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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 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.
  • +34666104587 (Spain, 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.
  • ninapr@web.de (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • microsecuritco@mixmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: ninapr@web.de
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 16:21:02 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-15?Q?FW:_CONGRATULATIONS_YOUR_E-MAIL_ID_HAS_WON_YOU_A_PRIZE?=
=?iso-8859-15?Q?...CONTACT_YOUR_CLAIM_AGENT_IMMEDIATELY.?=





here is the e-mail i got today. thanks a lot for your page in the internet! i found it through google and i hope these people will get punished somehow...

yours, k. prvulovic



*Von:* EURO MILLIONES AWARD PRIZE <EUROMILLIONESLOTTERIA@WALLA.COM>
*Gesendet:* 10.01.07 01:23:44
*An:* ninapr <NINAPR@WEB.DE>
*Betreff:* CONGRATULATIONS YOUR E-MAIL ID HAS WON YOU A PRIZE...CONTACT YOUR CLAIM AGENT IMMEDIATELY.

EURO MILLIONES ESPANA.
AWARD/PROMOTIONAL DEPARTMENT
MADRID, SPAIN.

EMAIL-LOTTERY AWARD PROMOTIONAL PROGRAMME

We are pleased to inform you that your EMAIL ADDRESS has been selected as one of the 10 lucky winners in the email lottery programme conducted by the EURO MILLIONES on the 4th of Oct,2006. The late release of this result was due to difficulties encountered in sorting out mixed up numbers and email addresses.All 10 winning addresses was randomly selected from a batch of 500,000,000 international emails. Your email address emerged alongside with 10 others as a Numeros "5 " winner in this year's euro millions award Draw.
HOW WAS THE SCELETION DONE?

Most recently the foundation set up the NEW HOPE LOTTERY to give out prizes based on the computer balloting system (THEREFORE YOU DO NOT NEED TO BUY A TICKET TO ENTER FOR IT).YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS WAS RANDOMLY SELECTED AS A WINNER). As a Numeros "5 " winner, your lucky email addresse was selected by the email computer balloting device, where only email addresses are soughted,from a total number of 500,000,000 international email addresses drawn from all over the global, only ten emerged in this category.

Your winning email address has therefore been approved a lump sum payout of
¤ 615,810.00 (SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND TEN EUROS ONLY.) in cash credited to file REF.NO: DU/04678/KE. This is from a total cash prize of EUROS ¤10,468,770.00 (TEN MILLION, FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-EIGHT THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY EUROS ONLY.) shared among the 10 international winners in numeros “5. Below are the particulars attached to your LUCKY WINNING EMAIL .

(i)the file Ref number: DU/04678/KE
(ii)result winning numbers:8-16-19-43-45-1-4
(iii)batch number:754/22/76
(iiii)serial Number: EU/ML89456/ES
To immediately claim your prize,contact the Reg,claim/paying agent on the telephone number below.

(EURO MILLIONES MICRO CLAIM DEPARTMENT AGENCY S.L.)
===================================================
(Mr.PACO CASTRO)
MICRO SECURITY CO.CLAIM AGENT.
HEAD OFFICE CALLE/ SANTANDER 2A ( 28972).
MADRID, SPAIN.
TEL:0034-666 104 587
E-MAIL:microsecuritco@mixmail.com
The above claim agent will assist you in the processing and remittance of your winning prize
(funds) to you. Also note that you are to contact and process your winning prize not later than
12 working days, After this date if you do not contact and process your winning prize, all
funds will be returned to the MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA Y HACIENDA as unclaimed.

N.B:Terms and conditions to claim your prize:
**********************************************
1.Please quote your Reference number,your full name and address,Country, Telephone,mobile,fax
number and occupation to your claim agent.

2.Please, note that you will be require to obtained a vetting approval document of your lucky.
WINNING EMAIL ADDRESS to your real NAME before your winning prize can be transferred to your designated account of your choice, by your claim agent above.
Once again on behalf of all our staff,CONGRATULATIONS!!!.This promotion programm is sponsored by EURO MILLIONES TO ENCOURAGE THE USE OF INTERNET. All winning informations have to be kept out of
Public Notice until your winning prize has been processed and transfered to your designated bank account ,this is to avoid double claim and unwarranted abuse of the programme by some participants.

Sincerely,
Maria Jose.
Promotions Manager
Euro Milliones
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This e-mail transmission contains information that is confidential and may be privileged.It is
intended only for the addresses(s) named above.
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REPLY TO: microsecuritco@mixmail.com





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