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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:

• 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:
  • ",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.
  • +447031970832 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:40:03 -0700
Subject: Claim Your Lottery Prize!!! (Contact Email: uklotteryhdesk@worldnational-lotteries.com )


UK-LOTTO Headquarters:
United Kingdom
Customer Service
Company No. 02949433
SERIAL NUMBER: 5368/02
TICKET NUMBER: 8603775966738
Batch Number: 074/05/ZY369
Ref Number: UK/9420X/05

WINNING NOTIFICATION

Dear Lucky Winner, This is to notify you that,
the result of our computer draw (#2764) selected your name and email
address attached to e-ticket number: UK/00076295 with Serial number
4398/05 which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e.
match 5 plus bonus. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum
of £1,000,000.00( One Million Great Britain Pounds Sterling) in cash credited
to file No : GD/10121032/05, with Serial number 4398/05, Ref N0 : UK/9420
X2058 and Batch Number: 074/05/ZY369 to you. Find below is the contact
details of our Help Desk :

CONTACT DETAILS!!!
Contact Person : Mr. Kenneth Rooney
Contact Address : uklotteryhdesk@worldnational-lotteries.com
Direct Tel No : +447031970832

You are advised to send the Lottery Help Desk a mail to their email address and ask
them about the procedure of claim of winning prize.

Our Payment Verification Agent will commence the process immediately to
facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him. For
security due to the high increase of spam, you are advised to keep
your winning information confidential till your claim is processed and
your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to receive
your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double
claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Note, you should only
contact our Help Desk if you are the real owner of the winning email ID.

Regards and Congratulations.

Deanna Levin (Online Co-ordinator)
Uk National Lottery.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam