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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "uk national lottery" (can only win this lottery if you bought a ticket)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "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.
  • +447045755520 (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.
  • sharon_cole112@yahoo.com.hk

Fraud email example:

From: The National Lottery <europeanclaims_officer@yahoo.com.hk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: sharon_cole@mail.ru
Date: Sun, 18 May 2008 17:19:35 +0000
Subject: Winning Notification Letter.

The National Lottery
3b Olympic Way
Sefton Business Park
Aintree Liverpool
L30 1RD
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
REFERENCE NUMBER:UK/839030X2/14
BATCH NUMBER:065/088/XY24
TICKET NUMBER:023-1111-790-458
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

WINNING NOTIFICATION
We are pleased to inform you of the final announcement today,18th of
May, 2008 of winners of the May 17th 2008
Your ticket number 023-1111-790-458 attached to your email address,
with serial number 5073-12 drew the lucky numbers 3-10-21-25-29-49
(bonus no.20),this lucky number subsequently won you the lottery in
the 2nd category.
http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/results/results.do
You have there fore been approved for a lump sum pay out of £552,000,00
(Five hundred and fifty-two thousand pounds sterling) in cash credited
to file XYL/26510460037/04. This is from a total cash prize of
£5,520,000,00(Five million, five hundred and twenty thousand pounds
sterling) shared amongst the first ten (10) lucky winners
in this category i.e Match 5 plus bonus.
All participants of this online promotion programme were selected
randomly from numerous World Wide Web sites through computer draw
system and extracted from close to 125,000 unions, associations and
corporate bodies listed online. This promotion takes place Quarterly.
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European
booklet representativeoffice in the United kingdom as indicated in your
play coupon.
In view of this,your £552,000,00 (Five hundred and fifty-two thousand
pounds sterling) would be released to you by any of our payment office
in the United Kingdom.
Your assigned claims agent will immediately commence the process to
facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him/her
via electronic mail(email) or other options made available to you.
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claim is processed and your money remitted to
you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.This is part
of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted
abuse of this program. Please be warned.

You are required to fill the form below and email it to our fiduciary
agent below for qualification, documentation and processing of your
claims.

FULL NAMES:__________________________________
ADDRESS: ____________________________________
CITY:_________________________
STATE:_______________________ZIP: ___________
COUNTRY_______________________
SEX:______________
AGE:__________________
MARITAL STATUS:_________________
OCCUPATION:________________________
E-MAIL ADDRESS:_______________________
TELEPHONE NUMBER:_____________________

SEND ALL YOUR CLAIMS AND INQUIRIES TO THE;
Official: Sharon cole(MRS)
Representative office
10 Camelot close thamesmead.
London E280ES
United Kingdom.
Email:sharon_cole112@yahoo.com.hk


From The Clerk Office
Phone:+44 7045755520
(Online Sweepstakes International Program)
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All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guidelines.

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