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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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:
  • "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.
  • +447011129839 (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.
  • cgclaimsdept06@hotmail.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Winners@cglotto.org
Reply-To: cgclaimsdept06@hotmail.co.uk
Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2008 04:02:28 GMT
Subject: Final Reminder/BATCH N=?ISO-8859-1?B?ui46?= 2008UKL-01

The Camelot Group Plc,.
operators of The National Lottery.
3b Olympic Way, Sefton Business Park,
Aintree, Liverpool , L30 1RD

Website: http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/results/results.do

WINNING NOTIFICATION
The United Kingdom National Lottery wishes to inform you that the results of the E-mail address ballot lottery
international program by Great Britain Draw 1263 held on Wednesday 30th of January 2008, as part of the end of year and
New Year promotions bonus. Your mail account have been picked as a winner of a lump sum pay out of Eight hundred and
ninety-one thousand,nine hundred and thirty-four Great Britain pounds £891,934.00 pounds sterlings) in cash credited
to file REFNO.REF:UKL/74-A0802742008. This is from total prize money of GBP4,459,670.00 shared among the FIVE (5)
international winners in this category.
Your winning details are :- Ticket No:22-1356-4096-988,Serial N0: A069-07,Lotto Lucky No:07 08 27 37 40 46 Bonus 01,
REF:UKL/74-A0802742008.,BATCH No.: 2008UKL-01.

You are to contact our claims agent for validation:
Mr. Fred Martins.
Email:cgclaimsdept06@hotmail.co.uk
Tel:+447011129839
Fax:+44870 478 2022

VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM
1.FULL
NAMES:________2.ADDRESS:__________City________State_________Postcode______Country______3.SEX:_______4.AGE:________5.OCCUPATION:________6TELEPHONE
NUMBER:__________

Sincerely,
Mrs.Dianne Thompson.
Online Coordinator,
CAMELOT GROUP Plc,

Copyright © 2008 National Lottery! Inc.

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