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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:

• 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:
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • ",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)
  • ",500,000" (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)
  • "00,000.00" (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 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.
  • +447031907011 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +447834789463
• 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.
  • m.spebb@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: Jane Cannon <nl.uk44@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 02:45:03 -0700
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!















































































National Lottery Headquarters
Customer Service
28 TANFIELD ROAD,
LONDON, United Kingdom.
Customer Service/Claims Department

Reference numbers: RF2052007/21
Batch numbers: BT12/53/0034

WINNING NOTIFICATION

With pleasure The National Lottery, organizers of the UK National Online sweepstakes promo, Euromillions, Daily Play, Thunderball, Lotto Hotpicks and Lotto Extra announce to you the result of draw #1154 of the UK National sweepstakes online International Program held on the 12th of May 2007 in United Kingdom.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 647560545 -168 with Serial number 5368/02 /07 drew the Lucky
numbers:

Bonus


Which subsequently won you
one of the lucky dip prizes. You have therefore been approved to claim
a total sum of £650,000.00 (Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand British
Pounds Sterlings) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/07. This is
from a total cash prize of £6,500,000.00 (Six Million Five Hundred
Thousand British Pounds Sterlings), shared amongst the Ten (10) lucky
winners in this category.

All participants for the online
version were selected randomly from the World Wide Web through a
computer draw system and extracted from over 1,000,000 unions,
associations,and corporate bodies email addresses that are listed
online.

Please
note that your lucky winning number falls within our Afri-British
booklet representative office in UK as indicated in your play coupon.
In view of this, your ( £650,000.00 ) would be released to you by our
paying office in London as
soon as you are in contact with your claims agent. This Lottery is
approved by the British Gaming Board and also Licensed by The
International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR).

Our
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 manner you deem
fit to claim your prize. This is part of our recautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned !!!

To file for your claim,
please contact our Claims Agent via E-mail or phone call with the Information Below:

Reference Number: RF2052007/21

Batch Number: BT12/53/0034
Ticket Number: 647560545 -168
Serial Number: 5368/02/07

WINNERS INFORMATION
1.FULL NAMES: .........................................................................
2.ADDRESS: ...............................................................................
3.SEX: ..........................................................................................
4.AGE: .........................................................................................
5.MARITAL STATUS:...............................................................
6.OCCUPATION: .......................................................................
7.E-MAIL ADDRESS:.................................................................
8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:.........................................................
9. COUNTRY :..............................................................................

Mr. Mark Spebb
Claims Agent/Officer (Customer Service Department)
Email: m.spebb@yahoo.co.uk , winners.info@nl-uk.org

Phone: +447031907011

Fax: + 447834789463


NOTE: All winnings must be
claimed within 10 days from today. After this date all unclaimed funds
would be included in the next stake. Remember to quote your
reference information in all correspondence with your claims agent.

Thank you for being part of
our promotional sweepstakes program. Once again congratulations from
the entire staff of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.


Yours faithfully,


Mrs. Jane Cannon



Online coordinator for UK MEGA JACKPOT PROMO


Copyright © 2007 UK MEGA JACKPOT Lottery Promotion






All rights reserved. Terms of Service -Guidelines.
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Our
winners are assured of the utmost standards of confidentiality, and
press anonymity until the end of proceedings, and beyond where they so
desire. Be further advised to maintain the strictest level of
confidentiality until the end of proceedings to guard against problems
associated with fraudulent claims. This is part of our precautionary
measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.
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