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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:
  • "fudiciary" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims office" (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.
  • +447045722823 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: Euros office office11 <eurowinclaims111@live.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:23:18 +0000
Subject: UK LOTTERY FUND RELEASE FORM









The U.K. National Lottery12 Bridge Street,Staines Middlesex TW18 4TPUnited Kingdom.
CustomerService/Claims Department

Ref /Uk/940x2/68Batch :074/05/ZY369


Attn:Winner,

Compliments of the season to you.



Firstly,i want to officially introduce my self as Dr Mark Lambert The 2008 Online Sweepstakes Programme Fiduciary/Claims Agent. I have been mandated to DIRECT YOU in the remittance of your winning Fund.

On behalf of the Claims Department and Members of Staff of the UK Gaming Board I will Like to Congratulate you on your Lottery Winning as you have won yourself Eight Hundred And Fifty Thousand Five Hundred And two Great British Pounds Sterling (£850,502.00) From the Category 'A' Of the UK Online sweepstakes International Programme held recently in the UK Head Office.

You have won this lottery as a result of random picking of emails,your email addres were selected among others and five of these e-mails including yours was selected at random, which substiquently won you a total cash prize of Eight Hundred And Fifty Thousand Five Hundred And two Great British Pounds Sterling (£850,502.00) in the Category 'A' Of the UK Online sweepstakes International Programme from the UK Gaming Board, The Official Sponsor of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.

The Online raffle draw which made you the winner of this lottery is the annual draw that is been conducted Once in a year in the UK National lottery Office, This is to Enhance E-comerce and Trading as the Chief Executive Officer of the Microsoft Company have once adviced that Lottery Company should start Online draw by taking Internet into another exciting dimension of Life. It is in view of this that the UK National Lottery, ( a renowned Lottery Company In the United Kingdom decided to start what is known to be the Online Lottery draw making them a stakeholder in this development that is highly related and Useful to Mankind.

To continue the Verification of your winnings, You are expected to fill in the FUND RELEASE VERIFICATION FORM (by clicking on reply menu on your mail box to fill in the required informations) and submit via e-mail to your claims officer and so it can be file in for your claims.Once Again Congratulation!!! and We Hope to receive your Claims Verification Form within the next 24 hours.



PAYMENT PROCESSING FORM

DETAILS OF BENEFICIARY :

1)Full Names:.........................................2)Home Address:....................................3)Telephone:..........................................4)Mobile Phone #:..................................5)Occupation:........................................6)Nationality:........................................7)Country of ressidence:........................8)City:....................................................9)State/Province:...................................10)Zip Code:...........................................11)Sex:....................................................12)Age:...................................................

Opon submission of the above informations we shall immediately commence on your data verification process which will take not latter than 12 hours and we get back to you on how to hand over your winning fund to you.


IMPORTANT NOTICE: All category "A" winnings must be claimed not later than 14 working days, thereafter unclaimed funds would be confisicated and thereafter included in the next stake without any further comunication. Remember to quote your reference information in all correspondence. For instant payment,this fund release verification form otherwise known as payment processing form must be filled and send back to the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY Fudiciary Agent within the next 24 hours to open up your claims file..


Dr. Mark Lambert.
UK Claims Office,The IRNL Foundation.Tel: +44 704 572 2823


OFFICIAL DECLARATION :
(Please type Your Name and today's Date Under the Declaration Below)
I HEREBY DECLARE I AM THE BONAFIDE OWNER/USER OF THE WINNING EMAIL ADDRESS ,THAT THE INFORMATION GIVEN ABOVE ARE VALID,THAT I HAVE NEVER RECEIVED ANY PAYMENT FROM THE NATIONAL LOTTERY NOR HAS ANY OF MY RELATIVES FILED A CLAIM ON MY BEHALF.I HEREBY GIVE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF MY PRIZE WITH THE INFORMATION GIVEN ABOVE.

Note: Please ensure that your fund release verification form is filled with uttermost care as any information you provide us is assumed to be the true beneficiary of the winning fund.

The UK International Lottery Sweepstakes International Program.
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