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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
  • "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!

Fraud email example:

From: "Reyes Alexanderia" <re_alexanderia08@msn.com>
Reply-To: a_reyes05@walla.com
Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2006 09:10:01 +0000
Subject: AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE

FROM THE DESK OF
PROMOTION MANAGER
EUROPE ELGORDO
SWEEPSTAKE
LOTTERY/ INTERNATIONAL
MADRID SPAIN.
7TH JANUARY 2006

ATTENTION:
AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today,7TH JANUARY 2006
of winners of the EUROPE ELGORDO SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY/ INTERNATIONAL, PROGRAMS
held on 30TH DECEMBER,2005.Your email address is attached to ticket number
023-0148-790-459,with serial number 5073-11 drew the lucky numbers
43-11-44-37-10-43,and consequently won the lottery in the 3rd category.You
have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay of US$1,000,000:00 (one
million united states of america dollars)in cash credited to file REF NO.
ESW/25041238013/03.
This is from total prize money of US$80,400,000.00 shared among the
seventeen international winners in this category.All participants were
selected through a computer ballot system drawn from a collation of frequent
internet users from all over the world from Australia, New
Zealand,America,Europe, North America,Africa, middle east and Asia as part
of International Promotions Program, which is conducted bia-annually.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Your fund is now deposited with a Security company insured in your email
address. Due to the mix up of some numbers and email addresses, we ask that
you keep this award strictly from public notice until your claim has been
processed and your money remitted to your account.This is part of our
security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by
participants of this program. We hope with a part of your prize, you will
participate in our end of year high stakes US$1.3 billion International
Lottery.To begin your claim, please you are to provide the below details to
this commission via email to MRS ALEXANDERIA REYES,PROMOTION MANAGER,MADRID
SPAIN, {a_reyes05@walla.com}.For due processing and remittance of
your prize money to a designated account of your choice and to enable the
speedy evaluation and processing of your winnings. we advice that you adhere
strictly to procedures, to avoid any disqualifications and subsequent
cancelation
1. your full names
2. your full home / office address
3. direct telephone/fax numbers
4. occupation / age
5. next of kin
6. amount won
7. lottery date
the above detailed information will be absolutely neccessary for the
processing of your payment cheques,drafts or wire transfers.Please note that
this winning is valid for THREE WEEKS and failure to issue claims after this
period will automatically void your payment.Remember to quote your ticket
number, serial number and lucky number in your future
correspondence.Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do
inform your claim agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part
of our promotions program.
Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Alexanderia Reyes
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of any of our winners will
result to disqualification.
SORRY FOR THE LATE INFORMATION THANKS
Mrs Alexanderia Reyes
PROMOTION MANAGER
EUROPE ELGORDO PROMO LOTTERY COMPANY
MADRID SPAIN
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****PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL***** this e-mail and any attached files are from
Europe Elgordo Lottery Company and are confidential and may be legally
privileged. If you are not the addressee, any
disclosure,reproduction,copying, distribution, or other dissemination
or use of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received
this transmission in error please notify the sender immediately and then
delete this e-mail. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure
or error free as information can be intercepted, corrupted, lost,
destroyed,arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses.

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