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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "foreign service manager" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • +31615173299 (Netherlands, 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.
  • itcbankgroup@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: unfEuromillions Lottery Win <hveuromilloneslottodraws@europe.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2006 03:08:18 +0200
Subject: EUROMILLIONS LOTTERY SPAIN, EMAIL LOTTERY WIN NOTIFICATION bmvv

EUROMILLIONS LOTTERY
Don Pedro de Luna 67
50 - 010 VALENCIA
SPAIN

AWARD/PROMOTIONAL DEPARTMENT

http://www.losmillones.com/loto/euromillones/analisis.html

We are pleased to inform you that you are one of the 10 lucky winners in
the email lottery programme draw of the EURO MILLIONS held on the 30th June,
2006. The late release of this result was due to difficulties we encountered in
sorting out mixed up numbers and email addresses. All 10 winning addresseswas randomly selected from
a batch of 500,000 International emails. Your email address emerged alongside with 9 others as
a category "2a "winner in this year's Euromillions award Draw.

Most recently our foundation set up the NEW HOPE EMAIL LOTTERY to give out
prizes based on the computer ballot system (THEREFORE YOU DO NOT NEED TO BUY A TICKET TO
ENTER FOR IT.YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS WAS RANDOMLY SELECTED AS A WINNER).

Consequently,you have therefore been approved for a MEGA JACK POT of €950,000 euro (Nine
hundred and Fifty Thousand Euro) only .

The following particulars are attached to your lotto payment order:

(i)the file Ref number: AP/04679/MPP
(ii)Result winning numbers: 3-5-25-34-49-5-8
(iii)email ticket number: 2a/754/22/76

Your play coupon fall within our Europe Payment Bank, therefore you must
contact our Fiduciary Lottery Claim Agent for the payment/Remittance of your Lottery Win prize money.
See the details below;

=========================
Mr.Jon Lemann
Foreign Service Manager,
GLOBAL ACCESS FINANCE
Tel:0031-655-512-242
0031-615-173-299
Fax:0031-847-169-176
EMAIL: itcbankgroup@netscape.net
===========================
You must claim your lottery prize money within one week of recieving thisnotification. After this claim time
limit, all funds will be returned as unclaimed and will be added to our March Bingo Mega Draw of
€2,500.000. As a winner in this category, your winning email address has automatically
qualify you for the next draw

N.B:Terms and conditions to claim your prize:

1.Quote your Reference number and including this details;

(a). Your Full name; .....................................
(b). Contact Address ......................................
(c). Name of Country ........................................
(d). Date of Birth ............................................
(e). Tel/Fax Numbers .......................................
(f). File Ref Number ............
(g). Amount Won. ...........................................
(h). Email Tickect Number. ................................
(i). Profession. ...............................................

2..The beneficiary is responsible for the VETTING/COT and OTHER PREMIUM
CHARGES. in course of transfering his fund to his/her country because your lottery win prize money has
already insured on your behalf.

For verification on your lucky winning numbers,you are to visit our online service
(http://www.losmillones.com/loto/euromillones/sorteos.html) and indicate the date this email lottery
programme draw of the EURO MILLIONS was i.e (30th June, 2006)and you will find the details of your
winning numbers.

Once again on behalf of all our staff,CONGRATULATIONS!!!.This promotion programm is sponsored by
Orient Software and Microsoft to encourage the use of internet in research.


All informations/winning numbers must be kept out of public until you have
received your winning prize, this is to avoid double claim and unwarranted abuse of the programme by
some participants. You Must confirm to us that you have recieved your Lottery win prize money as soon
as our Agent effect the payment.

Sincerely,

Maria Jose (Mrs).
Promotions Manager
Euro Millions

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This e-mail transmission contains information that is confidential and may
be privileged.It is intended only for the addressee(s) named above.

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