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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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:
  • "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.
  • robertburton2005@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "ward millicent" <wmillicent0024@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2006 18:23:37 -0500
Subject: NOTICE...CONGRATULATIONS!!

MICROSOFT INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY,
CLUSTERSTRAAT 301,
HM 1504 HAARLEM,
THE NETHERLANDS.

BATCH NO: PTP/48321129257/28000/3023
REF. NO: PTP/384592094220/394113//6902

We write to inform you of the release of E-MAIL LOTTERY BALLOT
INTERNATIONAL/WORLD GAMING BOARD.Your name attached to ticket number
219028657434 with Serial number 918735625 drew the Lucky numbers of
21-70-81-82-99, which consequently won the lottery in the 1st category.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payment of One Million
Euros(1,000,000.00)Euros only which is been deposited with the Royal Dutch
Clearing House in your favour as the beneficiary.Be advice to keep your
winning information confidential until your claims has been processed and
your money remitted to you.This is part of our security protocol to avoid
double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program and if such
irregularity occurs,POWERBALL EURO E-MAIL INTERNATIONAL will decline payment
to both parties.
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
only Microsoft users from over 20,000.00 companies and 3,000,000.00
individual email addresses and names from all over the world.To begin your
lottery claim,please contact our agent below that have been appointed for
the processing of your claim with your contact telephone and fax number to
begin the processing of your payment.

OVERSEAS CLAIM UNIT,
CONTACT PERSON: DR. ROBERT BURTON,
TEL/FAX:+31-84-727-2649
EMAIL: robertburton2005@hotmail.com

ELIGIBILITY:
This promotion is offered only electronically via the Internet and is open
to all persons from ages of 18 years and above with a valid email address
and who live in any of the aforementioned countries. This promotion is void
in all other countries and is also void where prohibited.
Principals and employees of POWERBALL EURO E-MAIL INTERNATIONAL Promos
and its respective Parents,subsidiaries and their immediate families are not
eligible.
CLAIMS PROCEDURES:
It is our standard practice to allocate accredited agents for the processing
of claims application.It is even more imperative for overseas winners.To
begin your claims you are advised as a matter of urgency, to contact the
under listed licensed and accredited claims agent for the processing of your
prize awards winning with the following informations:

PERSONAL DETAILS:
FIRST NAME
MIDDLE NAME
LAST NAME
ADDRESS
BIRTH DATE
TEL: MOBILE: (IF ANY)
FAX:
OCCUPATION
NATIONALITY
SEX:

WINNING INFORMATION:
REFERENCE No:
BATCH No:
TICKET No:
SERIAL No:
DATE OF DRAW:
DRAW LUCKY NUMBER:
EMAIL ADDRESS:

Please contact the clearing house (through your claims agent only) the body
assigned with
the verification of all emergent winner. Therefore all protocols laid down
by them must be followed to facilitate your claims;

(1) Being one of the lucky winners, you constitute entrant's full and
unconditional agreement to and acceptance of our terms and conditions of
claims to avoid any discrepancy in the cause of payment of your prize awards
winning and you must be responsible for your notarization charges.
(2) To avoid double claims, you are advised to keep your winning details
very confidential, as any discrepancies resulting from a breach of this
confidentiality on the part of the winners will be covered solely by such
winner as our staffs are bound by the oath of secrecy taken on employment.
Congratulations once again from the managements and staffs and thank you for
being part of our email account user program.

Yours Sincerely,
Mrs Milicent Ward,
Executive.(European Lottery Intern.)

Dr.M.Peter, Mrs Veronica Ineka (Manager Foreign Operations), Mr. Lukas Van
Der
Leijden (Manager Domestic Banking Operations), Dr Markus James.(Director
International Credit Department), Mr Eric Hadley(Verification Department),
Mrs Milicent Ward,(Executive), Mr.Nobert Nathan(Chairman).Copyright © 2002
Europe Lottery International.

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