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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)
• 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.
  • ukonline_lottery_agent@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: ukonline <richard_uk_agent@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: ukonline_lottery_agent@yahoo.co.uk
Date: 2 Sep 2007 08:15:20 +0800
Subject: LUCKY WINNER!!!

Content-Type: text/plain

Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit




National Lottery

P O Box 1010

Liverpool,L701NL

(CustomerServices) Ref: UK/9420X/05

Batch: 074/05/ZY369











WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the draw (#1045) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,

online Sweepstakes International program held on Sept, 2007.



Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 5647560054 188 with

Serial number 5368/02 jack pot lotto winners drew the lucky

numbers:(-02-06-21-34-35-49-(46-)"bonus no 46. which subsequently won"you the lottery

in the 2nd category i.e. match 5 plus bonus.



You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £250,000 (Two

hundred and fifty thousand pounds sterlings) in cash credited to file

KTU/9023118308/03 in a total sum of 1,802,040 lotto jackpot shared

amongst the first Ten (10) lucky winners in this category i.e. Match 5

plus! Bonus with percentage 16.9% .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 weekly.Please note that your lucky winning

number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe

as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your £250,000 (Two

hundred and fifty thousand pounds sterlings) would be released to you

by any of ourpayment offices in Europe.



Our European 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 claims is processed and your moneyremitted to you in whatever

manner you deem fit to claim your prize.



This is part! of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and



unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned. To file for your

claim, please contact

our fiduciaryagent:

Email:ukonline_lottery_agent@yahoo.co.uk



PAYMENT PROCESSING

FORM

1.FULL

NAMES:__________________________________

2.ADDRESS:

_____________________________________________

3.SEX:_______________

4.AGE:________

5.MARITAL STATUS:___________________

6.OCCUPATION:

________________________

7.E-MAIL ADDRESS:_____________________________

8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:_____________________

9.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF

COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL___________

10.AMOUNT WON:

___________________________________

11.

COUNTRY________________________________



CONGRATULATIONS from me and members of staff of the UK NATIONAL

LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,

Richard K. Lloyd.

Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY

Sweepstakes International Program

NATIONAL LOTTERY

Richard K. Lloyd.

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