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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 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:
  • "euro-afro-american-sweepstake lottery"
• 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.
  • +27733073482 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • morhenz@post.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Euro-Afro American-Sweepstake" <xxeuro_afro_americaxx@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 10:46:37 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATION..

From: Mrs. Theresa Allan.
Euro-Afro-American-Sweepstake Lottery
Headquarters: 1a, Bexon Court Carlton
Nottingham shire Nottingham NG4 1SQ Essex
United Kingdom
Customer Service: 580 NCA 85914
Ref: EAASL/941OYI/04
Batch: 12/25/DC34
CONGRATULATIONS WINNING NOTIFICATION
Attention!
We happily announce to you the draw of the Euro-Afro-American Sweepstake
Lottery International programs held on the 10th of March 2006 in Essex
United Kingdom. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: B9564
75604545 188 with! Serial number 97560 drew the winning: 01/10/11/18/19/46,
which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category. You have
therefore been approved to claim a total sum ofUS$820,000.00 (Eighty
Hundred and Twenty Thousand United States Dollars) in cash credited to file
KPC/9080118308/02.This is from a total cash prize of US $1100,000,00Million
dollars, shared among the first One Hundred and thirty(130) lucky winners in
this category world-wide.
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our Afro booklet
representative office in Africa as indicated in your play coupon. In view of
this, your US$820,000.00 (Eight Hundred and Twenty Thousand United States
Dollars) would be released to you by the insurance company where your
winning fund has officially insured in your name for safety and security
reason so that no party or parties will have any access to temper or torch
your winning fund till your winning fund arrives into your nominated bank
account of your choice in any part of the world, therefore kindly claim your
winning fund through your agent.

Our African agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate
instruction, which you have to follow for the release of your funds as soon
as you contact him. l participants were selected randomly from World Wide
Web site through computer draws system and extracted from over 10,000,00
companies.
This promotion takes place annually.For your own benefit and good, you have
to be very careful and keep all your winning information or details secret
and confidential within yourself together with any documents you will
receive regarding to your winning fund, till your money arrives into your
bank account there in your country, this is part of the precautionary
measure and to avoid double claiming, false claims and unwarranted abuse of
this program by some unscrupulous elements and for your own security
reasons. Please contact our corresponding agent in South Africa immediately
you read this message for quick and urgent release of your fund, contact
information is as follow: -

Dr.Morris Henz.
Email: morhenz@post.com
Mobile:+27-73 307 3482.
Universal Buildiing,
132 - 133 Park Hurst
Balfour - Unite 1440
Johannesburg, Gauteng 2001
South Africa.

Please be informed that all winning must be claimed on or before 10th April.
2006. To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your
reference/batch numbers in any correspondences with our designated agents or
us. Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program
that has successfully won this competition. Thank you for being part of our
promotional lottery program. As soon as you are in contact with our agent,
please keep us informed.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Theresa Allan.
United Kingdom Zonal Co-coordinator.
Mr. Alexandra Davis
United Kingdom zonal Secretary General.
Thank you for your Co-operation."

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