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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:
  • "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.
  • +447045705713 (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.
  • claimsagentlarry_01@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "UK NATIONAL LOTTERY" <primegames_result_08@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: claimsagentlarry_01@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 21:33:48 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATION!!YOU HAVE WON OUR X500,000.00GBP!!!!!!!!!









The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRICE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
Date:15/8/2007
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
Winning no: 11 13 26 34 44 48


CONGRATULATIONS!!!
We are delighted to inform you of the result of the E-mail address ballot
lottery draw of the uk national cash-out lotto bv international
programme,which took place on the 14th of August 2007.This is a computer
generated lottery of Internet users using email addresses for draws.This
lotto draw is fully based on an electronic selection of winners using their
e-mail addresses from different World Wide Web(www)sites.Your e-mail address
attached to ticket number: 275-189-657-23-05 with Serial number 8756-05 drew
the lucky numbers and bonus ball number which subsequently won you the
lottery in the 2nd category.You have therefore been approved to claim a
total sum of £500,000.00 (FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND GBP) in cash credit file
ref:ILP/HW 47509/02.This is from the total cash prize of £2,000,000 Million
GBP,shared amongst the first Ten (10) lucky winners in this category.All
participant were selected randomly through a computer balloting system drawn
from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada,Australia,United
States,Asia,Europe,Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our
international promotions programme which is conducted annually.This Lottery
is being promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of Multinational companies
as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities
where they have operational base.Further more your details(e-mail address)
falls within our European representative office in Amsterdam,Holland,as
indicated in your play coupon and your prize of £500,000.00 will be released
to you from the regional branch office in UK.We hope with part of your
prize,you will participate in our end of year high stakes forâ|š£1.3 Billion
international draw.Our agent will immediately commence the process to
facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.HOW TO CLAIM
YOUR PRIZE: Simply contact your claims agent,Mr LARRY MARKSWEL at email....
(claimsagentlarry_01@yahoo.co.uk ) .Contact numbers: +447045705713
+447011130274

LOTTERY WINNERS APPLICATION FORM OF PAYMENT.
FULLNAME.................................................
DATE OF BIRTH..................................
ADDRESS..................................................
SEX.........................
AGE..................................
NATIONALITY...........................................
OCCUPATION...........................................
TELEPHONE..........................................
EMAIL.................................................
DATE......................................................
SIGNATURE...........................................
WINNER REF/BATCH NO...........................APPROVED FOR PAYMENT.
Please quote your reference,batch and winning number which can be found on
the top left corner of this notification as well as your full name,address
and telephone number to help locate your file easily.Due to mix up of some
numbers and names, we ask that you keep your winning information
confidential until your claims has been processed and your money Remitted to
you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants. Note that,all
winnings MUST be claimed by a STIPULATED TIME;otherwise all funds will be
returned as Unclaimed and eventually be reabsorbed into our next lucky dip
sweepstakes.
Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!

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