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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.
• The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "euro-afro-american-sweepstake lottery" (no such lottery exists)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "million pounds" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • +27833619933 (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.
  • mrwilliamster@tsamail.co.za
  • mrwiliampd@hotmail.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • claim_department001@hotmail.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:22:32 -0700
Subject: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Your_e-mail_address_has_won_you?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?_GB_=A3820,000.00.Congratulations!?=


*From: * *Theresa Allan, Zonal Co-coordinator.*

*Euro-Afro-American-Sweepstake Lottery
Headquarters: 1A, Bison Court Carlton
Nottingham shire Nottingham NG4 1SQ Essex
**United Kingdom**
Customer Service: 580 NCA 85914
Ref: EAASL/941OYI/04
Batch: 12/25/DC34*



* ** **
CONGRATULATIONS!!!*

*
Attn: Winner,*

*
We happily announce to you the draw of the Euro-Afro-American Sweepstake
Lottery International programs held on the 9th of August, 2008. 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,
in the computer ballot which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd
category. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of
£820,000.00 (Eight Hundred And Twenty Thousand Pounds GBP ) in cash credited
to file KPC/9080118308/02. This is from a total cash prize of £4,100,000,00
Million Pounds, shared among the first Five (5) lucky winners in this
category globally.*

* Each participant were selected randomly from World Wide Web site
through computer draws system and extracted from over 1,000,000companies and
individual e-mails.

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 GB £820,000.00(Eight Hundred And Twenty Thousand Pounds GBP)
would be released to you by our payment bank in South Africa, where your
winning fund has officially been deposited and insured in your name for
safety and security. Hence you can now file for the claim of your fund,
through your agent in Africa .***

* *

*Your 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.

This programs 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 winnings gets to your bank
account destination, this is part of our 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, and furnish him with
the below information:

Contact information of our claim agent is as follow: -

Name:................ Mr. William Pedro.
Tell:................. +27 83 361 9933
Fax :................ +27 86 668 7737 *
*E-mail:............**mrwilliamster@tsamail.co.za*

<http://us.mc569.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=mrwilliamster@live.com><http://us.mc569.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=mrwiliampd@hotmail.co.uk><http://us.mc569.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=claim_department001@hotmail.co.uk>


*
**NOTE: You are to file in for the claim of £820,000.00(Eight Hundred And
Twenty Thousand **British Pounds Sterling**) Here. Thank you for being part
of our program and on behalf of all our staff congratulations*.
* *

*VERIFICATION FORM*

*YOUR FULL NAME:**
AGE:
SEX:
OCCUPATION:
PERMANENT ADDRESS:
COUNTRY:
CITY:
POSTAL CODE:
FAX :
MOBILE:
WINNING E-MAIL:
AMOUNT WON:
BATCH NO:
TICKET NO:
REFRENCE NO:
LUCKY NO:
SERIAL NO*:

*EURO- AFRO LOTTERY PROMOTION 2008*


*Be informed that all winners must be claimed there fund as soon as
possible. To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your
reference/batch numbers.

Congratulations once again! As soon as you are in contact with your agent,
please keep us informed.

Yours Sincerely,*

*Mrs. Theresa Allan.*

*United Kingdom** Zonal Co-coordinator
Mr. Alexandra Davis
United Kingdom zonal **Secretary General**. ***

* D I S C L A I M E R ***

*
This message is confidential and intended for the named addressee(s) only.
If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by E-Mail
return and then delete this message from your system. You should not copy or
use it or disclose its contents to any other person. If any part of this
message is illegible or if you suspect that the message may have been
intercepted or amended, please contact the sender. We cannot accept any
responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of this message without
further investigation.
* * * * * ***

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