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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
• 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.
  • +447024079374 (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.
  • mitcheal2_walter@yahoo.es (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • waltermitcheal@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: BNLOTTERY <connie_cather@yahoo.es>
Reply-To: mitcheal2_walter@yahoo.es
Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 05:34:50 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: BRITISH NATIONAL LOTTERY,Ref:UK/9420X2/68


BRITISH NATIONAL LOTTERY,
P.O.BOX 1010,
LIVERPOOL.
L70 1NL
Date: 06/08/2007
Ref:UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
Winning no: UC6411/LPRC
CONGRATULATIONS
Dear Sir/Madam,
We are delighted to inform you of your prize release
on the 28th of July 2007 from the British National Lottery.
Which is fully based on an electronic
selection of winners using their e-mail
addresses.Your name was attached to ticket number;
564062826 8067492802 serial number 89413237112 This
batch draws the lucky numbers as follows
4-13-55-48-34bonus number 17,which consequently won
the lottery in the second category. You here by have
been approved a lump sum pay of £1,050,000.00 (ONE
MILLION AND FIFTY THOUSAND POUNDS) in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW
47509/02 from the total cash prize of
£8,200,000.00(pounds) shared amongst eight lucky winners
in this category. All participant were selected
through a computer balloting system drawn form Nine
hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada,
Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East,
Africa and Oceania as part of our international
promotions program which is conducted annually. This
Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomorate
of some multinational companies as part of their
social responsibility to the citizens in the commmunities
where they have operational base. Further more your
details(e-mail address) falls within our European
representative office in London, as indicated in
your play coupon and your prize of £1,050,000.00(pounds)
will be released to you from this regional branch
office in London. We hope with part of your prize,
you will participate in our end of year high stakes
for 1.3 Billion Pounds international draw. HOW TO CLAIM
YOUR PRIZE: Simply contact promotion manager,Dr.
Mitcheal Walter through any of these two email addreses: mitcheal2_walter@yahoo.es or waltermitcheal@yahoo.co.uk to file for your claim .
Note, all winnings MUST be claimed before or by
31st of August 2007; otherwise all funds will be
returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to
charity .
Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!
Best Regards Brain Hunt(co-ordinator)
PLEASE DO CONTACT Our Promotion Manager.
Dr.Mitcheal Walter
Phone Number:+447024079374
Email:mitcheal2_walter@yahoo.es/waltermitcheal@yahoo.co.uk.
ANY BREACH OF RULES ON THE PART OF OUR WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.

sincerely
Mr. Brain Hunt.
Online coordinator for BRITISH NATIONAL LOTTERY Sweepstakes International Program
BELOW ARE THE SPONSORS OF THIS PROGRAM
Executives:
Dr. P. Swier (CEO), Mr. Gerald Goodman (Manager Foreign Operations), Mr. Franklyn Van Der Weijden (Manager Domestic Banking Operations), Dr. James Williams (Director International Credit Department), Mrs. Lonni K Anderson (Legal Representative), Mrs. Lyudmyla Marchukova(Regional Manager), Mr. Stephen Boer (Chairman), Mr. Chris Moritz(International Relation Officer).





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