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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")
  • "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 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.
  • +34692390788 (Spain, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: Mrs Rebbeca Edward <rebbeca@uboot.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 14:48:30 +0100
Subject: WINNIG NOTIFICATION / EURO MILLION LOTTERY .


EURO MILLION LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
CALLE MOSTOLES 23C PISO 6G 28923 MADRID ESPANA?
DATE: 13 MARCH, 2006.
FROM: THE DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT.INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE
AWARD...
BATCH: EGGS-541-623-782:
REFERENCE: 67/80/IPD
ATTENTION:AWARD NOTIFICATION.
This is to inform you of the release of the EURO MILLION LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
held on the Fri 18 january 2006 . The results was released on the Fri 20 febuary 2006 .Your email address was attached to ticket number 03-05-08-10-44 (03-05) with serial number 345-790-241-671 that drew the lucky
numbers of 34-32-90-43-32, which consequently won the lottery in the 1st category.
You have therefore been awarded a lump of (€297,436.90) TWO HUNDRED AND NINTY SEVEN THOUSANDS,FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTY SIX EURO, NINTY CENT. This is from US 20,000.000.00 (TWENTY MILLION
EURO) in cash among the 20 participating finalist playing 6,000 full tickets.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Your fund is now deposited with our Security Company and insured in
your name i.e. email address. Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you
keep this award from public notice until your claims have been processed and
the money remitted to your account.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid problems by participants as it has happened in the past.
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn
from 25,000 names from Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, North and
South America, Middle East and Africa .This programme is sponsored by
EUROPEAN UNION/BILL GATES and WORLD INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY ORGANISATION TO PROMOTE and ENAHNCE the use of SOFT WARE IN THE GOBAL WORLD. We hope your lucky name will draw a bigger cash prize in the subsequent
programs. To begin your lottery claims, please contact your claims
agent, DR WHITE BANES, whitebanes2000@walla.com
Telephone number: 0034-692390788,
When you contact him, please provide him with your secret pin code
x7EMLw200M. You are also advised to provide him with the under listed
information as soon as possible:

1. Name in full
2. Address
3. Nationality or your country passport
4. Age
5. Occupation
6. Phone/Fax
Remember, all prize (money) must be processed not later than two weeks
from the day you receive this notification.
Any requirement not made before this date will be returned to the EUROPEAN
UNION MINISTRY OF FINANCE of such country. And also be informed that 10% of
your lottery winning belongs to the security company because they are the company
that bought your ticket and played the lottery on your name (email address), NOTE this 10% will be collected after you have received your winning prize because the money is insured in your name i.e email address already.
Remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every
correspondence with us or your claim agent. Further more, should there be any

change of address, please do inform your claim agent as soon as possible.
A copy of your lucky winning ticket and your deposit certificate will be sent to
you by your claim agent, DR WHITE BANES, Once again from all members of our staff and CONGRATULATIONS for being a part of our International promotions program.
NOTE:winners below eighteen years ( below 18yrs ) are disqualified from this programme.
We wish you good fortunes.
Sincerely,
MRS,REBBECA EDWARD.

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