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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:

• 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.
  • +31633735135 (Netherlands, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "EURO LOTTERY" <euro_lotto1@msn.com>
Reply-To: hyppoinvestment9@walla.com
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 11:09:50 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION

EUROPEAN UNION INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
INTERNATIONAL WINNERS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
Ref. Number:AZ/4167/05
Batch Number:13/5260/GW
ATTENTION.
Sir/Ma/Miss,
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the
winners of the EURO STAKES (eul)LOTTERY
euro lottery programs held on the 25th of
august,2005.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number
0767--45363763--254 with serial
number 2015--05 drew lucky numbers 44-5647-567 which
consequently won in the
3rd category.
This promotional program takes place every three years
in
different developed countries,the lottery was promoted
and sponsored by the
President of the World Largest software,Bill Gates to
increase the awareness of
microsoft software packages.
All participants were selected through a computer
ballot system drawn from over 20,000
company and 30,000,000 individual email addresses and
names from all over the world.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay
of
500,000,00 euros(Five hundred thousand euros)
in cash,credited to your file
with the Ref. Number:AZ/4167/05 and Batch
Number:13/5260/GW.
This is from a total cash prize of US
$6.000.000.00(Six million Euros)shared among the
Twelve international winners in this
category.
Due to mix up of some numbers and names we ask that
you keep your
winning information confidential until your claims
have been processed and your
money remitted to you.This is part of our security
protocol in order to
avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this
program by some
participants.
We hope with part of your winning you will take part
in our next year
24 million euro international lottery.
To file for your claims please contact our financial
agent:
Eddy Grant,
Foreign Operations Manager,
of the (hYPPO Finance and Securities),
London,UK.
TEL:+31-633-735-135
email:(hyppoinvestment9@walla.com
Remember all winning must be claimed not later than
2nd of november,2005 thereafter all unclaimed funds will be included
in the next stake.
please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications
endevour
to quote your reference and batch numbers in all first
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.Suzan Morgan,
lottery cordinator.

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