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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)
  • "claims 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.
  • euromillpromociones@winning.com
  • delvestseguros@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: EUroooo MIlliones <euroooo@emilliones.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 18:25:55 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Claim your prize now!!!


FROM THE DESK OF THE PRESIDENT
EuroMillions Bonus Promotions
(International Prize Award Dept.)
Avda. de Sol 68 - 74D
28010 Barcelona, Spain
euromillpromociones@winning.com
www.loterias.com

Date: 29th September 2006

Dear Winner,

RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION FOR 2006 EUROMILLONES

We the Board members of EUROMILLION International Lottery are pleased to inform you of the result of our annual FREE PROMOTION PROGRAM that was held on the 25th of August 2006; whereby your name attached to Lucky Star No: 10, 28, 40, 47, 48, Ticket Number: 71513 with Serial Number: EMP6&8, Reference Number: EMP/322/DGS/06 and Batch Number: EMP13258 consequently won the lottery in the 2ND CATEGORY.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum of EUR.475,698.89 (FOUR HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND, SIX HUNDRED AND NINETY EIGHT EUROS, EIGHTY-NINE CENTS ONLY) in cash credited to FILE CLAIM NO: EMP/DGS76-30H; this amount is from a total cash prize of EUR.6,659,785.00 Shared among the Fourteen (14) International Winners in this promotion. CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Note that all participants were randomly selected through a Computer Ballot System drawn from over 200,000.00 Companies and 2,000,000.00 individual names and email addresses from Australia, Middle East, Asia, Africa, Canada, Europe, North and South America, Oceania and around the world in this International Promotion Program.

However, your fund is now deposited with our accredited Security Company and insured in your name to its full value for onward remittance to you; but due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award from public notice until your claim has been processed and funds remitted to you; this protective measure is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unwarranted taking advantage of this program by participants or public as it has happened in the past.

To begin your lottery claim, feel free to contact your Claim Officer MR. PROSPER TORRES (Director of DELVEST GRUPO SEGUROS S.L.) through Tel No: 0034664730438, Fax No: 0034653501769, Email: delvestseguros@aim.com for the processing and immediate remittance of your winning prize money to a designation of your choice.

Bear in mind that all prize money must be claimed not later than 30TH OF OCTOBER 2006 due to our on-coming HIGHSTAKE PROMOTION in December 2006; therefore, any unclaimed prize after the stipulated date shall be null and void, and shall be returned to the MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA Y HACIENDA as UNCLAIMED FUND.

NOTE: After processing and approval of your claim details by our Claims Agent, an original copy of your Prize Winning Certificate shall be issued and sent to you upon application. Congratulations once again from all members of our staff and thank you for being part of our International Promotions Program; we do hope that your lucky name will draw a bigger cash prize in our subsequent high stake program.

Sincerely,


LITA GOMEZ (MRS),
( Presidente EuroMillions)

N.B: You can confirm your winning by visiting our online result website www.loterias.com and click on EuroMillones, then click on date 25th August 2006 for your prize breakdown.

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