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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)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "million pounds" (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)
  • ",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)
  • "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)
• 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.
  • +447031924590 (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.
  • liverpoolclaim@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • 3aliverpoolclaim@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "jake smart" <jksmth263@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 01:18:38 +0200
Subject: AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION


UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Units 2A & 2B, Olympic Way,
Sefton Business Park,
Aintree Liverpool, L30 1RD.

Batch Ref No: WD18/0065/04RN
File Ref No:UKNL/255457004/06

Dear treasured winner,

AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION

The UK National Lottery is pleased to notify you today of the release of its
International Promotions Programme held on Friday 6th June, 2008.
Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
25,000 names from Europe, America, Asia, Australia, New Zealand,
Middle-East, Africa, and North & South America as part of our international
promotions programme conducted annually to encourage prospective overseas
entries. We hope with part of your prize awards, you will take part in our
subsequent lottery jackpots.

The result of our computer draw 844 of this day selected your names and
email address attached to Batch Reference Number: WD18/0065/04RN, Ticket
Number 034-22478556 with serial number 129 drew the lucky number
16-25-27-32-35-43-42 which consequently won the lottery grand award prize in
the 2nd category draw. Therefore, you have been approved a lottery jackpot
lump sum award prize winning of £1,000,000.00 (One million pounds sterling)
in cash prize credited to file Ref. No: UKNL/255457004/04. This is from the
total prize of £18,000,000.00 (Eighteen million pounds sterling) shared
among the eighteen overseas lucky winners in this category as part of our
promotional programme for the fiscal year 2008. This is your lucky
opportunity!

Your award prize has been insured in your names and ready for claim. To
begin your claims therefore, you are advised on final notice and as a matter
of urgency, to contact our licensed and accredited Claims Manager for
Overseas Lottery Winners for the processing of your prize awards winning and
payment to your designated bank account after all statutory obligations have
been concluded satisfactorily.

Contact thus:

UK National Lottery
Award/Claims Manager: Jake Smith
Tel: +44-703-192 4590

e-mail:liverpoolclaim@yahoo.co.uk <e-mail%3Aliverpoolclaim@yahoo.co.uk>

Due to mix-up in some numbers and names and for the purpose of
confidentiality, be advised to keep this award notification as secret from
public notice until your claim has been processed and your prize money
remitted to your designated bank account as this is part of our
precautionary measures adopted, to avoid double claim or misuse of this
program by some social miscreants. Hence, your award prize winning is
confidential as our winners are at liberty to remain completely anonymous
until payment is effected to the benefit of the beneficiary.

Note importantly that you are advised to begin the process of your claim
immediately. Your award prize must be claimed and disbursed as soon as
possible as elapse of the scheduled "End of Claim" date will be authorized
for redirection as 'Nullified/Unclaimed Prize' without notice. To enhance
the processing of your claim by our accredited claims manager, you are
advised to officially introduce yourself to the claims manager and also
provide valid means of your personal identification with a copy of this
award winning notification for appropriate references.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Yours truly,

PHILLIP JENKINS
Director.
International Promotions Unit,
UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,
Units 2A & 2B, Olympic Way,
Sefton Business Park, Aintree Liverpool,
L30 1RD

Anti-fraud resources:

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