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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.
  • +447031940711 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +447045722644 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: uknlonline.london@googlemail.com
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:40:56 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: 2ND WINNING NOTIFICATION!!!!


¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo!Ahora puedes escribirme a:uknlonlineforyourprizes@yahoo.com.ve









- BRITISH NATIONAL LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS:28 TAN FIELD ROAD,CROYDON,LONDON.Batch: 074/05/ZY369Ref:UK/9420X2/68 .Dear Winner,I want to bring to your notice that the prize,£1million, you won from the British International Lottery(Draw #1922),with your e-mail address attached to ticket number:56475600545 188 and Serial number 5368/02 , has not been claimed by any body.We hereby ask for your attention once again to promptly claim your prize before another year draw.We received a letter from an unfamiliar identity claiming that you are dead,and to be your next of kin and instructed that we pay your winning money into his account.He is by name Mr Donna Godchaux.Therefore we want you to react to this if you are still alive by coming forward to claim your prizebefore we go ahead to paying it into your next of kin's bank account.You are also requested to send the following information to our remittance office for confirmation/investigation and prompt action:Your full name,Phone number and personal email and physical addresses to avoid error and double payment.The contact information of the office is :REMITTANCE OFFICE: MR VAN DA MAXWELL 28 TAN FIELD ROAD,CROYDON,LONDON.PHONE:+447031940711 EMAIL:remittanceofficeb@gmail.com.Thanks for your anticipated prompt reply.MRS. MERCY SMITH GENERAL CORNINATOR UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.PHONE: +447045722644

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