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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:
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • uknllegalagent207@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: FROM THE DESK OF THE UKLOTTERY <uknllegalagent0007@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: uknllegalagent207@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:38:00 +0100 (BST)
Subject: ATTENTION


UKNL Customer service
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY36
British National Lottery,
28 Tan Field Road,Croydon,London
Dear Winner,
This is to inform you that you have been selected for a cash Price of
£1,000,000.00(One Million Pound Sterling) in cash.from
International
programme held on 1ST APRIL 2008 in the United Kindom.
The selection process was carried out through random selection in our
computerised email selection system from a database of over 250,000
email
addresses
drawn from all the continents of the world which your email was among
the> first ten (10) lucky winners. You are therefore advise to contact
Claims Agent for the release of your winningsprovide him with the
under
listed informations.
CONTACT PERSON:MR.Ted Branson.
Email: uknllegalagent207@yahoo.co.uk
Tel:44 701 113 9676
Fax:44 845 280 3809
With the following details:
Name:__________________
Age: __________________
Sex: ___________
Occupation: ____________
Address: ________________________
Phone No __________________
Country: ________________
Yours Truly,
Mrs Mellisa Rooney
Co-Coordinator (Online Promo
Programme).



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