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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:
  • "claim 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.
  • +447031836654 (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.
  • theo_klaas@yahoo.com.hk

Fraud email example:

From: Uk National Lottery Winning Notification! <lottoonline111@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:03:47 +0200
Subject: Uk National Lottery Winning Notification!




From Uk National Lottery Office
P O Box 1610 Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
Ref: UK/9420X/07
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
Uk National Lottery Winning Notification!

Congratulation!

Attn: Beneficiary,

We happily announce to you the draw of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY held on 2oth of May 2008.=2 0Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 5647560054 188 with Serial number 5368/02 jack pot lotto winners drew the lucky numbers: 15 19 29 35 44 45 bonus no 7. Which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e. match 5 plus bonus.

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer email draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes place weekly, and your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £809,000.00 (Eight Hundred and Nine Thousand British Pounds Sterling) in cash 20credited to file KTU/9023118308/03 in a total sum of £3,236,000.00 (Three million Two Hundred and thirty Six Thousand British pounds sterling) lotto jackpot shared amongst the first four (4) lucky winners in this category. Please do contact your Claim Agent in London United Kingdom:



Name: Dr.Theo Klaas (Claim Agent).
E_mail: theo_klaas@yahoo.com.hk [mailto:theo_klaas@yahoo.com.hk]
Tel. Number: +44 70318 36654

As you are contacting your claim agent; please quote your reference, batch and winning number which can be found below; left corner of this notification as well as your full name s and address to help locate your file easily.



1.Name in full ......................................,
2.Address ...............................................,
3.Age ....................................................,
4.Sex ....................................................,
5.Occupation ..............................................,
6.Phone/Fax ................................................,



Ref: UK/9420X/07
Batch: 074/05/ZY369



Congratulation!


Mrs. Rose Allen
(Coordinator).




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