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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)
  • "uk national lottery" (can only win this lottery if you bought a ticket)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • ",000,000" (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!
• 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.
  • +447024038540 (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.
  • uknationallottooverification@gmail.com
  • peterafia01@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: peterafia01@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:01:36 +0000
Subject: You Won One Million British Pounds





WINNING NOTIFICATION!!

UK National Lottery.
8 LOWER MALL, HAMMER SMITH.
Liverpool, L 70 1NL UNITED KINGDOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dear Lucky Winner!!

This Message is from the UK National Lottery Promotional Manager, We are here to announce to you that your Email is among the 8 International Lucky Winners of the UK National Lottery 2008, Third Category Draw. All Participants of the UK National Lottery were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from £1,00,000.00 Pounds (One Million< /span> Great Britain pounds)

Note: All 8 winner addresses were randomly selected from a batch 0f 5,000,000 international emails, your email address emerged alongside to other as a 3rd category winners in this moth"s draw. We therefore approved you a lump sum pay out of £1,00,000.00 Pounds (One Million Great Britain pounds) in cash, which is the winning payout for Third category winners. ;

This is from the total of £1,00,000.00 pounds sterling's that you won. international lucky winners who won this month, your ticket number is attached to it,Please be informed that your fund of £1,00,000.00 (One Million Great Britain pounds) is insured in the email address that won this prize, therefore you should contact your claims agent and make available to him your full names and Information's so that they will re-insu re your WINNERS CERTIFICATE under your full names. you have to hurry up and contact Him immediately. Call your claim agent first before sending him regarding your winning.

To begin your claim, please contact your claims agent (Dr.Peter Afia).


BELOW IS YOUR WINNING INFORMATION'S:

WINNING NUMBER ---------------------------------# 02,03,21,24,38,44
BATCH NUMBER------------------------------------ 14/0017/IPD
REFERENCE NUMBER ....................................EGS/2251256003/03
YOUR FULL NAME ............................................
TELEPHONE NUMBER...........................................
YOUR OCCUPATION..................................................
YOUR AGE ...........................................................................
YOUR COUNTRY ............................................................
GENDER .............................................................................



CONTACT THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY AGENT
FOR PROCESSING AND IMMEDIATE PAYMENT OF YOUR PRIZE THROUGH HIS EMAIL ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER.

NAME: DR.PETER AFIA
EMAIL: uknationallottooverification@gmail.com
EMAIL: peterafia01@gmail.com
TELEPHONE NUMBER: +447024038540

FROM THE PROMOTIONAL MANAGER
NATIONAL LOTTERY
MRS. LINDA HOWELL.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam