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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:
  • "national lottery promotion" (no such lottery exists)
  • "uk national lottery" (can only win this lottery if you bought a ticket)
• 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.
  • +447045763127 (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_jude_cole@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: uknational lottery <ulottery67@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 07:26:30 -0800 (PST)
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION!! CONGRATULATIONS!! YOU EMAIL ADDRESS HAVE WON





WINNING NOTIFICATION!!

UK National Lottery.
8 LOWER MALL, HAMMER SMITH.
Liverpool, L70 1NL UNITED KINGDOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THIS MESSAGE IS FROM THE PROMOTION MANAGER, INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT OF UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.

Dear Lucky Winner!!


This Message is from the Uk National Lottery Promotional Manager, We are here to announce to you that your Email is among the 10 International Lucky Winners of the Uk National Lottery 2008,Second Category Draw.
All Participants of the Uk National Lottery were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from (£2.500,000) email addresses of individuals and companies from all part of the world as part of our electronic business Promotions lottery held here in Uk London (ENGLAND).

Note: that your email address qualified for the draw, as a result of you visiting various websites we are running the E-business promotions for You/Your Company email address.
We therefore approved you a lump sum pay out of £250,000.00 (TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND POUNDS) in cash, which is the winning payout for Second category winners.
This is from the total of £2.500,000 pounds sterlings shared among the (10) international lucky winners who won on the 22th January 2008, your ticket number is attached to it, Please be informed that your fund of £250,000.00 (TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND POUNDS) is insured in the email address that won this prize, therefore you should contact your claims agent and make available to him your full names and Informations so that they will re-insure your WINNERS CERTIFICATE under your full names. you have to hurry up and contact Him immediately.

To begin your claim, please contact your claims agent (Dr. Jude Cole).
FINAL PRIZE AWARD NOTIFICATION.

Further more your details (winning numbers) falls within our European representative office in Amsterdam, Holland, as indicated Your play coupon, your email payment center falls within our regional head branch office in(WEST AFRICA).
your prize of £250,000.00 (TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND POUNDS) WILL BE released to you through our regional head branch office in (WEST AFRICA) where your email payment center falls in. This is as part of our international promotions draws according to the second category winners of this lottery promotion.
NOTE: Due to mix up of some numbers and names, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential until your claims has been processed and your money remitted to your nominated bank which you will make available to the Deposited Paying Center. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claims and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants.

All participants where selected through a computer/mail balloting system drawn from (6.500,000) EMAIL addresses from Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually. This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some multinational/International companies and also the united kingdom Government.

DATE OF WINNING : 22th JANUARY 2008.
BELOW IS YOUR WINNING INFORMATIONS:



WINNING NUMBER ---------------------------------#893 (1, 4, 7, 10, 16,23 , 26).

BATCH NUMBER------------------------------------O7410512436924369

REF. NUMBER: ---------------------------------------UK/9420X2/68.







NOTE: THAT ALL THE WINNERS SHOULD PLEASE CONTACT YOUR FIDUCIAL CLAIMS AGENT (Dr. Jude Cole.)

CONTACT THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY AGENT
FOR PROCESSING AND IMMEDIATE PAYMENT OF YOUR PRIZE THROUGH HIS EMAIL ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER.
NAME: Dr Jude Cole.
EMAIL: dr_jude_cole@yahoo.co.uk
TELEPHONE NUMBER: +447045763127









FROM THE PROMOTIONAL MANAGER
UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
MR RICHARD K. LIOYD.



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