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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "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: "EURO MILLIONS PROMOTIONS" <cyberanalyst0003@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: euromillionspromoclaimsdept101@walla.com
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2006 10:42:27 +0000
Subject: EMAIL SELECTED. 7TH, AUGUST, 2006. CONGRATULATIONS!!!

EURO MILLIONS INTERANTIONAL
VESTRY ROAD, OTFORD, SEVENOAKS,
KENT, TN14 5EL, ENGLAND
FROM: THE DESK OF THE CYBER ANALYST,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE
AWARD DEPARTMENT.
REF: OYL /26510460037/02
BATCH: 24/00319/IPD
 
ATTENTION: RE/ AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE
 
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement of winners of the 10TH
GLOBAL EURO MILLIONS NEW YEAR PROGRAM 2006, UNITED KINGDOM, held on the
7th August,2006.
 

Your company or your personal e-mail address, is attached to ticket
number 023-0148-790-459, with serial number 5073-11 drew the lucky
numbers 3-11-44-37-10-43, and consequently won the lottery in the 3rd category.
 
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of 1.5
Million Pounds (One Million Five Hundred thousand Pounds only) in cash credited to
file REFNO .OYL /26510460037/02. This is from total prize money of 18
Million Pounds(Eighteen Million Pounds) shared among the Twelve
international winners in this category.
 
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn
from 25,000 names from Australia, New Zealand, Europe, Africa, America
and Asia as part of international promotions program to mark the new
year,which is conducted annually.
 
CONGRATULATIONS!
 
Your 1.5 Million Pounds winning Internationa certified cheque is
insured to your winning email, and shall follow up with your name as soon as
we receive the requested details whcih shall later our Affiliate
Courier company for prompt deliveryto your postal address. Due to the mix up
of some numbers , we ask that you to keep this award strictly from public
notice until you receive your winning. This is part of our security
protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of
this program.
 
To begin your claim, please contact our information centre with the
following of your personal details :
 
1. Full names...................................
2. Phone number..............................
3. Fax number..................................
4. Occupation...................................                     
5. Sex..............................................
6. Age..............................................
7. Nationality....................................
8. Winning Email..............................

 

For due processing and release of your winning cheque to Our Courier
Company,please send your personal details as requested above to:
euromillionspromoclaimsdept101@walla.com
 
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of your
correspondences with your agent. Furthermore, should there be any change
of your address, do inform your Promotions Manger as soon as possible.
 
Congratulations again from all our entire staffs and thank you for
being part of our promotions program.
 
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will
result to disqualification.
 
Sincerely,
Cherie Anderson.
(CYBER ANALYS)
EURO MILLION INTERNATIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM

 

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