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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash)
• 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!

Fraud email example:

From: "CONGRATULATIONS." <lott2@ozu.es>
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 10:42:58 +0200
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION.

EURO MILLONES INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
Calle Castillaña 12.
E-28019 Madrid-Spain.
Tel/Fax:+34655 640 319.
www.euromillones.com.es
E-MAIL:lott2@ozu.es

BONUS LOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION

Dear Lucky Winner,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual final draws of Euro Millones International Lottery Programs. The online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 21,000 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet,( no tickets were sold). After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as one of the winners in the 2nd category with the following winning information:

REF Number: EPÑ-L/6947832
BATCH Number: 845300249
TICKET Number: 869228938389199
SERIAL Number: S/N-000033993
LUCKY Number: 979107446827R9
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of €750,000 ( SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND EUROS ONLY.) in cash credited to REF Numbers: EPÑ-L/6947832 BATCH Numbers: 845300249 .This is from a total cash
of €8,500,000 (EIGHT MILLION,FIVE HUNRED THOUSAND EUROS ONLY) shared amongst the 1st , 2nd , and 3rd categories

Your prize award has been insured with your e-mail address and will be transferred to you upon meeting our requirements, statutory obligations, verifications, validations and satisfactory report. To begin the claims processing of your prize winnings you are advised to contact our licensed and accredited oversea claims agent below:

To file for your claim, please contact the processing agent;

Contact Person: JULIAN RICHARDSON
Company Name: PROSPERIDAD SEGURO S.A.
Tel Number : + 00 34 655194048
Email Address : davidadams@ozu.es

You are expected to provide the following details below to your claims agent:

1)BATCH AND REFFERENCE NUMBERS:
2)FULL NAMES:
3)AGE:
4)OCCUPATION :
5)SEX:
6)PHONES AND FAX NUMBERS:
7)EMAIL ADDRESS:
8)COUNTRY OF RESIDENT:
9)NATIONALITY:
10)MAILING ADDRESS:
11)AMOUNT WON:
12) HOW DO YOU WANT TO RECEIVE YOUR WINNING FUNDS? , PLEASE INDICATE: CHEQUE BANK TRANSFER BANK DRAFT

Due to mix up of some numbers and names we ask that you keep your winning information very confidential until your claims has been processed and your money remitted to you.This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants.

The Awards is sponsored by a consortium of software promotion companies. The Intel Group, Toshiba, Netscape mail server, Dell Computers, Dutch yahoo mail server, Virgilio mail server,Microsoft and other international companies. This internet draw is held periodically no ticket sold and is so organized to encourage the use of the internet and promote computer literacy worldwide. We are proud to say that over
20 Million Euro are won annually in more than 150 countries worldwide.

Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

At your disposal, we remain.
MRS MARIAN AZNAR RAMIREZ
Sincerely Yours,

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