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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "euro afro american lottery promotion"
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fiduciary 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.
  • +447031846387 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +27835337824 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • williamsomar2005@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "LOTTERY BOARD" <loboard048@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 03 May 2006 06:15:50 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATION YOU HAVE WON!

MR. GEORGE BROWN
UK-LOTTO HEADQUARTER:
THE MARINA OFFICES, ST PETERS
YACHT BASIN NEWCASTLE
UPON TYON,NE6 1HX
ENGLAND.
TEL:+447031846387
FAX: 44870 479 3927


Customer Service
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369

WINNING NOTIFICATION:
Attn;Sir/Madam,
{NO TICKET WAS SOLD}
We happily announce to you the draw (#998) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,
online Sweepstakes International program held eight days from the day of
notice in NEWCASTLE, UNITED-KINGDOM. Your e-mail address attached to ticket
number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 Bonus Ball, which
subsequently won you the lottery in the 1st category i.e match 6,jackpot.You
have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of GDP 1,200,000.00 (One
Million, Two Hundred Thousand Pound) in cash, credited to file
ktu/9023118308/03. This is from a total cash prize of GBP 11,000,000.00
Pounds shared amongst the first five (5) lucky winners in this category.

All participants for this online version were selected randomly from World
Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000
unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online.
This promotion takes place weekly. Please note that your lucky winning
falls within our European and African booklet representative office in South
Africa as indicated in your play
coupon. In view of this, your GBP 1,2 milliom. ( one million two hundred
pounds) will be released to you by any of our payment offices in Africa or
Europe.

Our African agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the
release of your funds as soon as you contact her on the details below.

NAME: MR WILLIAMS OMAR
PHONE: +27-83-5337824
EMAIL:williamsomar2005@yahoo.com


For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claim is processed and your money remitted to you in
whatever manner you deem fit to receive your prize. This is part of our
precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this
program. Please be warned!!
To file for your claim, contact our fiduciary agent:


yours faithfully,

MR. GEORGE BROWN

Copyright © 1994-2006 The Euro Afro American Lottery promotion
Switzerland ,All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guideline

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