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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:

• 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.
  • +31619056199 (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.
  • infoagenc1@netscape.net

Fraud email example:

From: "euro olines" <eurolines02@msn.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 14:14:37 +0000
Subject: Mrs.Beck Anderberg,Award Notice

NUMBER:7733809-ANL/07
OUR REF:05/EXD776509/BV
YOUR REF:AD/GU670/66/06.FY.


EURO LINES PROMOTIONS AWARD!!



LOTTERY WINNER,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the euro lines Lottery
programs held on Jan 13,2006 your email address were attached to one of the
ten winning ticket numbers #9817- with game Number #128000... You have
therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of US$250,000.00 (Two Hundred
and Fifty Thousand dollars)

CONGRATULATIONS!!

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system from our
sponsors databases, including over 20,000 companies and 180,000 individual
E-mail addresses and names submitted by our agents drawn from Asia,
Africa, Europe, North And South America, Oceania and around the world. To
file for your urgent claim, please contact our approved agent.

Mr. Lucas Donk
EURO LINES LOTTERY AGENCY
Tilburg the Netherlands
Tel:+31-619-056-199
E-mail:infoagenc1@netscape.net

It is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and to minimize
identification difficulties to advise you to keep this information
confidential until your claim is processed successfully and to avoid
unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants to please note that
you will be required to pay for the issuance of your winning certificate and
all winnings must be claimed not later than Jan 23,2006.after this date all
unclaimed winnings will be null and void.

In Order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications remember to quote
your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence. Furthermore,
should there be any change of address do inform our agents as soon as
possible.

Congratulations once more and thank you for being part of our promotional
program. Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.


Yours faithfully,
Mrs.Beck Anderberg,
Award Co-ordinator.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam