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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.
• 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.
  • +447031820504 (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.
  • coordinatorlott@aol.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Uk Lottery" <inuklot.030@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:19:08 +0200
Subject: !!!!! WINNING NOTIFICATION !!!!!


United Kingdom National/Int'l Lottery,
Corporate Headquarters,
91 Station Road, West Drayton,
Watford NW2 46205 WTF,
United Kingdom . England .






*!!!!!
WINNING NOTIFICATION !!!!!*

**

We happily announce to you the draw of the United Kingdom International
Lottery program held in London . Your e-mail address attached Serial number
is 5388/02 which eventually won you the lottery prize in the 2nd category.



Ticket number; 47061725


Batch number; 7056490902


Winning number; 11-12-34-39-44-48

bonus number 21

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of GBP £850,000.00
(Eight Hundred And Fifty Thousand Pound Sterling) in cash credited to file
ILP/HW 47509/02.



*CLAIM PROCEDURES*:

Contact our fiduciary claim department, Dr. MICHAEL JACOBS or Mrs. NANCY
VAN, EMAIL ADDRESS: (coordinatorlott@aol.co.uk) to file for your claim.
Please quote your reference, batch and winning number which can be found on
the top of this notification as well as the below listed informations:

Full Name(s):


Contact Address:


Telephone Number:


Note, winnings MUST be claimed before the 30th OF JULY 2008. Contact our
claim department and file for your claim:


DR. Michael Jacobs OR Mrs. Nancy Van


*EMAIL*: coordinatorlott@aol.co.uk


*Tellphone*:+ 447-031-820-504

*ADDRESS*:

United Kingdom National/Int'
l Lottery60 Long Street,
West Drayton,
Watford NW2 46205 WTF,
United Kingdom . England .


Kind Regards,


Mrs. J. HANSON


Promotions Manager.


For United Kingdom National/Int Lottery.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam