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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"
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "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.
  • +447031841790 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448704782991 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +27833663265 (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.
  • bonginkosiyami@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "EURO-AFRO-AMERICAN LOTTERY COMPANY" <euraas12@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 12:06:25 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!! JUNE 2006 EAAS LOTTERY WINNER.

EURO-AFRO-AMERICAN LOTTERY
Headquarters: 32 LEDGERS WAY,
SOMMERSET, BA1 2UD LONDON,
UNITED KINGDOM.
Tele:+44-703-184-1790
Fax: +44-870-4782-991

Ref: EAASL/WPL3726/25
Batch: 2006/0901/BK456

Dear Sir/Madam,

CONGRATULATIONS!!! YOU ARE A LUCKY WINNER.

We happily announce to you the draw of the Euro-Afro-American Sweepstakes Online Lottery International programs held in conjunction with the U.K National Lottery on saturday, 27TH MAY, 2006 here in London, United Kingdom. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: B9564 75604545 188 with! Serial number 97560 drew the winning numbers: 15,16,19,28,38,42 and Bonus Ball(20) which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd Division. All participants were selected randomly from world-wide internet users through a computer drawing system and extracted from over
1,000,000 personal/company email addresses.This program is sponsored annually by multinational Information Technology companies to promote the use of the internet. You have therefore been approved for a payout of £948,600:00 (Nine Hundred and Forty-Eight Thousand, Six Hundred British Pounds Sterling) in cash credited to file KPC/9080118308/02.This is the price for each winner in this category and it has been insured in the winners' names.

Please note that your lucky winning ticket falls within our African representative booklet, issued from our correspondent's office in Africa as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your £948,600:00 (Nine Hundred and Forty-Eight Thousand, Six Hundred British Pounds Sterling) will be released to you by our corresponding Bank in South Africa, as soon as your claim is verified and approved by Our African fiduciary agent in Johannesburg, South Africa. He will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him. His contact details are as follow;

AGENT: MR. LUCKY NKOSI.
Tele: +27-833-663-265
Fax: +27-866-357-352
E-mail: bonginkosiyami@hotmail.com

This promotion takes place annually. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claim is processed and your money remitted to your account. Please be warned. To file for your claim, please contact our African correspondent in London immediately with the following complete information of yourself;

1.Your fullnames
2.Your home address
3.Your telephone and fax numbers
4.Your date of birth
5.Your sex/marital status and
6 Your Occupation/Nationality
7.Your E-mail address
8.Amount you won and;
9.Send your reference and batch numbers at the top of this mail for verification.

Be informed that all winnings must be claimed within 30 days of this notice. To avoid unnecessary delay and complications, please quote your reference/batch numbers in any of your correspondence with our agents or us.

Yours Sincerely,

Mrs. Alexandria Moore.
United Kingdom Zonal Co-coordinator.
Tele:+44-703-184-1790 Fax: +44-870-4782-991

CONGRATULATIONS!!! JUNE 2006 EAAS LOTTERY WINNER.

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