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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 about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• 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.
  • eulottpromotcen@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • eulottpromotcen@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • eulottpromotcen@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: OWEN SMITH <eulottpromotcen@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 09 Jan 1998 09:35:42 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATION


LOTTO PROMOTION
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT, REF: NBM44125677 AND
BATCH NO: 31/107/AY. ATTENTION: Sir/Madam, RE/ AWARD NOTIFICATION We are
pleased to inform you of the announcement today, 21 of march2006of
winners of the CYBER LOTTO /INTERNATIONALPROGRAMS held on 8TH march
2006 as part of our beginning of year bonanza. You or your
company,attached to ticket number 1416-4612-750, with serial number
3187-17 drew the lucky numbers 31-17-8-28-55, and consequently won the
lottery in the "A" category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum
pay out of US$1.800,000.00 in cash credited to file REF NO. REF:
NBM44125677.This is from the total prize money of US$16,500,000.00
shared among the Three (5) international winners in this category. All
participants were selected through a computer Balloting system drawn
from 25,000 names from Middle East, Asia,Africa, Canada, Europe and
North America and Oceania as part of our International Promotions Program,
which is conducted annually.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Your fund is now deposited with a security Company.
Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, 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$1.1 billion International Lottery.
To begin your claim, please contact your claim agent:
Ms Angelika Becker,
Email: eulottpromotcen@yahoo.com

For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated
account of your choice. Remember, you must contact your claim agent not
later than 28rd march 2006,After this date, all funds will be
returned as unclaimed. All correspondences to eulottpromotcen@yahoo.com

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of your
correspondences with your agent. Furthermore, should there be any
change of your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible.

Congratulations again from all our staff.
Sincerely,
SIR OWEN SMITH
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER CYBER LOTTO.
Email:eulottpromotcen@yahoo.com

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