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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:
  • "claim 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.
  • flyfish2@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Stephen Shore <flyfish2@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 20:27:23 +0100
Subject: USA DRAW


EURO MILLION CASH LOTTERY BOARD.
Queen Drive, USA
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD.
BATCH: LPD/163/86L6/SPNL.
REFERENCE: EUCASH893BSP/7349/89
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!
REF: EURO/USA MILLION CASH WINNING DRAW NO: 3; 7; 25; 45 and lucky Star Numbers 2, 8
We wish to inform you, the owner of this email profile that the result of Euro Cash Cyber draw for the month of September, 2006 had been released today 25th September, 2006. We are happy to inform you that your email which was among the promo ticket draw have own the cyber lottery. Ticket for the draw was sponsor by GREEN ECOLOGY FUNDS as funding grant for promoting and protecting the environmental properties around the World and your email was selected by this organisation randomly from profile millions of companies and individual email profiles from all the Asia environmental zones with support of 10,000 email hosting providers, All candidate selected where registered with serial ticket numbers as participating candidate for this draw .You email Identity which won was tag with ticket pool ball numbers pools from (3) (7) (17) (21) (25) (31) (36) (45) ( 50) and with stars number 1, 2, 7, 8, 9 from a total jackpot cash prize of ? 20,000,000.00, which you consequently won in the 6th Category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay of ?120,000.00 Euros (***** , ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND EUROS**** )
HOW TO MAKE CLAIMS:
All claims should be made through our agents, All you need to do to claim your prize is to visit their office with a this letters along with prove of identity bearing your name and face passport or send email with this winning email that you have won a Internet promo Fund grant with ticket number stated about with a Lottery Program files No: EH06/EU10/ES and winning number of 3; 7; 25; 45 Star Numbers 2, 8
Please contact subscriber agent with the following information for claim;
Office: SS.Finance
Address: Queen Drive, USA
TEL: 802.290.280
Email:flyfish2@hotmail.com
In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every correspondence with us or your claim agent. Send to your agent your telephone & Fax number, your full name and residential address. The processing of your payment will start immediately and your agent must send you fund processing form, which you must complete and return to them.
Furthermore, shall there be any change of address, please do inform your claim agent as soon as possible. A copy of your lucky Prize winning certificate and insurance will be sent to you by your claim agent prior to the transfer of your fund by our paying bank.
CONGRATULATION!!! Once again from all members of our staff and thank you for being a part of our International promotions program.
Director of Operation
Julio Koch
Euro Millions-Cash Central Information
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