/IRELAND NATIONAL Lottery category falls under.

You are eligible to file claims to this winnings.

Due to complaints coming from our previous winners, stating their inability to print and fill our clearance form we have developed a new strategy and all you have to do is follow the instructions below.

1.Copy and paste the application form into the compose page of your email.
2.Proceed to answer each of the questions asked on the form,Once you have answered them all, send it to me as an email and i will respond immediately.

Once we have received your clearance form we will in turn print and store your information in our Winners database.

Below I have added a copy of the verification form ,Do fill in as appropriate after the dotted lines.

Sincere Regards
Clyde Davis.
Tel: +44-704-571-2789



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UK NATIONAL LOTTERY




Clearance and Verification :

UK/IRELAND NATIONAL LOTTERY

REFERENCE NUMBER:

BATCH NUMBER:

FULL NAME .................. .................... ...................
(Last name) (middle initial) (First Name)

COMPANY NAME:[optional]:.......

FULL RESIDENTIAL CONTACT:......

SEX:..... OFFICIAL AGE:.....

MARTIAL STATUS:......

OCCUPATION /PROFESSIONAL STATUS:.....

IDENTIFICATION INSTRUMENT (PASSPORT PHOTOPAGE OR DRIVERS ID SCANNED AND ATTACHED) ..............

TEL:......

FAX:........ If any)

NATIONALITY:......

E-MAIL:......

INDICATE PREFERRED MODE OF PRICE COLLECTION: (A)CHEQUE (B) DRAFT(C) TELEGRAPHIC (PROVIDE TRANSFER ACCOUNT COORDINATES IF BY TELEGRAPHIC TRANSFER)
(Details of the account where you want your funds transferred):.......

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/ INDIVIDUAL:.......


Please Note :Any Information found to be invalid at any time renders your claims Invalid and Void.


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