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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)
• 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.
  • +447045733197 (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.
  • play_centre@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "British Lottery" <play2007@core.com>
Reply-To: play_centre@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 12:13:09 -0400
Subject: To Your Notice


(Winners Notification center)
Your ref: 2807/07
Batch: 127/07/NL145

Dear Potential Winner,

The National Lottery is pleased to inform you that the Draw 1209 Wed 25 Jul 07 of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY online Sweepstakes International program held on Wed 25 July 07. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:56475600575 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:03,18,21,24,36,38 (Bonus ball 20). You have therefore been shortlisted and waiting for approval to make claim in the Breakdown winning prize.

However,be informed that no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy. After this automated computer ballot, Each prize award has been insured with Each winning e-mail address and will be remmitted to each email address owner upon meeting the requirements,statutory obligations,verifications,validations and satisfactory Required by the National Lottery Organizing Board.

Contact your Play Office with this information below for Further enquires and guidiance regarding this notice.
Dick Ferdinard(Mr.)
E-mail:-play_centre@yahoo.co.uk
Tel: +44 704 573 3197

Congratulations.

Prince Benjamin Brain
Supervisor(Play and Notification Office)
For:National Lottery Organizing Board
The UK Online Lottery.
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CoreComm Webmail
http://www.core.com

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