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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• 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.
  • +447011135962 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • euromillion_claimsdept2007@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "EUROMILLION LOTTERY" <cybernotice003@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: euromillion_claimsdept2007@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2007 16:55:03 -0800
Subject: REF: OYL /26510460037/02

EURO MILLION LOTTERY COMPANY,
175 WOODHILL ROAD,BULKYARD,
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM,
FROM: THE DESK OF THE CYBER ANALYST,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE
AWARD DEPARTMENT.
 
REF: OYL /26510460037/02
BATCH: 24/00319/IPD 
 
Dear Winner,
 
Your e-mail address was selected randomly amongst twenty others by a Computer Ballot System through a "WORLD WIDE WEB SITE SEARCH ENGINE".
 
These e-mail addresses were drawn from Europe, America,Asia,Australia,New Zealand,Middle-East,parts of Africa,and North & South America as part of our international promotions programme conducted at the beggining of every year to encourage prospective overseas entries. Your lucky winning number falls within our Euro booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in our play coupon.
 
Here is your ticket number:023-0148-790-459 with Serialnumber 5368/05, which drew the lucky number: 29.
 
Congratulations once again, you have been approved to claim a total sum of $1,500,000.00USD in the satellite software email free lottery conducted by EURO MILLION LOTTERY COMPANY at the end of every year.
 
We have already processed your winning certificate and our licence of operation will be sent to you via email upon your reply. Hence, you are to contact our Financial Controller for Clearance.
Here are the contact info:
Financial controller:
MR. JERRY JAMES
Email: euromillion_claimsdept2007@yahoo.co.uk
Phone No: +44-701-113-5962
 
              
You are to forward the following details to enable us clear your file
for immediate payment:
1. Full Names:
2. Residential Address:
3. Phone Number:
4. Fax Number:
5. Occupation:
6. Sex:
7. Age :
8. Religion:
9. Nationality:
10.Present Country:
 
Our winners are assured of the utmost standards of confidentiality, and press anonymity until the end of proceedings, and beyond where they so desire. Be further advised to maintain the strictest level of confidentiality until the end of proceedings to circumvent problems associated with fraudulent claims.This we have to ensure in order to prevent unwarranted abuse of this program.
 
All claims process and clearance procedures must be duly completed early to avoid impersonation resulting to the issue of double claim.To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your reference/batch numbers in any correspondences with us or our designated agent.
 
Congratulations from all members and staffs of this program.
 
Yours Faithfully,
MRS: CAROLINE JACKSON

(EURO MILLION PROMOTION CYBER ANALYST).
 
United Kingdom

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