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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)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• 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.
  • +447024083710 (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.
  • vonksfinancialservices@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "uknationallot4@terra.es" <uknationallot4@terra.es>
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 09:44:53 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!



The National Lottery
PO Box 1010
Liverpool
L70 1NL=20
United Kingdom,

CONGRATULATIONS!!!


We are pleased to inform you today 17th July, 2007 as one of the lucky winn=
ers of the UK National Lottery, the draws were selected through a computer =
ballot system drawn from 2,500,000 e-mail addresses of individuals and comp=
anies from Europe, America, Asia, Australia, Canada, Middle East, Africa, a=
nd New Zealand as part of our electronic business Promotions Program.

You/Your Company e-mail address attached with below winning details; conseq=
uently won in the Second quarter of the 2007 year draw. You have therefore =
been approved for a lump sum pay out of =C2=A3550,000.00(FIVE HUNDRED AND F=
IFTY THOUSAND, BRITISH POUNDS) WITH REFERENCE NO: UKNL/09/32874/M6/5921, BA=
TCH NO: 405-6.=20

Your winnings should be claimed from our paying Agents. (VONKS FINANCIAL SE=
RVICES) as we have notified them. Due to the mix-up that may arise from ema=
ils of winners and numbers, we ask that you keep this award strictly from p=
ublic notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to=
you. This is part of our Security
Protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of
this program.

We hope with a part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year =
(2007) high stakes =C2=A31 billion International Lottery.

To begin your claim process, please contact your claims manager with detail=
s below and also provide him with the requested information so that he can =
expedite the processing of your claims.


MR. BALEY FULLER
CLAIM/FINANCE CONTROLER=20
VONKS FINANCIAL SERVICES=20
TEL: +44 702 408 3710=20
Fax: +44 702 408 3801=20
Email:vonksfinancialservices@yahoo.com

=20

NAME:=20
COMPANY:
OCUPATION:
COUNTRY:=20
ADDRESS:=20
PHONE:=20
MOBILE:=20
FAX:=20
EMAIL:=20
REFERENCE NUMBER:
BATCH NUMBER:
AGE:

CONGRATULATIONS!=20

For due processing and remittance of your prize money, Remember you must co=
ntact your claim agent not later than 30 days after this date, otherwise, a=
ll funds will be returned as Unclaimed.=20
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please rememb=
er to quote your Reference and Batch numbers in every one of your correspon=
dences with your agent.=20

Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part of ou=
r Promotions program.=20

Yours sincerely,=20
Customers Service Department=20
UK National Lottery.=20
=20

N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result t=
o disqualification.
Anybody below the age of 18 is automatically disqualified;=20





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