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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:
  • "clearance certificate" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. Never ever send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally. )
  • "fiduciary 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!
• 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.
  • +34678245301 (Spain, prepaid mobile phone)
  • +34
• 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.
  • dr_paul_francis@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: EUROPEAN UNION INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONIC <dr_paul_francis50@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2008 20:18:56 +0200
Subject: Dear Lucky Winner You Have 21Days TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:


EUROPEAN UNION INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONIC LOTTERYELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION AND PRESENTATION CENTER: MADRID ,SPAIN
Date 19/04/2008

Ref: 475061725
Batch: 7056490902/188
Winning No: GB8701/LPRC
CONGRATULATIONS
Euromillion Lottery Bonanza


Dear Lucky Winner

We are delighted to inform you of your prize released on the 15 th April 2008 from the European Union International Lottery (EUROLOTTO) programme,which is fully based on an electronic selection of winners using their e-mail addresses,taking authorization from the email service provider companies.Your email address was attached to ticket number; 575061725 , serial number 6741137002 .This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows : 5-13-33-37-42 ,bonus number 17,which consequently won the lottery in the second category. You hereby have been approved a lump sum payment of €400,000 (FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND EUROS) in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW 47509/02 from the total cash prize shared amongst eight lucky winners in this category. All participants were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from ONE hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada, Australia,United States, South America,Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our annual international promotions programme to encourage theworldwide use of internet. This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some multinational companies in the European Union area as part of their social responsibilities to the citizens in the communities where they have operational bases.

Furthermore ,your details( e-mail address) falls within our representative office in Spain, as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of €400,000 will be released to you from their regional branch office in Madrid. We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of the year high stakes for €400,000,00 MILLIION international draw. HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:
Simply contact our fiducial agent, DR. PAUL FRANCIS. FAX:+34.658 656 399TEL :+34-678 245 301 EMAIL ADDR dr_paul_francis@yahoo.co.uk [http://us.f370.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?DMid=98_19166494_1533_421_119_0_3864_-1_0&amp;YY=96211&amp;y5beta=yes&amp;y5beta=yes&amp;inc=25&amp;order=down&amp;sort=date&amp;pos=0&amp;view=a&amp;head=b&amp;box=Draft]C/ JESUS 34, 28001 <?XML:NAMESPACE PREFIX = XXML /><XXML:NAMESPACE ns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" prefix="st1"></XXML:NAMESPACE><?XML:NAMESPACE PREFIX = ST1 /><ST1:PLACE w:st="on"><ST1:CITY w:st="on">MADRID</ST1:CITY>, <ST1:COUNTRY-REGION w:st="on">SPAIN</ST1:COUNTRY-REGION></ST1:PLACE> 1. Full name..............
2. Contact Address........3. Age....................
4. Telephone Number.......
5. Marital Status.........6. Sex....................7. Next Of Kin............8. Zip Code...............
9. Occupation.............10. Company................11.State:.................12.Country................13.Nationality............14. Your Reference and Batch number are at the top of this mail: <XXML:NAMESPACE ns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" prefix="o"></XXML:NAMESPACE><?XML:NAMESPACE PREFIX = O /><O:P></O:P> Be informed that the appointed agent will be required to swear an Affidavits of Lotto Claim and also obtain Approval Le gal Clearance Certificate from the Court here in spain which is in accordance with the European union Financial Act 2006on payment of International Lottery Winners. Please be aware that the PAYING BANK will Effect Payment Swiftly upon satisfactory Report, Verifications and validation provided by this fiduciary agent. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you. Once again congratulations!!! Please quote your reference,batch and winning numbers which can be found on the top left corner of this notification ,as well as your full name, address and telephone numbers to help locate your file easily. For security reasons,we advice all winners to keep this information confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking of advantage of this programme by non-participants or unofficial personnel.

Note,All winnings MUST be claimed by the 12th of MAY ,2008; otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually recycled . Congratulations once again on your winning.



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