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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)
  • "uk national lottery inc." (no such lottery exists)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • +447031929247 (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.
  • claimsdepart@hotmail.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: UK ONLINE NOTIFICATION DESK <uknlc_claims_11@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: <claimsdepart@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2007 11:10:33 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS.....Reference Number: UK010105AUG


CONGRATULATIONS.....Reference Number: UK010105AUG
PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL REPLIES SHOULD BE SENT TO THE CLAIMS AGENT

UK NATIONAL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION28 TANFIELD ROADCROYDON. LONDON Ref:UK010105AUGBatch:AUG/1051/08
UK ONLINE NOTIFICATION DESK
We happily announce to you the draw (#954) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:013/2316/2002/577 with Serial number A025-09 drew the lucky number: (13)-(43)-(06)-(15)-(02)-(40)bonus # (09).Which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £1,000,000.00 (One Million Pounds Sterling). All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes place biannually.
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our British booklet representative office in UK. In view of this, your £1,000,000.00 (One Million Pounds Sterling) would be released to you by our Finance Department,your Fiduciary/Claims Agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.
For security reasons,you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claim is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming. In a situation whereby you go about disclosing your winning information to dishonest people, they could file for your claim and your winnings could be lost.
Please be warned !!!
To file for your claim, please contact your Claims agent Submitting the following details to your Claims Agent.
(1) Your Full Names:(2) Telephone Number:(3) Ref Number:
MARTIN HILLMANCLAIMS AGENTTel:+44-703-192-9247Fax:+44-700-580-0759 Email: claimsdepart@hotmail.co.uk
Please, be aware that our Paying Bank will remit Payment Swiftly upon satisfactory report, Verifications and validations provided by our processing Agent that would be designated to your file.
Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thanks for being part of our promotional program. Note: Anybody under the age of 16 is automatically disqualified.Members of the affiliate agencies are automatically not allowed to participate in this program.
Yours faithfully,Sarah Jones.Director Online International Promotions Unit.UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.
DO CALL UPON NOTIFICATION OF YOUR WINNING !!!
Copyright © 1994-2007. The UK National Lottery Inc.

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