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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)
• 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.
  • +4460149265187
• 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.
  • donaldwilson7@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "Veronica Lee" <vero57lee@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 23:07:10 -0700
Subject: LUCKY No: 887-13-865-37-10-839


UK NATIONAL LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS
The Marina Offices, St Peters Yacht Basin,
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 1HX England
REF No: UK/9420X2/68
BATCH No: 074/05/ZY369
TICKET No: 20511465463-7644
SERIAL No: S/N-00168
LUCKY No: 887-13-865-37-10-839
(Customer Services)

GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED!!

FROM: THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.WINNING NOTICE FOR CATEGORY \\\"A\\\" WINNER
BONUS LOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION

Dear Lucky Winner

This is to inform you that you have been selected for a cash prize of
£1,450,000(One million,Four Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pound Sterling)held
on the 29th August, 2008 in London Uk.The selection process was carriedout
through random selection in our computerized email election system(ess) from
a database of over 210,000 email addresses drawn from which you were
selected.

The UK. Lottery is approved by the British Gaming Board. To begin the
processing of your prize you are to contact our fiduciary claims department
for more infomation as regards procedures to claim your prize.

Name: Mr. Donald Wilson
Email: donaldwilson7@yahoo.co.uk
Phone: +4460149265187

Contact him by sending him with the underlisted informations:

(1)FULL NAME
(2)FULL ADDRESS
(3)NATIONALITY.
(4)DATE OF BIRTH
(5)OCCUPATION
(6)WINNING EMAIL
(7)TELEPHONE NUMBER
(8)DATE OF WINNING NOTIFICATION
(9)SEX
(10)TOTAL AMOUNT WON
(11)MARITAL STATUE
(12)COUNTRY OF ORIGIN AND RESIDENT

Sincerely,

Mrs. Veronica Lee
For UK NATIONAL LOTTERY

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam