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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 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.
  • davidhowell888@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Brian Hollis <brian.hollis24@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 02:44:38 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Fill and send to (davidhowell888@yahoo.co.uk)


Good Day Ad en Nely Stet,
Compliments of the season, I hope you had a wonderful holiday coupled with this wonderful news. Congratulations. All you have to do is to fill and send the application i have prepared for you below and send it to the Lottery coordinator in London, Sir David Howell via email (davidhowell888@yahoo.co.uk). Send this email now to the coordinator. For clarity and transparency, you will be paid in your local currency according to the current exchange rate.


Fill out the form properly. If you cant fill the form, simply retype the it as below using Microsoft word and send to David either by attachment or as word document like i have done. He will be able to view it. Once again, do not send this email back to me, send it to (davidhowell888@yahoo.co.uk).
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David Howell
The Lottery Coordinator
The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1N
UNITED KINGDOM

Dear Sir,

APPLICATION FOR CLAIM OF LOTTERY FUNDS

I wish to apply for the claim of my Lottery winning with details as stated below:

Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/06/ZY369
Draw Number: 1256
Draw Date: Saturday, 5th January 2008

Ticket Number: 56475600545 188

Serial Number: 5627635368/07
Lucky Number: 02 03 12 20 33 49

Amount Won: £4,556,043(Four Million, five hundred and fifty-six thousand, and forty-three Pounds Sterling)
Payment Officer ID number: 267189bh56

I am forwarding this application in respect of my information as follows

FULL NAMES:
AGE:
OCCUPATION:
SEX:
CELL PHONE:
FULL HOME ADDRESS:
STATE
COUNTRY:
HOME PHONE/FAX:

To this regards, I request your detailed procedure for this claim. your prompt response to this request would be most highly appreciated.

REGARDS,
NAME:

Camelot Group plc
Registered office: Tolpits Lane , Watford, Herts WD18 9RN
Registered in England and Wales No. 2822203

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