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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:
  • "royal national lottery" (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")
  • "claims office" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
• 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 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.
  • claimsag.richardness01@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "UK LOTTERY" <uklottery90@btconnect.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 04:38:36 +0100
Subject: SWEEPSTAKES UPDATE- Reference Number: BT/12052005-(CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT)

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Reference Number: BT/12052005
Batch Number: 12/25/0034

SWEEPSTAKES UPDATE- 2ND CATEGORY RESULT


We happily announce to you the draw (#1108) of the UK ROYAL NATIONAL LOTTERY, Online Sweepstakes International program held on Monday 27th August, 2007.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545188/BSH with Serial number 5368/02/BSH drew the lucky numbers: 03-11-13-18-26-31(bonus no.), which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e. match 6.

Your email address have been randomly selected as one of the 6 lucky winning address in this 2nd category draw, You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £65,350.00 (Six five thousand, three hundred and fifty pounds) which is equivalent to $129,615.00 US Dollar (One Hundred and twenty nine thousand, six hundred and fifteen United state dollars) in cash credited to file Ref: LSUK/2031/8161/04.


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.



Your fund (Certified Cashiers Cheque) has been insured with your REF NO: Ref: LSUK/2031/8161/04
and winning number 03-11-13-18-26-31-06. To claim your winning prize, you must first contact the claims Agent by email for Processing and remittance of your prize to you. Do email the below email address all at once:



Mr. Richard Ness (Claims Agent)

Contact E-mail: claimsag.richardness01@yahoo.com.hk <http://us.f537.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=claimsag.richardness01@yahoo.com.hk> <http://us.f537.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=claimsag.richardness01@yahoo.com.hk>


1, Amount won
2, Winning E-mail address
3, Batch Number
4, Reference Number
5, Full Name
6, Phone number

<http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/home/home.do>

Good luck from me and members of staff of the UK ROYAL NATIONAL LOTTERY.

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Sir. Williams Adam Mrs. Theresa K. Williams
(Online Co-ordinator) (Secretary)

LOTTERY SPONSOR
Yahoo Corporation U.K. Copyright 1994-2006 UKNL
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Note:

Do not reply this office, you are to contact your claims officer immediately by email claimsag.richardness01@yahoo.com.hk <http://us.f537.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=claimsag.richardness01@yahoo.com.hk> Yahoo Electronic Mail Lottery is approved and Licensed by the The International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR)

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