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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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:
  • ",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 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.
  • podfinance@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "UK NATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTIONS." <migueljoses@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 16:27:05 +0000
Subject: PLEASE CONTACT THE PAYING BANK IMMEDIATELY.

NATIONAL LOTTERY SWEEPSTAKES DRAWS
SUPPORT CENTRE BEVAN HOUSE,
51 BEVAN AVENUE LONDON UNITED KINGDOM.
FROM: THE AWARD DEPARTMENT
NATIONAL LOTTERY
REF: UNL/26510460037/02
BATCH: 24/00319/IPD

ATTENTION: BENEFICIARY .

RE/AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE.

We happily announce to you the draw (#1189) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,
online Sweepstakes International program held Today. Your e-mail address
attached to ticket number: 023-0148-790-459 with Serial number 5073-11 drew
the lucky numbers: 13 16 22 43 47 49 bonus ball 28 which subsequently won
you the lottery in the 3rd category i.e. match 6. You have therefore been
approved to claim a total sum of £950,000.00 (Nine Hundred And Fifty
Thousand Pound Sterling Only) in cash credited to file REF NO.
UNL/26510460037/02. This is from a total cash prize of £9,500,000 shared
amongst the Third Ten (10) lucky winners in this category. Draw 1189.

Jackpot £5,000,000.

NUMBER OF MATCHES No OF WINNERS £s PER WINNER TOTAL
Match 6 5 £1,107,042.80 £5,535,214, Match 5 plus bonus 7 £243,306
£1,703,142
Match 5 381 £2,793 £1,064,133, Match 4 26475 £88 £2,329,800,
Match 3 561913 £10 £5,619,130

Additional Information Jackpot winner(s) 2 Machine used for draw MOONSTONE
Winners by Lucky Dip 216277 Ball set used 7. 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 £950,000.00 (Nine Hundred And Fifty Thousand Pound
Sterling Only), would be released to you by our approved paying Bank or
office in Europe.

Our European paying Bank will immediately commence the process to
facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact them. For
security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claim is processed and your money remitted 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 European Paying Bank; POSTBANK
NL in the Netherlands through the Assistant Director, Processing/Operation
Department (POD).

Mr. Edward Stoner.
Email:podfinance@hotmail.com
Web site: - www.postbank.nl.

Also provide him with the following details too:

{1} Full Names.

{2} Telephone/Fax number.

{3} Nationality.

{4} Age.

{5} Occupation.

For due processing and remittance of your prize money, please remember to
quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of your correspondences
with the paying Bank. Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later
than 4weeks. After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.

Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform the
paying Bank as soon as possible.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LEGALISATION AND NOTARIZATION OF YOUR WINNING
DOCUMENTS WILL BE YOUR RESPONSIBILITY.

Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part
of our promotional lottery program.


Sincerely,

JOSES LIUS MIGUEL
Online Co-ordinator.

Anti-fraud resources:

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