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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-sweepstake lottery"
• 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.
  • joe_adamsja@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "winnotice winnotice" <winnotice_wn1@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2006 13:03:48 +0200
Subject: Euro Afro American Lottery promotion .

From: Mrs. Teresa Allan.
Euro-Afro-American-Sweepstake Lottery
Headquarters: 1a, Bexon Court Carlton
Nottingham shire Nottingham NG4 1SQ Essex
United Kingdom
Customer Service: 580 NCA 85914
Ref: EAASL/941OYI/04
Batch: 12/25/DC3/06

ATTN:Sir/madam ,

We happily announce to you the draw of the Euro-Afro-American Sweepstake
Lottery International programs held on the 31st July 2006 in Essex United
Kingdom which is promoted and sponsored by software corporations and other
private organizations to help individuals generate fortunes which would
encourage them to expand their business frontiers thereby creating more
opportunities and assisting with humanitarian concerns within their
immediate environment.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: B9564 75604545 188 with!
Serial number 97560 drew the winning: 01/10/11/18/19/46, which subsequently
won you the lottery in the 2nd category. You have therefore been approved to
claim a total sum of US$820,000.00
(Eight Hundred and Twenty Thousand United States Dollars) in cash credited
to file
KPC/9080118308/02.This is from a total cash prize of US $1100,000,00 Million
dollars, shared amongst the first One Hundred and thirty (130) lucky
winners in this category world-wide.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our Afro booklet
representative office in
Africa as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your
US$820,000.00(Eight Hundred and Twenty Thousand United States Dollars) would
be released to you by First National Bank of South Africa.

Our African agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the
release of your funds as
soon as you contact him. All participants were selected randomly from World
Wide Web site through
computer draws system and extracted from over 10,000,00 companies. This
promotion takes place
annually.

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in
whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.

This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements. Please be
warned. To file for your claim, please contact our corresponding agent in
South Africa immediately you read this message for quick and urgent
release of your fund, contact information is as follow: -

Mr.joe. m. adams.
E-mail: joe_adamsja@yahoo.co.uk



Please be informed that all winning must be claimed on or before the end of
the year Dec 31st 2006. To avoid unnecessary delays and complications,
please quote your reference/batch numbers to our correspondence in South
Africa as stated below Mr.joe .m adams.

Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program that
has successfully won this competition.

Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program. As soon as you
are in contact with our agent,please keep us informed.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Teresa Allan.
United Kingdom Zonal Co-coordinator.

Mr. Alexandra Davis
United Kingdom zonal Secretary General.
Thank you for your co-operation

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