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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "euro-afro-american lottery"
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "fiduciary 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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +27839547495 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • josephchiloawa_2@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "euro afro" <euroafro_008@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 07:59:29 +0000
Subject: NOTIFICATION!!! YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS HAS WON A PROMOTION

From: Mrs. Alexandria Moore.
EURO-AFRO-AMERICAN LOTTERY
Headquarters: 32 LEDGERS WAY,
SOMMERSET, BA11 2UD LONDON,
UNITED KINGDOM.
Ref: EAASL/WPL3726/25
Batch: 2005/091/BK456

Dear Sir/Madam,


WINNING NOTIFICATIONS CONGRATULATIONS

We happily announce to you the draw of the Euro-Afro-American Sweepstake
Online Lottery International programs held in conjunction with the U.K
National Lottery on saturday, 24th December, 2005 here in London, United
Kingdom. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: B9564 75604545 188
with!

Serial number 97560 drew the winning numbers: 17,21,25,27,30,37 and Bonus
Ball(16) which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd Division.

All participants were selected randomly from world-wide internet users
through computer drawing system and extracted from over 10,000,000
personal/company email addresses.

You have therefore been approved for a payout of £600:000( Six Hundred
Thousand British Pounds Sterling) in cash credited to file
KPC/9080118308/02. This is the price for each of the lucky winners in this
category world-wide.

Please note that your lucky winning ticket falls within our African booklet
representative office in Africa as indicated in your play coupon. In view of
this, your £600:000:00 ( Six Hundred Thousand British Pounds Sterling) will
be released to you by our corresponding paying Bank as soon as your claim is
verified and approved by Our African fiduciary agent in South Africa. He
will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your
funds as soon as you contact him. His contact details are as follow;

MR.JOSEPH CHILOAWA
Tele:+27 83 954 7495
E-mail :josephchiloawa_2@yahoo.co.uk


This promotion takes place annually. For security reasons, you are advised
to keep your winning information confidential till your claim is processed
and your money remitted to your account. This is part of our precautionary
measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.
Please be warned. To file for your claim, please contact our African
correspondent in South Africa immediately with all
of the following information;

1.Your fullnames
2.Your home address
3.Your telephone and fax numbers
4.Your date of birth
5.Your sex/marital status and
6 Your Occupation/Nationality.
7.Your E-mail address and;
8.Forward your reference and batch numbers included in
this mail to him for the purpose of verification in
our system.

Please be informed that all winnings must be claimed within 30 days of this
notice. To avoid unnecessary delay and complications, please quote your
reference/batch numbers in any of your correspondence with our agents or us.
Yours Sincerely,

Mrs. Alexandria Moore.

United Kingdom Zonal Co-coordinator.
CONGRATULATIONS!!! £600:000 WINNER

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