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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "claim 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.
  • +34661179376 (Spain, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "juan sandra marton" <euromillspromo@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2005 15:12:39 +0100
Subject: EUROMILLIONS WINNING

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

Dear Sir/Madam,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Euromillions Lottery
Winners International E-mail programs held on the 23th of september,
2005.Your E-mail address attached to ticket number 22221415366-609 with
lucky main number 04 05 23 25 28 drew lucky star numbers 03 04, which
consequently won in the 3rd category, you have therefore been approved for a
lump sum pay out of 954,000.00 Euro. (Nine Hundred And Fifty Four Thousand
Euros) CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Due to mix up of some numbers and names/programme abuse, we ask that you
keep your winning information confidential until your claims has been
processed and your money remitted to you.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants. All participants
were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 100,000
company and 50,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all over
the world.
This lottery was promoted and sponsored by Euro Millions Lottery, the
world's largest Lottery company, in order to enhance and promote the use of
Internet Explorer Users and microsoft-wares around the globe. This
promotional program takes place every year. We hope with part of your
winning you will take part in our end of year 50million Euro International
lottery. To file for your claim, please contact our fiducial/Claim
agent:+34-661-179-376

MR.PABLO GOMEZ MANUEL (FIRST TRUST SECURITY)
Email:(eurowinners@awardwinner.co.uk or eurowinners@awardwinning.co.uk )

Remember, all winning must be claimed not later than 18th of november 2005.
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 18 is
automatically disqualified.

Sincerely yours,
Mrs sandra marton.
Lottery Coordinator.

SEND REQUIRED INFORMATION BELOW TO YOUR CLAIM AGENT
(eurowinners@awardwinner.co.uk or eurowinners@awardwinning.co.uk )

VERIFICATION FORM
1. FULL NAMES: _______________________________
2. ADDRESS: __________________________________
3. SEX: _______________
4. AGE: ________
5. MARITAL STATUS: ___________________
6. OCCUPATION: _______________________
7. E-MAIL ADDRESS: ___________________
8. TELEPHONE NUMBER: ________________
9. LUCKY MAIN NUMBER: _______________ LUCKY STAR NUMBER: _____________
10.TICKET NUMBER: ___________________
11.REF / BATCH NUMBER: ______________
12.AMOUNT WON: ______________________
13.IDENTIFICATION NUMBER EITHER INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT OR DRIVING
LICENCE / NATIONAL ID CARD.

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