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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.
• 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.
  • +447024079374 (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.
  • fitzjblair@yahoo.es (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: British National lottery <bnl310@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: <fitzjblair@yahoo.es>
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 01:48:48 +0000
Subject: REF: BNL /26510460037/07 WINNING NOTIFICATION !!!



BRITISH LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS.
National Lottery P O Box 1010Liverpool, L70 1NL




















BRITISH ONLINE NOTIFICATION DESK.
GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED!!! BRITISH ONLINE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY IS REGISTERED UNDER THE DATA PROTECTION ACT OF; (Registration Z720633X).
REF: BNL /26510460037/07BATCH: 24/00319/IPD Dear Winner,
We are delighted to inform you of your Prize release from the British National Lottery in partnership with Yahoo and Hotmail which is fully based on an electronic selection of Winners using their e-mail addresses.Your email adress was attached to ticket number; 564062826 8067492802 serial number 89413237112 This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 4-13-55-48-34 bonus number 17,which consequently won the lottery in the second category. You hereby have been approved a lump sum of £1,050,000.00 (ONE MILLION AND FIFTY THOUSAND POUNDS) in cash credit file Ref: BNL /26510460037/07
All participant were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada, Australia, North,South,Central America, Asia, Europe, Middle East,Africa and Oceania as part of our International Promotions Program which is conducted annually. This Lottery is promoted and sponsored by a conglomorate of some Multinational Companies.Further more your e-mail address falls within our European Representative Office in London, as indicated by the Computer and your prize of £1,050,000.00 pounds will be released to you from this regional branch office in London. For your Prize Claims contact the Promotion and Prize Dept through the

Promotion Manager:Dr. Fitzgerald BlairEmail fitzjblair@yahoo.es
Phone Number:+447024079374

You are to forward the following details to enable us clear your filefor immediate payment:1.Full Names:_______________________2.Address:__________________________3.Age:_____________________________4.Amount__________________________
5.Sex:______________________________6Next Of Kin:_____________________7.Marital Status:_____________________8.Occupation:________________________9.Company Name._____________________10.Phone numbers:______________________11.Fax number:________________________12.Any Travelling Experience?_____________13.Country:___________________________

For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted advantage taking of this programme by non-participant or unofficial personnel. Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!

Yours faithfully,
Brian HuntBRITISH NATIONAL LOTTERY ONLINE CORDINATOR
UNITED KINGDOM



Below are members of the Board of DirectorsDr. P. Swier (CEO), Mr. Gerald Goodman (Manager Foreign Operations), Mr. Franklyn Van Der Weijden (Dr Fitzgerald Blair (Promtions Manager), Dr. James Williams (Director International Credit Department), Mrs. Lonni K Anderson (Legal Representative), Mrs. Lyudmyla Marchukova(Regional Manager), Mr. Stephen Boer (Chairman), Mr. Chris Moritz(International Relation Officer
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