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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:
  • "uk national lottery" (can only win this lottery if you bought a ticket)
  • "uk national lottery inc." (no such lottery exists)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "overseas claims unit" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• 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 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.
  • sec12office@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Lambert, Pam" <Pam.Lambert@frontiercorp.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 07:48:15 -0400
Subject: OFFICIAL PRIZE AWARD

The National Lottery Board
Home Office:L70 1NL Liverpool,
P. O. Box 1010, UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Reference Number: UK/9420X2/68
Batch Number: 074/05/ZY369
Ticket Number: 56475600545188.


WINNING NOTIFICATION:

We happily announce to you the draw (#1382) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,
online Sweepstakes International program held on Sat. 21st March, 2009.
Your e-mail address attached to e-ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial
number 5368/02 drew the lucky (lotto) numbers:

01 31 32 33 36 38

Bonus ball (#08)which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category
i.e match 6 plus bonus. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum
of £540,000(Five hundred and forty thousand pounds sterling) in cash credited
to file KTU/9023118308/03.
This is from a total cash prize of £3,240,000 shared amongst the (6) lucky
winners in this category i.e Match 6 plus bonus.

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from the World
Wide Websites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000
unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online.

Your prize award has been insured in your name and is ready for claims.
To begin your claims therefore, you are advised to expeditiously contact our
licensed and accredited claims agent for Overseas Lottery Winners within a
period of 21 days (date of this email inclusive) for the processing of your
winnings and remittance to your designated bank account after all statutory
obligations have been satisfactorily dispensed with.

This promotion takes place Bi-weekly. Please note that your lucky winning
number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as
indicated in your play coupon.
In view of this, your £540.000(Five hundred and forty thousand pounds
sterling) would be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe.

Please be informed that claims not processed within the stipulated period may
be forfeited to the pool without further notice.

Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the
release of your funds as soon as you contact him. For security reasons, you
are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is
processed and your
prize remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit. This is part of our
precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this
program. Please be warned.

To file for claim, fill out the information required in the verification form
and establish contact via e-mail between the hours of 8.00am - 7.30pm on
Monday through Saturday and contact our overseas claims unit with the
information below:

OVERSEAS CLAIMS UNIT
United Kingdom Lottery Fiduciary
Contact Person: Mr. John Williams, email:

sec12office@yahoo.com.hk

VERIFICATION FORM

1.FULL NAMES:__________________________________
2.ADDRESS:_____________________________________
_______________________________________________
3.SEX:__________

4.AGE:__________
5.MARITAL STATUS:___________________
6.OCCUPATION:_______________________
7.E-MAIL ADDRESS:_____________________________
8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:__________________________

9.LOTTO NUMBER:____________________ B. DRAW NUMBER:______________
10.TICKET NUMBER:___________________
11.SERIAL NUMBER:__________________
12.AMOUNT WON:______________________
13.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL____________
___________________________________________
14. COUNTRY________________________________

CLAIMANT SIGNATORY DECLARATION
====================================

I,......................................HEREBY DECLARE THAT I HAVE NEVER
RECIEVED ANY FORM OF SETTLEMENT FROM THE UK. NATIONAL LOTTERY NOR ANY MEMBER
OF MY FAMILY.
I, THEREFORE, DECLARE THAT THE UK. NATIONAL LOTTERY ACTS ON MY BEHALF IN THE
PROCESSING AND TRANSFER OF MY PRIZE AS INSTRUCTED BY ME.
==========================================================================

You can go to our online result site to confirm your winnings
and also for verification of your winning numbers:
www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/results/results.do

Goodluck from me and members of staff of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,

Mrs. Pamela Lambert, for

Dr. Carl A. Moore.
Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.
Phone :+44- 7024066047
+44- 7024065627


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