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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)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "million united states dollars" (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)
  • "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)
  • "million british 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)
  • "hundred thousand great british 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)
  • "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!

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: <julietkenneth@ymail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 07:25:18 +0000
Subject: Dear Winner,




FROM THE DESK OF MRS. JULIET KENNETHTHE PROMOTION MANAGERUK LOTTERY PROMOTION PROGRAM.REGIONAL CLAIMS VERIFICATION OFFICE,LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM.
CONGRATULATIONS!



Dear Winner,

YOU HAVE BEEN SELECTED AS A WINNER OF GBP1,300,000.00 (ONE MILLION, THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND GREAT BRITISH POUNDS).We are pleased to announce your email address as one of the 100 lucky winners of the UK Lottery Promotion Free Lotto draw conducted here in the United Kingdom on the 1st of July, 2008.You have been made a winner of this amount (One Million, Three Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds) through an Electronic Random Selection of World Wide E-mail Addresses from the Internet. Consequently, you have been approved for a total payout of GBP1,300,000.00 (One Million, Three Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds) only. Your email address emerged along side with 99 others around the globe as the category of winners in this Annual Draw. Your winning number is (AUI400/856/AS87) and ballot number is (BN: 6220/00657/AUZ-F).For security reasons, we advised that you keep your winning information confidential until you claim your prize money. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned!

Please contact our verification department for proper verification and payment of your winning amount to you, provide them with the following information as indicated below:
YOUR WINNING PAYMENT APPLICATION FORM [A]:1. Name:-------------------------2.. Address:----------------------3. Country:----------------------4. Mobile Phone No:--------------5. Home Phone No:----------------6. Occupation:-------------------7. Sex:--------------------------8. Age: -------------------------




Our Second Quarter Winner Mrs. Jennifer Southa from Texas U.S.A. receiving her winning cheque, also on the picture is her husband and friends rejoicing with them while she pops champagne.

I received an unsolicited email that I have just won One Million British Pounds Starlings it appeared to me like one of those uncalled -for emails .However when I decided to justify my curiosity by contacting Dr. Richard Adams to know if this was real he instructed me on what to do to claim my winning and as a matter of fact I was skeptical initially but when I did I was full of surprise when my bank here in America called me up to confirm to me that an additional One Million Pounds about two Million United States Dollars Has been transferred from England to my account .......I am really happy for the UK National Lottery who made it possible for me to be One Million Pounds Richer Today ''..
[Mr. Walter Shaun [From Texas In The United States of America]

''To me everything was pointing to the direction of a scam especially when I was told that I have to make the payment of a particular amount of money being the British Tax imposition and transfer charges to the transfer bank before my winning fund will be transferred This was so because I had the belief that for being a winner I do not have to send money first before receiving .However when I discussed this with my wife she urged me to do so because of her believe on the UK National Lottery .After I have met this condition , it hit me like a thunder ball when I was surprised that eventually Five Hundred Thousand Pounds was deposited into my account .It was unbelievable to me until I made the withdrawal of Two Hundred Thousand Pounds to buy a new house in Tehran, Iran'' .
Dr. Ali Mohammad Alamin [From Iran]

''To me I was the last person on earth to believe in the internet of a thing and its winning .Especially considering the fact that I am a woman from Thailand. I just couldn't believe it ,but when I called my claim agent to confirm my wining I was still in surprise until I meet all his condition and today I am the pillar in my family because of my financial strength''.
Mrs. Joyce Kim [From Thailand]

'' Words cant explain how I feel winning a lottery I never participated in .I have been playing the UK National Lottery and buying tickets every week .However, I was over joy when my email address was selected by the computer as one among the lucky winners and now I am praying every day so as emerge as the jackpot winner of One Million British Pounds Starlings so that I can buy a football club of my own here in England ''

Mr. Bright Waterfalls [Liverpool England ]

'' I can beat my hands on my chest and tell any one who cares to listen that this is a genue lottery. I am a living testimony ,my parents never believed when I informed them that I won but today look at me only 9 years old and I am already smiling to the bank with Ninety Five Thousand Pounds ''
Little Miss Natalie Mboweni [ south africa ]

'' Man, I am really a winner!!! Waooo my joy is immeasurable!!!! ''

Mr. Sammy Young [ Japan One Million Pounds Jackpot Winner ]

'' I have received this kind of winning notification on several occasions but I didn't believe until I just took a risk of paying all the charges I was required to pay .Infect I had to borrow money from within around to pay all these charges and look at me today I can pay back what I have borrowed in 5 folds to my creditors ''

Mrs Carlose Escobar [ ecuador in south africa Seven Hundred Thousand Pounds Winner ]

'' Infect ,I am donating 20% percent to any charity organization of my choice in Asia as a free -will gift and a thank you gift to the Almighty God for making it possible for me to win a lottery I never participated believed in ''.
Mr. John White [From Australia,Two Hundred Thousand Pounds Winner]

'' This is my second time of winning a lottery so it never came to me as a surprise .But still I am grateful to the lottery organizers for making this come true ''

Mr. Ismail Sadiq [From Jordan .Twenty Thousand Pounds Winner ]
Yours Sincerely,

MRS. JULIET KENNETH.
[Promotion manager].

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