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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:

• 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:
  • "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.
  • +447045701257 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +447092865139 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448709125960 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +447045716958 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: Alton Williams <altonwilliams2007@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:02:09 +0100 (BST)
Subject: UK/Olympic/2012


IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:UK/Olympic/2012.

ATTN: Rolando Grun,

I am in receipt of your email, My Name is Mr. Alton Williams, Am an Agent to the UK National Lottery. I am to direct you on how to receive your Winnings/funds.

You should count yourself extremely lucky to have emerged as one of our winners in this years lucky dip sweepstakes of the UK National Lottery.

As you already knows, your email address was randomly selected along with (5) other e-mail addresses from over 125,600 websites on the internet.

Each email address was attached to a file number and your own File (Ticket) number is : KTU/902311832012/06. Your email address was selected along with the five others as winners.

Note: You did not purchase any Ticket for this winning., The ticket number provided to you above, is an online ticket and your email was attached to the it randomly.

Your prize will be remitted to you in one of the Following ways:

1. DELIVERY VIA CHEQUE
2. WIRE/SWIFT TRANSFER

You are required to complete the below Prize Claim Form ( As a normal plain text), and provide a proof of your identity (Any valid ID of yourself as an email attachment).The Text of the Form is provided below:

Full Name: .....................
Address: ......................
Sex: ........................
Age: ...........................
Phone Number: ....................
ID Number: UK/Olympic/2012
Amount Won: £2,543,170(Two Million Five Hundred And Forty Three Thousand One Hundred And seventy Pounds Sterlings)

The above form should be completed and sent to the Bank, so that your funds will be released to you by the Bank after verifying your identity with the above form.

Your funds will be remitted to you by the Bank, within 2 days after verifications. Complete the above Prize Claim Form and summit it to:

National Westminster Bank Plc
Chief Financial Officer
Name: Rev Gordon Pell
Branch Tel:+44 704 570 1257
Direct Tel: +44 704 571 6958
Direct Fax:+44-709 286 5139
Fax: +44-87-0912-5960
24-hour Telephone Banking 0704 570 0840(For Emergencies)
International +44 (0)704 570 0840(For Emergencies)
Bank Email : delivery@natwestcourier.e-bankers.org.uk (COURIER)
Bank Email : account@natwestplc.e-bankers.org.uk (WIRE TRANSFER)

This programme is sponsored by the Board of Trustees & Directors of the UK
National Lotto and the European Lotto, as a massive advert for the 2012 Olympic Games (The £1.5bn Olympic lottery puzzle).

In the course of making your claims, i advise you to abide to the Laws of the Bank, and the British Laws.

I also advise that you add your IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS {UK/OLY/2012} as the subject of any correspondence with the Bank, to ensure they respond in a timely manner.

I will require a concise update on proceedings with the Bank as soon as you are in contact with them. If you need any assistance whatsoever, please do not hesitate to let me know.

Regards
Foreign Department Manager
Administration Assistant
Alton Williams
Tel: +44-704-570-1258
















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