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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-sweepstake lottery"
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• 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!
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • +27735060718 (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.
  • afro_euro_lott@yahoo.co.uk
  • maadams@webmail.co.za (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Euro Afro American Lottery" <afroeurolott_18@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2007 09:20:07 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS/YOU HAVE WON A PRIZE

Euro-Afro-American-Sweepstake Lottery
Headquarters: 1a, Bexon Court Carlton
Nottingham shire Nottingham NG4 1SQ Essex
United Kingdom
Customer Service: 580 NCA 85914
Ref: EAASL/015-41OYI/06
Batch: 18/009/UK34
TEL:+0044-7031861479 OR
+0044-7031861525
E-mail: afro_euro_lott@yahoo.co.uk


CONGRATULATIONS
Attn: Lucky Winner,

We happily announce to you the draw of the Euro-Afro- American Sweepstake
Lottery International programs held on 30 August 2006 in Essex United
Kingdom. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: B9564 75604545 188
with! Serial number 97560 drew the winning: 02/06/18/36/37/44/Bonus Ball:
19/ Which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category. You have
therefore been approved to claim a total sum of US$820,000.00(Eighty Hundred
and Twenty Thousand United States Dollars) in cash credited to file
KPC/9080118308/02.

This is from a total cash prize of US $106,600, 000, 00 Million dollars,
shared amongst the first One Hundred and thirty (130) lucky winners in this
category world-wide.

Please note. that your lucky winning numbers, falls within our Afro booklet
representative office in Africa as indicated in your play coupon. In view of
this, your US$820,000.00 (Eight Hundred and Twenty Thousand United States
Dollars) would be released to you by Ned Bank of South Africa.

Our African agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the
release of your funds as soon as you contact him. All participants were
selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer ballot draws
system and extracted from over 10 ,000,00 companies.

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 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. Please be
warned. To file for your claim, please! Contact our corresponding agent in
South Africa immediately you read this message for quick and urgent release
of your fund, contact information are:-

Barrister Mark Adams
Solicitors, Conveyance & Notary Public
E-mail:maadams@webmail.co.za
Tele: +27-73-506-0718

Please be informed that you must contact your claim agent in Africa for
immediate processing and remittance of your winning fund from the payment
bank in Africa.To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote
your reference/batch numbers in any correspondences with our designated
agents or us.

Congratulations once more from all our staff.

Thanks for being part of the Program

Mr.Alexender Davies,
Secretary General,
United Kingdom Zonal Co-coordinator.
Euro-Afro-American-Sweepstake Lottery
Headquarters: 1a, Bexon Court Carlton
Nottingham shire Nottingham NG4 1SQ Essex
United Kingdom

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