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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:
  • "national lottery promotion" (no such lottery exists)
• 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)
• 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.
  • +447045798647 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +447092897104 (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.
  • zonalareaoffice231@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • zonalareaoffice101@mail.md (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mullen, Nina" <Nina_Mullen@brown.edu>
Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2008 07:00:45 -0400
Subject: 2008 INFORMATION FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM reply to (zonalareaoffice101@gmail.com)

NATIONAL LOTTERY
PROMOTIONS/ PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
101 BOVILL ROAD
LONDON. SE23 1EL.

Ref: EGS/2251256003/02
Batch: 14/0017/1PD


WINNING NOTIFICATION
The board of directors and entire member of staff of the National Lottery wishes to inform you of the result of the (Email Address Ballot) online Sweepstakes international program held at

the British Headquarter.

Your email account have been picked as a winner of Six Hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling (£600,000.00) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03. This is from a total sum of Four

Million, Two hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling (£ 4,200,000.00) shared amongst seven winners. This results is now released to you on 20th August 2008 and your email address attached to

ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers 01 - 08 -22 - 28 - 35 -44 and bonus ball --19-- in the Lotto.

Your fund has been converted into a bank draft with a hardcover insurance. Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we advice that you keep this award from public notice until your

claim has been processed and your bank draft sent directly to your designated delivery address as this is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unwarranted taking

advantage of this program by the general public.

Be advice to keep your winning information confidential until your claims have been processed. For the release of your winning, kindly contact your claims supervisory officer at the British

Lottery Head Quarters, Payment Release Order Department.

**************************************************
Contact Agent: Mr. Anderson Spencer
Foreign Services Directorate,
Pacifico Sistemas Informáticos GmbH & Co.
E-mail: zonalareaoffice231@gmail.com
zonalareaoffice101@mail.md
Phone: +44 70457 98647,
+44 70457 98638
Fax: +44-709-289-7104
**************************************************

You will be required to quote your lucky number,for confirmation on your winnings. All winning must be claimed not later than 3weeks after reciept of this mail. After this date all unclaimed

funds will be returned to European Union Treasury as unclaimed prize for good cause. Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your

reference number in all correspondence.You are therefore advised to give the following informations to the fiduciary via email: zonalareaoffice231@gmail.com or telephone .

1.Full name and address.
2.Country.
3.Tel and fax number.
4.Occupation.
5.Languages Spoken.
6.Religion.
7.Any Identification.

Congratulations from the entire member of staff and thank you for being part of our email account users program.
Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Julie Van Hans,
Executive (International Sweepstakes).

Program Warning!!! Fraudulent emails are circulating that appears to be impersonator using our names and addresses, but are not from the NATIONAL LOTTERY ONLINE PROGRAM

PLEASE REPORT IMMEDIATELY TO CUSTOMER CARE/COMPLAINTS DEPT.

Note: Participants below 21 years are automatically disqualified. All e-mail transmission/ correspondence are 100% protected by our Secured Socket Layer (SSL) server. The NLS is an

institution under public law. Therefore, the lottery contract is concluded between the lottery participant and the public law institution NATIONAL LOTTERY ONLINE PROGRAM which

is represented through its Director Dr. Gerhard Rombach at 101 Bovill Road, London. SE23 1EL. United Kingdom, trades register HRA 6230.
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Dr. P. Swier, Mr. Gerald Goodman (Manager Foreign Operations), Mr. Franklyn Van Der Weijden (Manager Domestic Banking Operations), Dr. James Williams(Director International

Credit (Department), Mrs. Sandra Murphy (Executive), Mr. Michael Cole (Executive), Mr. Stephen Boer (Chairman).Affiliates The Lottery Company and lottery.co.uk is in no way affiliated

with, associated with or approved or endorsed by Camelot Group plc or The National Lottery Commission.

Congratulations from the entire member of staff and thank you for being part of our email account users program.

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Material Copyright © 2008 The Lottery Co. Ltd.

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