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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:
  • "uk national lottery" (can only win this lottery if you bought a ticket)
  • "uk national lottery inc." (no such lottery exists)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claims office" (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)
  • ",500,000" (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)
  • "u.k " (this email uses bad English)
• 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.
  • +447031845135 (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.
  • uklclaimsagent66@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "uknational05 Gazeta.pl" <uknational05@gazeta.pl>
Reply-To: uklclaimsagent66@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:11:32 +0100
Subject: ATTENTION DEAR WINNER!!!(GET BACK TO MR KELVIN KYLE VIA EMAIL: uklclaimsagent66@yahoo.co.uk)


*[image: U.K National Lottery On-Line]*
*The National Lottery
P O Box 1290
London, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
Ref: AST341739DS*
*Batch: 074/05/ZY345

* **
*BONUS LOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION *
**
*Dear Winner,*
* We are pleased to inform you of t he result of the just concluded final
draws of the NATIONAL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS you / your company,
attached to ticket number 013-2316-2002-477, with serial number A025-09 drew
the lucky numbers 37-13-34-85-56-42, and consequently won in category B.You
have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay of £2,500,000.00 in cash
credited to file REF NO. REF: AST341739DS. This is from total prize money of
£15,000,000.00 shared among the six (6) international winners in the
category B. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system
drawn from 30,000 names from Australia, New Zealand, America, Asia, Europe,
USA and North America as part our International Promotions Program, which is
conducted monthly.Your fund is now deposited with the Finance and Security
section and insured in your name. Due to the mix up of some numbers and
names, we ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice until
your claim has been processed and your money remitted to your account. This
is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous
acts by participants of this program.We hope with a part of you prize, you
will participate in our end of year high stakes £1.3 billion International
lotto.To begin your claim, please contact your claims officer immediately:*
**
**

*Below you will find a Documentation Form, requesting your required
particulars.*
**
* UK LOTTERY VERIFICATION AND FUND RELEASE FORM
FULL NAMES:__________________________________
ADDRESS: _________________________________________________
CITY:_________________________
STATE:__________________________________ ZIP: _____________________
COUNTRY________________________________
SEX:_______________
AGE:__________________
NEXT OF KIN:----------------------------------*
*MARITAL STATUS:_________________
AMOUNT WON---------------------------------*
*REF NUMBER: -----------------------------------*
*OCCUPATION:________________________
TELEPHONE NUMBER_________________________________
E-MAIL ADDRESS:_____________________________
NATIONALITY_________________________
*
**
**
*You are required to fill and submit the above particulars to our Overseas
Claims/United Kingdom Payment Unit with the below email address.*
**
*Overseas Claims/United Kingdom Payment Unit
Contact Person: MR. KELVIN KYLE*
*Email: uklclaimsagent66@yahoo.co.uk<http://us.f551.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=uklclaimsagent66@yahoo.co.uk>or
mrkelvinkyle@live.com<http://us.f551.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=mrkelvinkyle@live.com>
*
*Call: +44-703-184-5135*
**
*Upon receipt of this informations, Our payment unit will immediately
commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you
contact him. You may wish to establish contact via e-mail with the
particulars presented below sending the batch and reference numbers and
these informations below for quick verifications and release of funds
between the hours of 8.00am -7.30pm on Monday through Sunday. *

*Any lottery double claim detected by our monitoring committee will lead to
the Uk national lottery cancelling the winnings. making a loss for both the
real winner, and the fake (intended) claimer. Be further advised to maintain
the strictest level of confidentiality,This is part of our precautionary
measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program*
**
*CONGRATULATIONS!!!*
*At your disposal, I remain.
Very Truly Yours**,*
**
*Yours faithfully,
Richard K. Lloyd.
Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.
Copyright (c) 1994-2008 The UK National Lottery Inc.
All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guidelines
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