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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)
  • "uk national lottery inc." (no such lottery exists)
• 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.
  • +447031833715 (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.
  • joclifford27@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: UK INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTIONAL <zennitdraw@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:05:13 +0200
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION AND CONGRATULATION




<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p>

From: Mrs. Naomi Simpson.*
<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">United Kingdom</st1:country-region></st1:place> Promotion World Lotteries. <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Scotland</st1:place></st1:country-region>*<o:p></o:p>

Headquarters: No: <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">11 Vits Street</st1:address></st1:Street> Opp City*
Complex. <st1:City w:st="on">Aberdeen</st1:City> <st1:country-region w:st="on">Scotland</st1:country-region> <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United Kingdom</st1:place></st1:country-region>.
Customer Service: 580 NCA 85914*<o:p></o:p>

<o:p></o:p>

WINNING NOTIFICATION

Dear Winner,

We happily announce to you the computer draw of
the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region> lottery draw (Pty) International programs held on the 20th April 2008 in Scotland U.K. Your e-mail address attached to <o:p></o:p>

Ticket number: 100-309-7482 <o:p></o:p>

Serial number: 513-10 <o:p></o:p>

Winning Number: 4, 13, 21, 27, 36, 38, +45, <o:p></o:p>

Reference Number: FLS-ZR39-825P-4<o:p></o:p>

Batch Number: 74-263-BBN<o:p></o:p>

Which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category

you have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £545, 000, 00. (Five Hundred and Forty Five Thousand British Pounds) in cash credited to file KPC/9080118308/02.This is from a total cash prize of £13,625,000,00 Thirteen Million Six Hundred and Twenty Five Thousand British Pounds, shared amongst the Twenty Five lucky winners in the second (2) category world-wide. Please note that your lucky winning numbers falls within our Euro booklet representative office in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">England</st1:place></st1:country-region> as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your £545, 000, 00. (Five Hundred and Forty Five Thousand British Pounds) would be released to you by our certified representative claim agent.

This <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region> promotion draws conducted from an exclusive list of 45, 000, 000, 00 Millions List of E-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet. No Tickets were sold.

Our accredited claim agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him. All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer draws system and extracted from over 20,000,00 companies. This promotion takes place annually. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims 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 by some unscrupulous elements. Please be warned. To file for your claim, contact our corresponding agent immediately you read this message for quick and urgent release of your fund, As part of our security protocol you are to quote this security code *MXBC/7471/MPD* to your claim agent. This is to prevent scam<o:p></o:p>

Contact information is as follows:

To begin your claim, *
*please contact the claims department: *
*(Claims Agent) *
*Mr. Jordan Clifford. *
*Telephone Line: +44 703 1833 715*
email: joclifford27@yahoo.co.uk*<o:p></o:p>


Please be informed that you must contact your claim agent on or before 30 days from the day you receive your winning notification To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your reference/batch numbers in any correspondences with our designated agents.

Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program that has successfully won this competition. Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.

Note: unclaimed funds would be included in the next stake.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Naomi Simpson.
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Scotland</st1:country-region></st1:place> Zonal Co-coordinator

Sweepstakes International Program.
Copyright. 1994-2008 The UK National Lottery Inc.
all rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guidelines
you must be 16 years or over to claim your prize.<o:p></o:p>

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