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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims 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 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.
  • reallagentcy@netscape.net

Fraud email example:

From: "Euro Million" <info_euromillion9@msn.com>
Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2006 15:15:07 +0000
Subject: euro million espaXa

EUROMILLION S.L.
Av. Comunidad de Madrid,
37-41, Las Rozas
28008 Madrid,
España.

Ref: Nº: ES/EUR1410/05
Batch Nº: ESP/000459FE.

We happily announce to you the beneficiary to this email address the draw of
the EUROMILLION LOTTERY e-mail online Sweepstakes International program held
on monday 1st January 2006. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number
10-11-19-20-23 drew the lucky star number: (1-6) Bonus ball which
subsequently won the email beneficiary in the 2nd category.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of EUR € 1,099,329.00.
(One Million, Ninety Nine Thousand, Three Hundred And Twenty Nine Euros) in
cash credited to Ref: Nº: ES/EUR1410/05 and Batch Nº: ESP/000459FE.

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World
Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000
unions,associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This
promotion takes place weekly. Please note that your lucky winning number
falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as
indicated in your play coupon.

In view of this, your EUR €1,099,329.00. (One Million, Ninety Nine Thousand,
Three Hundred And Twenty Nine Euros) would be process for claim to you by
our registered affiliated claims agents for non-resident winners, sole
representative in asisting you to file and claim your winning fund.

Our European agent which covers your geographica location will immediately
commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as your
contact is receive by them. For security reasons, you are advised to keep
your winning information confidential until your claim is processed and your
money remitted to you. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid
double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program, any bridge of
confidentiality on the part of winner will lead to disqualification, please
be warn.

To file your claim, please contact our registered affiliated claims agent:

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mr. Nacho Miguel.
SEGURVAL SEGUROS S.A.
Edificio plaza castilla, 208
28001, Madrid.
España.
E.mail: reallagentcy@netscape.net
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Please, note that winning prize must be claimed within three weeks of this
notification, after this period all unclaimed funds will be included in the
next stake or return to the Ministerio de Economia y Hacienda as unclaim
fund. Remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in all
correspondence with your claim agent.

Once again congratulations from all our members and staff of EUROMILLION
S.L.

Yours sincerely,
Jose Manuel De La Rosa.
Promotion Director.

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