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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.
• 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.
  • +447031846646 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • euromillionclaimsagent@winning.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: euromillion company <ukeurolottry@mail.ru>
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 05:49:39 +0400
Subject: CONGRATULATION......WINNER WITH BATCH: 24/00319/IPD!!!!


EURO MILLION LOTTERY 2006,
175 WOODHILL ROAD,BULKYARD,LONDON,
UNITED KINGDOM
FROM: THE DESK OF THE CYBER ANALYST,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE
AWARD DEPARTMENT.

REF: OYL /26510460037/02
BATCH: 24/00319/IPD
Dear Winner,

Your ticket number:023-0148-790-459 with Serial number 5368/05 drew the lucky number: 12

Congratulations, you have just won yourself $850,000 in the satellite software email lottery conducted by EURO MILLIONS in which e-mail addresses are picked randomly by software powered by the Internet.You email address was amongst those chosen this quarter and you are to contact our Financial Controller for Clearance. Here are the contact info:

Financial controller:
Mr Jerry Clinton
Email:euromillionclaimsagent@winning.com PHONE NO :+44-703-184-6646
You are required to forward the following details to help facilitate the processing of your claims and certificate which will facilitate the release of your winnings. 1. Full Names:
2. Residential Address:
3. Phone Number:
4. Fax Number:
5. Occupation:
6. Sex:
7. Age :
8. Nationality:
9. Present Country:
Yours faithfully,
MRS:CAROLINE JACKSONEURO MILLION BONANZA CYBER ANALYST
United Kingdom

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