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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:

• 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!

Fraud email example:

From: "MRS. ALEXANDRIA REYES" <alexandria.reyes01@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 17:36:55 +0100
Subject: AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE


EUROPE ELGORDO

SWEEPSTAKE

LOTTERY/ INTERNATIONAL

MADRID SPAIN.


ATTENTION:
AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today,29TH MARCH 2006 of
winners of the EUROPE ELGORDO SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY/ INTERNATIONAL,PROGRAMS
held on 10TH FEBRUARY,2006.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 fileREF 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
wereselected
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 MR. SPIFF WHITE,FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER
MANAGER,MADRID SPAIN, {spiffw46@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 partof
our promotions program.

Yours Sincerely,
Mrs Alexandria 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 Alexandria 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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