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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.
• 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.
  • emloffice2@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "info-emloffice@terra.es" <info-emloffice@terra.es>
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 09:16:21 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: COMFIRMATION OF PRIZE WINNING



EMAIL ANNOUNCEMENT: RESULTS OF THE EUROMILLIONS LOTTERY 28 JULY 2006 DRAWS - WINNERS NOTIFICATION


Attention: Dear Prize Winner,


RE: CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR LOTTERY WINNING!


This is your official winning notification issued by the EUROMILLIONS LOTTERY, organisers of the EUROMILLIONS LOTTERY and EUROMILLIONS Plus lottery.

This message confirms that you have received from EUROMILLIONS LOTTERY OFFICE a notification of your lottery prize winning in the EUROMILLIONS LOTTERY draws of July 28th 2006 held at the The Netherlands Lottery Office.

Lottery Winning No.: 03, 08, 12, 29, 43

Lottery Draw Date: Friday 28th July 2006

Winning Group: 2ND Prize Winners
Draw Number: (129 CZ
AMOUNT WON/PRIZE: ? 1,135,174.00 - PAY-OUT IN EURO ONLY.

Your entry ticket number drew as one of the lucky winning ticket number for the EUROMILLONS LOTTERY 2ND PRIZE DRAWS in which two lucky winners emerged. You have won a lottery prize amount of ? 1,135,174.00 THOUSAND EURO.

The prize pay-out of your winning will officially be approved by the National Lottery Board of Europe in accordance with the EUROMILLIONS LOTTERY REGULATIONS AND POLICY.

ABOUT EUROMILLIONS:
====================
The EUROMILLONS LOTTERY is world promotional lottery program organised by the joint European states comprising of the United Kingdom, France,Germany, Spain, The Netherlands and 8 other european nations as its partner.

This promotion is entry free which NO TICKETS ARE PURCHASED! Winners are randomly selected systematically online by City code and email entry only, selections of winners are generated by an Electronic Random Selection System (ERSS) used by EUROMILLIONS LOTTERY.

>From a total of 1440 thousand email addresses and 200 world cities codes entered for EUROMILLIONS LOTTERY 2ND PRIZE GROUP, Your email entered for draw No.129 and was luckily selected among 2 lucky winners in your group.

1ST TICKET NO# 03, 08, 12, 29, 43, - Lucky Stars 06, 07
2ND TICKET NO# 03, 08, 12, 29, 43

LOTTERY PRIVACY:
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All e-mails are submitted by our partner international email service providers/ marketing companies and public services providers.

EUROMILLIONS LOTTERY holds the right to annual or cancel prize payment to winners upon request by winners.

Secrecy is utmost observed by the EUROMILLIONS LOTTERY for winners privacy. All prize payment will be paid out securely to winners.

CLAIMING YOUR LOTTERY PRIZE:
============================

If you have received this notice via email, you are authorised as the official lottery prize winner to make claims for your winning prize within 30 days of receiving this notice. You are required to confirm receipt of this Winning Notification.

For your processing of your lottery winning claims, please contact the EUROMILLIONS LOTTERY CLAIMS PROCESSING OFFICER (CPO) contact information below.

EUROMILLIONS LOTTERY OFFICE.
AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS.

MR. kelly wales (CPO)
EMAIL:emloffice2@yahoo.com
TEL: +31848392712
FAX: +31848392712
PROCESED WITH THIS NUMBER:129 CZ
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EUROMILLIONS WINNING CLAIMS FORM (NON-RESIDENT)
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FULL NAME:....................................................................

FORWARDING ADDRESSE:..........................................................

CITY/STATE:....................... COUNTRY OF ORIGIN:.........................

MARITAL STATUS:..................... NATIONALITY.............. SEX.......

INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT NR:.................. DATE OF BIRTH:.................

TEL/FAX NR: ......................... OCCUPATION:..........................

CURRENT EMAIL:............................

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WINNING INFORMATION

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COUPON NR:..................................LOTTERY REF NR:..................

LOTTERY DATE:..................CLAIMANT SIGNATURE:...........................

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Please you are to choose your payment option at which you want your fund Paid to you; listed below is our payment modalities and option of payment.

(1) COURIER DELIVERY OF WINNING CHECK:.......................

(2) BANK PAYMENT (Online Account required):..................

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This email and its attachments are confidential and intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s). This email and its attachments may also be privileged or protected by legal rules. If you have received this by mistake please let us know by reply immediately and destroy the email and its attachments without reading, copying or forwarding the contents.





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