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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "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.
  • +31643929377 (Netherlands, 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.
  • europwlo@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Europw Lotto" <claims_23@msn.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 17:06:44 +0000
Subject: Award Winning Notification

EUROPW LOTTO SWEEPSTAKE (NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL INTERNET EXTRA AWARD
PROGRAM) FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONAL LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/ PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
KROPAAR STRAAT 34, 1032LA,
AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS
Ref. Number: E2K/102/633/0905
Batch Number: 027/310-AY11

ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION / PROCESSING ADVICE: ELP

Dear winner,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Lottery Winners
International programs held on the 28th of October, 2005. Your e-mail
address attached to ticket number 1942896-9032 with serial number A001490
drew lucky numbers 11-0-17-31-60- 75-9 which consequently won in the 1st
category, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of
1,500,000.00 Euros (One Million Five Hundred Thousand Euros)
Due to mix up of some numbers and names, 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.
You will need to have your identification documents and claims form
notarized by the fiduciary agent (below) before a magistrate or notary
public in The Netherlands.
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
over 10,000,000 companies and 30,000,000 individual email addresses and
names from all over the world, names from Australia, New Zealand, America,
Europe, North America, Middle East, Africa and Asia as part of International
Promotions Program. This promotional program takes place once a year.
This lottery is promoted by the software and internet giant corporations to
compensate some few individuals with website and email addresses, we hope
with part of your winning you will take part in our next year EUR10 million
international lottery. Please note that your lucky winning numbers falls
within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in
your play coupon to file in for your claims, please contact the company
processing officer.


MR. DENNIS BROER,
Claims processing manager
EUROPW LOTTO PLUS
europwlo@netscape.net
Tel: +31 643 929 377
Fax: +31 847 222 920

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 for
being part of our promotional program.

Sincerely yours,
Mrs. Anna-maria Vanbel.
Lottery Coordinator
EuroPW Lotto Sweepstake Program.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam