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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 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 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.
  • agenthilton_curtis@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Rose Peter <agenthilton_curtis@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 17:31:06 -0700
Subject: EMAIL SELECTED WINNER.

EUROPEAN-LOTTO Headquarters:
The Marina Offices,
St Peters Yacht Basin,
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 1HX
England.
 
Customer Service
Ref: EU/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369      
 
                    
 
            WINNING NOTIFICATION/ PROCESSING ADVISE
 
We happily announce to you the draw (#508) of the EUROPEAN
LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held on Monday 24th of
July, 2006
in NEWCASTLE, UNITED-KINGDOM.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with
Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 02 . 13 . 27 . 33 . 36 .
48.
[12] Bonus Ball, which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd
category i.e match 6. You have therefore been approved to claim a total
sum
of £850,000(Eight Hundred and fifty Thousand Pounds Sterling) in cash,
credited to file ktu/9023118308/03. This is from a total cash prize,
shared amongst the first  Ten (10) 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 number falls within our European
booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play
coupon.
In view of this, your £850,000(Eight Hundred and fifty Thousand Pounds
Sterling) will be released to you by any of our payment offices in
Europe.
 
Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate
the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.   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:
 
MR. hilton  curtis
 
E-mail: agenthilton_curtis@yahoo.com

Note that all prize funds must be claimed not later than 1st OF SEPT
2006 LAST COLLECTION DATE. After this date all funds will be returned
to
our treasury as unclaimed. You are adviced to quote your ticket and
lucky numbers to our fiduciary agent in order to avoid unnecessary
delays
and complications. . Furthermore, should there be any change in your
address, do inform our fiduciary agent as soon as possible.
 
Sincerely,
Rose  Peter (Mrs.)
(Lottery Coordinator)  
EUROPEAN LOTTERY PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.

CONFIDENTIAL NOTICE: This email message, including any attachments, is
intended only for the use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain
information that is privileged, confidential and prohibited from
unauthorized disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the
intended
recipient of this message, any dissemination, distribution or copying
of
this message is strictly prohibited. If you received this message in
error, please notify the sender by reply email and destroy all copies
of
the original message.

 

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