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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:
  • "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)
  • "courier company" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
• 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.
  • dempsey.ukverificationmanager@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "UK NATIONAL LOTTERY" <dempsey.ukverificationmanager@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:40:07 +0800
Subject: Congratulations! Your Email ID Has Won =?iso-8859-1?B?ozUwMCwwMDAuMDA=?=

UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
28 TAN FIELD ROAD,
CROYDON, LONDON.
Ref: UK/9420X/05
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
UK ONLINE LOTTERY
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just
concluded the
draw(#1004) of the UK LOTTERY online Sweepstakes
International program
held on the last quarter of 2008. Your email was among the
20 Lucky
winners who won 500,000.00 Great British Pounds each on UK
ONLINE
INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY

However the results were released on the 18th of August,
2008 and your email
was attached to ticket number (7PWYZ2006) and ballot number
(BT:12052006/20) The online draws was conducted by a random
selection of
email addresses from an exclusive list of 29,031 e-mail
addresses of
individuals and corporate bodies picked by an advanced
automated random
computer search from the internet.

Although, no tickets were sold but all email addresses were
assigned to
different ticket numbers for representation and privacy.The
selection
process was carried out through random selection in our
computerized email
selection machine (TOPAZ) from a database of over 250,000
email addresses
drawn from all the continents of the world.

UK ONLINE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY is approved by the British
Gambling Board
and also Licensed by the The International Association of
Gambling
Regulators (IAGR), thus we intend to sensitize the public on
it's
legitimacy.

In other to claim your 500,000.00 Great British Pounds prize
winning, which
has been deposited with the affilated courier company.
However,you will have
to fill the form
below and send it to the Claims manager of UK ONLINE
INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
for verification and then you will be directed to the
courier company
where 500,000.00 Great British Pounds had already been
deposited in your
favour.

*Name of Beneficiary:___
*City/State:____________
*Country:_______________
*Nationality____________
*Tel:________________
*Occupation:____________
*Age:________________
*AMOUNT WON:____________
*Lucky Nos:_____________

Please you are advised to complete the above form and send
it immediately
to our Claims manager through email or fax for prompt
collection of your
fund from the designated courier company.
(CONTACT CLAIMS MANAGER)
Mr. Thomas Dempsey
dempsey.ukverificationmanager@hotmail.com

Congratulations from me and members of staff of THE UK
LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,
Mr Yoshihiro Azuma
Online Coordinator for THE UK LOTTERY Sweepstakes
International
Program.
Copyright 1994-2008 The British National Lottery Inc.
All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guideline

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