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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.
  • +447024082136 (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.
  • henryscott97@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: United Kingdom National Lottery Promo <uk-pronotice04@geekzonemail.com>
Reply-To: <henryscott97@yahoo.fr>
Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2007 14:24:48 -0800
Subject: You have Won $450, 000.00 Contact Fiduciary Agent Immediately.





Office Of United Kingdom National Lottery
Dominions House
Lime Kiln Close
Stoke Gifford
Bristol
BS34 8SR
TEL: +44 702 4082136
+44 702 4082154
FAX: +44 207 1938276
info@uk-lotterypromo.com


WINNING INFORMATION
-------------------

Payment REF code:.... ABA/NIG/2651048/UK/60037/07
BATCH:................01/019/07
SERIAL N0:............4708-325/ABN/UK
B44:..................8056490902
Ticket Number:........64479543465
Lucky Numbers:........4-13-33-37-42
Bonus Number:.........17009


WINNING NOTIFICATION
---------------------------

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the
30 November, 2007 from the United Kingdom National Lottery
program Which is fully based on an electronic election of
winners using their e-mail addresses? Your email was attached
Ticket Number: 64479543465, B44 8056490902, Serial Number
4708-325 This batch draws the , Bonus Number: 17009, which
consequently won the lottery in the second category. You have
been approved a lump sum of $450,000 ( Four Hundred Fifty Thousand
United States Dollars) in cash Credit File
Ref Number : ILP/HW 7509/07/UK from the total cash prize shared
among eight lucky winners in this
category.

This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by United Nation Lottery
Foundation and the British Government as part of social
responsibility to alleviate poverty, and assist the Individuals
victims of the London Bomb Blast and the Hurricane Katrina
Disaster in United States of America. This Program is under a
strict supervision with British Government to see that the
purpose of transparency and decency in observed and to avoid any
unlawful manipulations it is drawn under a tight environment to
achieve the maximum result as all eyes are on the British
Government for it trusteeship in this lottery Scheme.

All participants were selected through a computer balloting
system drawn from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from
meanly North America which Includes the United States, Mexico,
Canada and Central Europe, London, Spain, Africa and Asia, Oceania as
part of our international promotions program which is conducted
annually.



HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:
---------------------------------

Simply contact our Affiliated Zonal Representative (Mr. Henry Scott), where your draw falls with the following Information via email
with your name and contact address: He will guild you on how to claim
your
winning prize:

Mr. Henry Scott
+44 702 408-2136
+44 702 408-2154
( Chief Coordinator )
henryscott97@yahoo.fr


You have to contact Mr. Henry Scott With the following
information below:

# FULLNAME:................................
# SEX:.....................................
# ADDRESS:.................................
# COUNTRY:.................................
# FAX:.....................................
# PHONE NUMBER:............................
# OCCUPATION:..............................
# COMPANY'S NAME:..........................
# AGE:.....................................
# REF NUMBER:..............................
# AMOUNT WON:..............................

To file for your claim. Please quote your Date of draw,
reference Number, Batch Number and Winning Number, which can be
found on the top-left corner of this message. Also, you should
give in your telephone number to help locate your file easily.
For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this
information confidential from the public until your claim is
processed and your prize has been released to you. This is part
of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted taking advantage of this program by non-participant
or unofficial personnel.

Note: All winnings MUST be claimed on or before Two week;
otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually
sent back to Treasury in our head office London.

Congratulations once again on your winning!
Best Regards.

Ms. Linna Martins
(Information Minister)

NOTE: To claim your prize contact ( Mr. Henry Scott) with
your winning information.

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