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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:
  • "uk national lottery" (can only win this lottery if you bought a ticket)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "million pounds" (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)
  • ",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)
  • "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.
  • +447045712428 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448702884490 (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.
  • dr.rex_mcarthy01@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: The National Lottery <dr.rex_mcarthy01@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2007 05:16:31 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!







The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM

Dear Lucky Winner,

We are pleased to notify you the draw (#992) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY, Online Sweepstakes International Lottery Program held on 3 november, 2007.

Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from a pool of over 25,000 names of distinguished professionals drawn from Europe, America, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Middle-East, North & South America and Africa as part of our international promotions programme conducted monthly to encourage prospective overseas entries. We hope with part of your prize awards, you will take part in our subsequent lottery jackpots.

The result of our computer draw (#988) selected your name and email address. Therefore, you are now being approved to claim a total sum of £1,000,000.00 (One Million Pounds Sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03. This is from a total cash prize of £6,000,000.00 shared amongst the first Six (6) lucky winners in this category i.e. Match 5 plus bonus.

Your prize award has been insured in your name and is ready for claim. To begin your claims, you are to expeditiously contact our licensed and accredited claim agent for Overseas Lottery Winners within a period of 14 days (date of this email inclusive) for the processing of your winning and remittance to your designated bank account after all statutory obligations have been satisfactorily dispensed with.
This promotion takes place monthly. 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 £1,000,000.00 (One Million Pounds Sterling) would be released to you by any of our payment offices/Bank in Europe.
Please be informed that claims not processed within the stipulated period may be forfeited to the pool without further notice.

Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him. You may wish to establish contact via telephone call os e-mail with your winning particulars presented below.

Ref: UK/9464UNL/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
E-ticket #: TNL-024362-89
Serial #: 53680232664533
Lucky #: 2-12-26-32-37-47-22

You are also advised to provide him with the under listed information as soon as possible:

Full Name: ..................................................................
Sex:.............................................................................
Age: ............................................................................
Marital Status:..............................................................
Occupation:..................................................................
Home Address:.............................................................
City:..............................................................................
State:............................................................................
Zip: ..............................................................................
Country: ......................................................................
Tel:..............................................................................
Fax: ...........................................................................
Email:.........................................................................

Overseas Claims Agent:
Contact Person: Dr. Rex Mcarthy
Email: dr.rex_mcarthy01@yahoo.co.uk
Tel: +44 704 571 2428
Fax: +44 870 288 4490

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 circumvent problems associated with fraudulent claims. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

At your disposal, we remain.

Sincerely,

Caroline Bryan.

The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM









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