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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • ",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)
• 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 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.
  • rev_michaelgoodman@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Brian Hunt" <uklottodraws57@gmail.com>
Reply-To: rev_michaelgoodman@yahoo.fr
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2008 19:47:36 -0700
Subject: UK ELECTRONIC WINNING NOTIFICATION


UK ELECTRONIC WINNING NOTIFICATION
P O Box 1010 Liverpool,
L70 1NL UNITED KINGDOM
Date:15-08-08
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch:074/05/ZY369



WINNING NOTIFICATION:

We happily announce to you the draw (# 996) of the UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held on the 15th August,
2008. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:56475600545 188 with
Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 12-18-22-24-32-33(bonus
no.), which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category. You
have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £400,000 (Four
hundred thousand pounds sterling) in cash credited to file
KTU/9023118308/03.

This is from a total cash prize of £2,000,000 shared amongst the
first eight (8) lucky winners in this category i.e Match 5 plus bonus.



All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World
Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000
unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This
promotion takes place weekly.



For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claim 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. Please be warned.

To claim your prize please contact our clearing officer with the following
information:


NAME: Rev. Michael Goodman
EMAIL: rev_michaelgoodman@yahoo.fr

Fill and send the following details to him for your payment verification.

FULL NAME:
SEX: Female
ADDRESS :
COUNTRY:
FAX :
PHONE NUMBER :
OCCUPATION :
COMPANY'S NAME : .
AGE :


Note: All winnings MUST be claimed within 3 weeks from the draw notice,
other wise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to
charity.

CONTACT YOUR CLEARING OFFICER VIA EMAIL ( rev_michaelgoodman@yahoo.fr )

Good luck from me and members of staff of the UK award board.

Sincerely

Brain Hunt
DIrector
On-line Sweepstakes
Open Monday 8:00am To 6pm

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam