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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:
  • "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!
• 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.
  • eltto@netscape.net

Fraud email example:

From: MR.PERES MARTINS <freelotto111@netscape.net>
Reply-To: eltto@netscape.net
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 17:08:41 +0100
Subject: VICTORY


EURO MILLIONS LOTTERY
AWARD/PROMOTIONAL DEPARTMENT
MADRID-SPAIN.
http://www.loteria.com/euro.php

We are please to announce you as one of the 10 lucky winners in the email lottery programme draw of the EURO MILLIONS held on the 21th of febuary,2006. The late release of this result was due to difficulties encountered in sorting out mixed up numbers and email addresses.All 10 winning addresses was randomly selected from a batch of 5,000,000 international emails Your email address emerged alongside with 10 others as a category "B " winner in this year's euro millions award Draw.

Most recently the foundation set up the NEW HOPE LOTTERY to give out prizes based on the computer ballot system(THEREFORE YOU DO NOT NEED TO BUY A TICKET TO ENTER FOR IT.YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS WAS RANDOMLY SELECTED AS A WINNER).

Consequently,you have therefore been approved a MEGA JACK POT of 964.812,79 Euros (Nine hundred and sixty-four thousand, eight hundred and twelve euro,seventy-nine cent)only .The following particulars are attached to your lotto payment order:

(i)the file Ref number: EF/92829202
(ii)Result winning numbers:8-16-19-43-45-1-4
(iii)Email ticket number:854/22/75

To immediately claim your prize,contact the claim/paying agent on the telephone number below.

MJ COPRPORATE SEGUROS S.L
============================
MR.PERES MARTINS
EMAIL ADDRESS:eltto@netscape.net



The above claim agent will assist you in the processing and remittance of your prize funds to you,note that not later than one week After this date if you do not contact and process your winning prize, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.

N.B:Terms and conditions to claim your prize:
**********************************************
1.Please quote your Reference number,your full name and address,Country, Telephone,mobile,fax number and occupation to your calim agent.
2.Your winning prize is not deductable until your winnings has been processed,approved and transfered to you by your claim agent above.

For verification on your lucky winning prize,you are to visit our online site( http://www.loteria.com/euro.php) and indicate the date this email lottery programme draw of the EURO MILLIONS was held (21th of febuary 2006)and there you will find your result winning number.

Once again on behalf of all our staff,CONGRATULATIONS!!!.This promotion programm is sponsored by euro millions to encourage the use of internet.All informations have to be kept out of public until you have received your winning prize,this is to avoid double claim and unwarranted abuse of the programme by some participants.

Sincerely,
Maria Sanchez.
Promotions Manager
Euro Millions

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