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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:
  • "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.
  • +447045704313 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • alphainvest@excite.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "eupromotion@terra.es" <eupromotion@terra.es>
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 23:22:37 +0100 (MET)
Subject: YOUR AWARD PRIZE



EUROPEAN COMPUTER BALLOT SYSTEM LOTTERY.
PEACE PALACE HEADQUARTERS,
HAGUE, NETHERLANDS.

FROM: THE DESK OF THE EUROPEAN PROMOTION MANAGER
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF: ECBSL/07/7768760/NL

AWARD NOTIFICATION: FINAL NOTICE

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today as dated 27th January 2007, of winners of the EUROPEAN COMPUTER BALLOT SYSTEM LOTTERY/ INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM held on 23th JANUARY, 2007 in Netherlands. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number ECBS101/05/72, European Computer Ballot System Lottery code number:ECBS30040NL drew the lucky numbers 10-20-50-20-10, and consequently your email address has won in the 2nd category. Note that No tickets were sold, all participants in this lottery program were randomly selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 50,000 email addresses of individuals and companies from major search engines and web sites in the internet across the world. This promotional program takes place monthly and it is promoted and sponsored by eminent personalities and Corporate Organisations, most particular the Sultan of Brunei and Microsoft chief executive Mr Bill Gate. This is to encourage the usage of the world wide web via the internet with computers worldwide. It is a programme designed to also support the less privileged in the world. Note that all winners will donate 1% of your prize winnings to support this humanitarian programme, this is bounding on you if you do not decline to this award notification.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of €2,000,000.00 EURO(TWO MILLION EUROS ONLY) in cash credited to file REF NO. ECBSL/07/7768760/NL This is from total prize monies of €30,000,000.00 EURO (THIRTY MILLION EUROS ONLY) shared amongst the fifteen international winners in your category, the second (2nd) category.

Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this your winning notification to yourself until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to you by our appointed agent, this is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program. To begin your claim of award prize, please contact our fiduciary Agent below:

CONTACT OFFICER: MR HARTY LES.
CLAIMS OFFICER: ALPHA INVESTMENT SERVICES.
DEPARTMENT OF CLAIMS.
COLDHARBOUR LANE
HAYES MIDDLESEX
UB3 3HH UNITED KINGDOM
TEL:+447045704313. (24HRS SERVICE)
FAX:+448712640560.
EMAIL: alphainvest@excite.com


For due processing and remittance of your prize winning to a designated account of your choice. Remember, you must contact your claims officer not later than one week from the receipt of this mail. After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed. All correspondences to HARTY LES by email should have this email sent along with it and also your email address to which this email is sent,should be clearly and boldly written in your response, indicating your winning numbers.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference number in all your correspondences with our agent. Furthermore,should there be any change of your address, do inform your claims officer as soon as possible.

Do accept our congratulations again for this exceptional luck in our email balloting system promo from all our staff. we hope that you keep promoting charitable works with your prize money after payment of the 1% due to humanitarian support. We shall expect you to attend the mid year conference by July for all winners in our promotion.

Sincerely,

MRS.EMILY HUGHES
PROMOTIONS MANAGER.



PLEASE ACCEPT OUR CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN, DO NOT REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE. IT IS ONLY A MACHINE AWARD MAILING SYSTEM FOR WINNERS IN ALL CATEGORY. YOU ARE ONLY TO NOTIFY OUR OFFICE WHEN YOU HAVE CLAIMED YOUR AWARD PRIZE, THIS WILL ENABLE US ENLIST YOUR NAME FOR THE GRAND CONFERENCE MID YEAR.










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