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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "fudiciary" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims office" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• 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.
  • +447031840051 (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.
  • ukzonalclaims@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: micro lottrey <micro_lottrey_1214@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:29:03 +0000
Subject: A G R E A T W I N N I N G !



A G R E A T W I N N I N G ! FROM THE DESK OF PROMOTIONAL CO-ORDINATOR. Daniel Christian Marais Universal Internet Sweepstake Lottery Headquarters: 1a, Bexon Court Carlton Nottingham shire Nottingham NG4 1SQ Essex United Kingdom. Customer Service: 580 NCA 85914 Universal Internet Sweepstake Advantage Promotion team & Online Lottery ************************************************************* CONGRATULATIONS!! CONGRATULATIONS!! CONGRATULATIONS!! We happily announce to you the draw of the Universal Internet Sweepstake Lottery International programs held on the 01/ 06 / 2007 in Essex United Kingdom. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: B9564 75604545 188 with! Serial number 97560 drew the winning: 07, 10, 13, 24, 40, 29, BONUS 06*, which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £350,000.00 (Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand British Pounds) in cash credited to file KPC/9080118308/02. Be informed that this promotion aimed at Internet globalization before the year 2010, thereby empowering Internet literacy against monopoly. WHY YOU HAVE WON? Your E-mail address is one of 9 lucky Addresses that have won in the yearly Promotion. *************************************************************************** HOW DID YOU WIN? The Universal Internet Sweepstake Advantage Promotion, is a new Internet based Lottery, Whereby all winners are selected randomly via internet/email server, this email server visits all Internet providers and email address around the globe, be it .com, .org, .net and all country web based abbreviations, as you have .ca in Canada and .uk in United Kingdom, AOL and hotmails. *********************************************************************** This promotion is selection powered by (MICROSOFT) select one million email addresses from all over the globe (Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, South America, Middle East and Australia) to run the draw; this is a bonus from Microsoft Society to email users. After the draw 9 email addresses emerged the winning e-mail address. *********************************************************************** DETAILS ON THE WINNINGS YOUR WINNING DETAILS AS SHOWN BELOW, REFERENCE NO. EAASL/941OYI/04 BATCH NO. 12/25/DC34 WINNING NUMBERS: 07, 10, 13, 24, 40, 29, BONUS 06* In view of this, your £350,000.00 (Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand British Pounds)would be released to you through our Claims Agent. *********************************************************************** To file for your claim, please contact our fudiciary processing agent / zonal claim department below for claiming of your prize and remember to quote all your winning details as above and return to the claims office for easy processing of your prize. TO CLAIM FROM U.K-ZONAL CLAIMS DEPT. THE CONTACT BELOW: (CLAIMS DEPT) Universal Internet Sweepstake Advantage Promotion (LONDON-UNITED KINGDOM) Mr. Thomason Edwards. Email: ukzonalclaims@yahoo.co.uk Tel/Fax: + 44 703 184 0051 *********************************************************************** To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your reference/batch numbers: REFERENCE NO. EAASL/941OYI/04 BATCH NO. 12/25/DC34 WINNING NUMBERS: 07, 10, 13, 24, 40, 29, BONUS 06* Congratulations again and have a lot of fun. Notification Manager Daniel Christian Marais Universal Internet Sweepstake Advantage Promotion *********************************************************************** © Copyright 2007 All rights reserved 100860 8556 2548 9576ZA
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