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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:
  • "lottery winners international e-mail programs"
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claims agent" (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!

Fraud email example:

From: EURO MILLIONS LOTTERY <euromillioness11@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 22:12:11 +0100
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION / FINAL NOTICE


EURO MILLIONS LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
FROM: INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
REF: EML/ES/IPP/1555002244/05
BATCH: ES34/044/ILP /SL

RE: WINNING NOTIFICATION / FINAL NOTICE

DATE: 13th January, 2006

Sir/Madam,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Euro millions Lottery Winners International E-mail programs held on the 30th of December, 2005.Your E-mail address attached to ticket number 2205-006 with lucky main number 08 16 19 43 45 drew lucky star numbers 01 04, which consequently won in the 2nd category B, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of 420,000.00€ (Four Hundred and Twenty Thousand Euros).

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
We strongly advise that you strictly keep your winning information confidential due to mix up of some numbers and names until your claims has been processed and your money remitted to you.
This is part of our security protocol and diverse new measures to avoid the duplicating and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants and unscrupulous personals/establishment.
Meanwhile, to clarify your doubts on how come you were selected and frequently questions that you may likely ask (HOW DID I ENTER THIS CONTEST??? HOW DID YOU GET MY EMAIL ADDRESS??? HOW DID I WIN??? ).
Please note that all email address/names registered with different and various websites/pages in the internet were selected through a computerized ball ot machine system from the internet, randomly drawn from over 100,000.00 COMPANIES and 50,000,000.00(INDIVIDUALS PRIVATE/PERSONAL) Email Addresses and names from all over the world, where your own EMAIL ADDRESS happens to have been luckily selected under the second category (B) to have attracted this winnings.

This promotional program takes place once in every three years in conjunction with international governmental policies under very strict regulatory laws within the world lottery association in the bid to strive towards a world without poverty in which every person can exercise his or her right to a life of dignity and to equally establish themselves and help create room for useful and gainful employment through the fund/prize you are been awarded.

To file for your claim, please contact our fiducial/Claim agent:

SNR JOSE FERNANDO
SOUNDVIEW SECURITIES & CONSULTANT
Email: goldsmith33@netscape.com
Tel/Fax: +34-911-414-274

Remember, all winning must be claimed not later than 30 days from the day your received this notification. After this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake. Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please. Remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence. Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our agent as soon as possible.

Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.

Note: Anybody under the age of 16 is automatically disqualified.
Sincerely yours,
Sra Monica Lorenzo Lopez
Regional President/Lottery Coordinator.
http://www.national-lottery.com/resultseuro.asp

CONFIDENTIALITY: This e-mail message is confidential and is intended only for the addressee of the email address holder who is to immediately report directly and only to the claims agent. Any unauthorized use or disclosure is strictly prohibited. Disclosure of this e-mail to anyone other than the intended addressee does not constitute waiver of privilege

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