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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claims agent" (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.
  • +447031902184 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: Nick Thames <nick.thames2@live.com>
Reply-To: <nick.thames6@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 11:14:04 -0800
Subject: Regarding your approved 618,000 Pounds.....from Mr. Nick Thames



Croydon Securities and Alliance Ltd.
Park Lane, Croydon, CR9 3JS,
United Kingdom.
Contact Person: Mr. Nick Thames
Private Phone Numbers:
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+44-703-190-2184
+44-703-190-2168
+44-703-195-7719
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Attention: WINNER

APPROVED FUNDS CLAIM GUIDELINES
I, Mr. NICK THAMES, on behalf of Croydon Securities and Alliance Ltd. UK, the Processing Unit for the below mentioned Organisation, wishes to Congratulate you on your success through emerging, one of the Lucky Award Winners of the BOROUGH of CROYDON HERITAGE LOTTERY FUNDS Promo Online Version. A very hearty Congratulations to you! BOROUGH of CROYDON HERITAGE LOTTERY FUNDS Promo Online Version, offers award to Lucky owners of selected EMAILS that came out in our Monthly Random Draws. A total of £618,000 [Six hundred and eighteen thousand pounds] has been approved to you which is currently waiting for you to claim. This sum is gathered from our various Sponsors consisting of over 100,000 websites and association.


This is an ONLINE PROMO by this Heritage Lottery Funds division, to award Lucky Surfers of websites with the view of improving our lottery ticket sales. This promo is currently offered by just the BOROUGH of CROYDON HERITAGE LOTTERY FUNDS Promo Online Version, to reward internet visitors. The funds in this email are all yours for claims. Submit your claims to begin claims process.


How did you win? Very well, it is no longer news that people surf different websites and pages everyday! On these websites and pages, you occasionally leave your email address(es) on their pages and guest books. Either through the signup of newsletters or accounts! Have you recently visited a website? Then, You are lucky! Your favourite website might have won you this. We have decided to reward all internet surfers accordingly for their loyalty through continuous patronage.

After the monthly random draw, your email came out lucky at the draws! Congratulations!

However, we would need you to verify your identity so, funds do not fall to wrong hands! Therefore, we would be requiring you to please, Identify your person by simply completing the personal profile below:

Favourite Website:First Name:Last Name:Sex:Age:Home Address:City:State:Zip:Country:Home Phone:Mobile Phone:Fax:Email Address:Occupation:Name Of Company You Work With:Position Held in Company:

This is the Reference Number and Ticket Number attached to your Email:------------------------------------------------------------------------Reference Number: BC/HLF/801/652/33Ticket Number: 33037600180 Batch Number: 739.7.01.8Serial Number: 40-39110Winning Category: Port 82

Please, keep the above Reference Number and Ticket Number in a very safe place. You CANNOT claim funds without them. No one should have access to any of them. Call me if you ever have a problem


Best of luck,Mr. Nick Thames
Claims Agentc/oCroydon Securities and Alliance Ltd.
for the BOROUGH of CROYDON HERITAGE LOTTERY FUNDS Bonanza Promotions.Copyright 2008.

Disclaimer:

This message may contain confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secured or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the content of this message, which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. The Croydon Securities and Alliance Ltd, does not take responsibility for any loss as a result of this. Thank you!
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