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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:

• 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!

Fraud email example:

From: Gory Nasil <v.nasil@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 21:19:59 +0100 (BST)
Subject: PLEASE CONTACT THE BANK FOR TRANSFER OF YOU WINNING FUNDS.


Attn:Ms Halag Thal,

In regards to your pending claim processing,your prize winning certificate had been endorsed by The UNITED KINGDOM Gaming Board.We have forwarded to the bank for online transfer .

UK E-MAIL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL THE UNITED KINGDOM has officially approved the INTER-EURO bank an international bank to carryout direct transfer of your winnings funds to your nominated account.

United Kingdom Office
Woolish International Bank Plc
Contact person: William Moore
Office Line 00 44-208-485-8060
Direct Line:00 44-781-073-1747
Fax : 00 44-870-134-2973
Fax : 00 44-207-900-2120
Email: accountofficer@woolwishintbankplc.co.uk

You are hereby advised to make direct contact with the above bank,for further processes and to facilitate the immediate transfer of your consolation cash prize.

PLEASE NOTE: NON-RESIDENT OF UNITED KINGDOM ARE TO SET ACCOUNT UP A NON RESIDENT ACCOUNT WITH THE ASSIGN BANK FOR THEIR AWRAD FUNDS TO BE TRANSFER VIA THEIR NON RESIDENT ACCOUNT WITH THIS BANKING SERVICE HERE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AS IN RULE WITH THE UNITED KINGDOM GAMING BOARD CLAIMS PROCEDURE.

For further correspondence and with due certification, please update this office with your current status for subsequent development in regards to this pending claim exercise.

Congratulation once again,
Mr.Von nasil
(Claims Process Officer).

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