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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:
  • "british lottery commission"
  • "uk national lottery" (can only win this lottery if you bought a ticket)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• 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!
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • +447045726933 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +447011137001 (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.
  • unitedkingdomlottery00@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Lottery Uk <unitedkingdomlottery00@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 01:43:48 +0200
Subject: YOUR EMAIL HAVE WON YOU A LOTTERY/CONTACT BARRISTER DEVID GREEN FOR CLAIMS


National Lottery Commission,
2 Monck Street,London SW1P 2BQ
United Kingdom
Ref : UK/776090X2/23
Batch: 013/05/8394369
Draw date:10/19/2007
National Draw:Further results
=======================================================
CHECK YOUR WINNING NUMBER: http://www.lottery.co.uk/res/
WINNING DRAW NUMBER: 10,12, 22, 32, 45, 46 ,27
=======================================================

WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We happily announce to you the Draw (#942) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,online UK National Lottery program held on 19 October 2007.

Your e-mail address attached to Ticket Number:8603775966738 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the Winning Numbers: 2, 7, 0, 5, 8, 9 (bonus.1),which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e match 3plus bonus.

You are therefore been approved to claim total sum of £2,500,000.00 ( Two Million Five Hundred thousand Pounds) in cash credited to file.This is from a total cash prize of £20,350,000.00 pounds,shared amongst the Winners with different amount won in this category i.e Match 3 plus bonus. 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. Your lucky winning number falls within our European book let representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your £2,500,000,00 ( TwoMillion Five Hundrenthousand Pounds) will be released to you by any of our payment 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 claim is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever man ner 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. Importantly, for the enablement of your claims, you Are advised to comply with our payout procedures, as These are mere formalities that will guarantee payment Of funds to all qualified winners in this Category. Furthermore note that,all Winning funds should be Claimed no

time. After this limited time all Unclaimed Funds will be returned to the Uk National Promotion Gaming Board (U.K.P.G.B) for the next UK National Lottery Online Promotion which Will take place next year 2008.

This promo is governed and monitored by the British Lottery Commission of 2007 and censored.We will anticipate your response soon. Note: You are warned to keep confidential to your self Until you get your winning, to avoid random claim. If Found in such, you will be disqualified automatically. Be Warned.

File for your claim,Please contact our Fiduciary Agent for VALIDATION.
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Barrister David Green.
Foreign Services Manager, Payment and Release order
Department,CLAIMS PROCESSING LOTTERY AGENT.
TRANS-ATLANTIC S.A LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
Tel Phone: +44 7011137001
+447045726933
E-mail: unitedkingdomlottery00@yahoo.co.uk
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Endeavour to email him your full names,winning numbers,email address,telephone and fax numbers immediately.

Congratulations from me and members of staff of THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.

Mrs. Rose Wood,
Winning Department,
CordinatorUK National Lottery.
www.lottery.co.uk

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