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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "transfer of your funds" (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)
  • ",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!
• Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.
• 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.
  • +447031973699 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: BRITISH INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY LOTTERY <garryleebonanza@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2008 11:51:31 -0800
Subject:





Home Office: 55 Currie Street, Commonwealth Centre London,
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Reference Number: 4758961725
Batch Number: 70564943902/188

Attention: Trevor J. Hutt

RE: NOTARIZATION, AUTHORIZATION AND LEGALIZATION

This is informing you that we have concluded verification exercise and you have been confirmed the winner of £1,000,000.00 (One Million
Great Britain Pounds) with the British International Lottery and
proper permissions has been released to make payments of your cash
prize to you immediately.

Find below the findings and the
pre-requisite needed to facilitate the immediate transfer of your funds
by the method opted by you.

1) Verification on your payment file ascertained you as a winner of British International Lottery Incorporation promo with ballot/Winning numbers

Reference Numbers: 4758961725
Batch Numbers: 70564943902/188

2) That you are to settle the non-deductible NOTARIZATION fee of £495 (Four Hundred and Ninety Five GBP)
being payment for the NOTARIZATION, AUTHORIZATION and LEGALIZATION
process at court which will clear the way for a comprehensive payment
of your winning money which is also needed to ascertain the legality of
your winning in a court of competent jurisdiction.

3) That on
receipt of the charges paid by you, the transfer of your winning would
be activated which will take three working days to arrive at your
nominated bank account from the date of receipt of your NOTARIZATION
charges. You are therefore advised to adhere to the recommendation of
the verification committee to necessitate the immediate procurement of
your winnings.

The notarization, authorization and
legalization of your winning in a court of competent jurisdiction goes
to show that your winning is not deployed for terrorism or drug
peddling and that your winning has been certified viable by the
judicial arm of the United Kingdom.
The transfer of large sums of money without back up documentation and
presentation creates a red flag with government authorities world over,
hence in other to act in the best interest of the winners of our
lottery promo, it has become imperative that all winners notarize their
winning in a court of competent jurisdiction.

Note that your total prize claim of £1,000,000.00 GBP is secured bonded and as sure no deduction can be made. This is in accordance with section 13(1) (n)
of the national gambling act as adopted in 1993 and amended on 3RD July
1996 by the constitutional assembly. This is to protect winners and to
avoid misappropriation of funds.


This payment has to be made through Western Union Money Transfer, on the name of our account officer details below to hasten the Notarization of your file and remittance of your funds.

Name: Tracy Stroller
Address: 22 Garden Close, London, United Kingdom .

As
soon as the charges is paid, forward us the proof of payment via email
for record purpose and also to necessitate the swift transfer of your
funds
Once again, On behalf of the entire organization we say Congratulations and we wish you good luck as you spend your good
fortune.

NB: Should you have any questions regarding this email please do not hesitate to give us a call.

Yours Faithfully,

Dr. Garry Lee
Tel:(+44) - 703 197 3699
(+44)- 703 195 4544

Fiduciary Department,
BRITISH INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
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