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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "clearance certificate" (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
  • "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 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.
  • +34685287406 (Spain, 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.
  • elministrs@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Maria Gomez Luz <lucky@euromillones.com>
Reply-To: elministrs@aim.com
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 15:50:46 +0200
Subject: AWARD NOTIFICATION


FROM THE DESK OF VICE PRESIDENT
EURO MILLONES LOTTERY

Piso, 36 Calle Carlos Ortega
28002 MADRID - SPAIN
0034 657 090 775

AWARD NOTIFICATION/FINALL NOTICE

Dear Beneficiary
We are pleased to inform you today 29th Sep 2006 that you are one of the 10 lucky winners in the Euro Millones Lottery ONLINE INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAMME ,Played with Email Address on the 22nd of Sep due to the mixture of names and address the result was released on the 28th Sep 2006. All 10 winning addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 50,000,000 international email addresses. Your email address emerged alongside 9 others as a 2nd category winner in the Euro Millones Lottery Draw.
Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of US$950,000:00 (Nine Hundred And Fifty Thousand United States Dollars Only).The following particulars are attached to your lotto payment order:

(i) Ticket No: 777-312-009
(ii) Lucky No: 01-10-22-33-54
(iii ) LUCKY STAR No:(59)-(27 )
(iv) Batch No: TTOW/1989/TAC
(v) Ref No: WUMT/XX43/9000/LAES

The Euro Millones Lottery Programe internet draw is held once every friday on line .
This particular game is a program aimed at promoting and encouraging Euro Millones Lottery Players online.
Therefore you do not need to buy ticket to enter for it. Your email
address attached to ticket number drew the lucky star numbers

You did not play this particular euro millones lottery game, is played by our agents and companys with authurized lincence from their countries.

To claim your winning prize you are to contact your agent who has submit your email address for this game, as soon as possible for the immediate release of your winnings prize:

Snr.JOSE MIGUEL Foreign Services Manager of EL MINISTRIO CONSULTANT S.A .On TEL: +34-685 287 406
E-mail:elministrs@aim.com

N.B:Steps to claiming your prize; with application form.
1.Please quote your Reference number in all correspondence with the claims officer.
2. You must contact the appointed agent with your Full Names, Contact Telephone Numbers (Home, Office and Mobile Number and also Fax Number) via email to process the immediate payment of your prize.
3. Be informed that your agent will be required to swear an Affidavits of Lotto Claim
and also obtain Approval Legal Clearance Certificate from the Court here in Spain which is in accordance with the European Union Financial Act 2004 on payment of International Lottery Winners.

Please be aware that the PAYING BANK will Effect Payment Swiftly upon satisfactory Report, Verifications and validation provided by this fiduciary agent.

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you.

Once again congratulations!!!

Best regards,
Mrs.Cristy davids
Vice President
Euro Millones Lottery.





http://www.interlotto.com/euro/

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