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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.
  • swiss.claim1979@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "marie jones" <greatwin48@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: swiss.claim1979@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2006 03:57:00 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE WON 3,000,000 MILLION EUROS

EURO MILLIONS
BUNDERSTRASSE 33
3324 BERN ECK,
SWITZERLAND
 
Dear Sir/Ma,
 
Congratulations, you have have been awarded 3,000,000 Euro in the Satellite software email lottery in which e-mail addresses are picked Randomly by software powered by the Internet through the worldwide website. Your email address was amongst those chosen this year for the satelite software email lottery. This promo is proudly sponsored by the Euro millions organization.
 
You can log on to our website for more information concerning our entire lottery promo https://www.swisslotto.ch Your email address, attached to Ref number 5, 7, 14, 17, 18, 43 with Serial number 1979-12 drew the lucky Numbers 10, and consequently won the lottery in the "A" Category.
 
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of 3,000,000 EURO. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European Booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In View of this, your 3,000,000 EURO  will be released to you by our security firm in Europe. Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact them. All participants Were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer drawSystem and extracted from over 300,000 companies and individual email addresses.
 
This promotion takes place annually. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to Claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements.

To file for your claim, please contact our european agent assigned to you.
 
Below is his contact Info:-
 
Name:Mr Brown Smith
Email:  swiss.claim1979@yahoo.co.uk

You are to provide the following informations to our european agent:-
 
1. Full Name:-
2.Contact Address:-
3.Country:-
4.Age:-
5.Telephone and Fax:-
6.Occupation:-
 
This informations fercilitate the due process of the release of winnings avoid unnecessary delays and complications in the processing of your winnings. please alway remember to quote your Reference / serial number in any correspondences with us or our Designated agent.
 
Congratulations once more from all members and staff of This program and Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.
 
Sincerely,
Marie Jones.
Co-Ordinator Euro Millions Organisation.

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