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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:
  • "barr." (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!
• 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.
  • +448704796230 (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.
  • ukafrocustomercare999@hotmail.co.uk
  • davidmorris11@hotmail.com
  • davidmorris12@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "uk afro" <ukafro_12@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 09:33:54 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS''CONFIRM YOU'R WINNING

EURO-AFRO-AMERICAN-SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY
P O BOX 1010
LIVERPOOL, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
EMAIL:ukafrocustomercare999@hotmail.co.uk
Tel:+44 -703 18 0715
Fax:+44-870 479 6230
Dear Winner,

CONGRATULATIONS WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the draw of the Euro-Afro- American Sweepstake
Lottery International programs held on the 4th August 2006 in Essex United
Kingdom. Your e-mail address attired to ticket number: B9564 75604545 188
with! Serial number 97560 drew the winning:5/8/9/18/41/47/Bonus Ball: 49
which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £910,000.00(Nine
Hundred and Ten Thousand British Pounds) in cash credited to file
KPC/9080118308/02.This is from a total cash prize of £3,795,094.00 Million
Pounds , shared amongst the first One Hundred
and thirty (130) lucky winners in this category world-wide.

Please not! e that your lucky winning number falls within our Afro booklet
representative office in Africa as indicated in your play coupon. In view of
this, your GB £910,000.00 (Nine Hundred and Ten Thousand British Pounds)
would be released to you by Absa 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 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 claims 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!!!: Fraudulent emails are circulating that appear to be
using National Lottery addresses, but are not from The National Lottery.
PLEASE REPORT IMMEDIATELY TO :
CUSTOMERCARE/COMPLAINTS DEPT :
E-MAIL:ukafrocustomercare999@hotmail.co.uk

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 is as follow: -

Barr. DAVID MORRIS & Associates. ( Esq.
Solicitors, Conveyancers & Notary Public
E-mail: davidmorris11@hotmail.com
Email: davidmorris12@hotmail.com
Tel : + 27- 73-157-8933
7th Floor, Malt House
909 kozt Street Cnr Essence
Johannesburg, 2001
Post Address P.O.Box 1555
3101

Please be informed that all winning must be claimed on or before 30 february
2007. 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 members and staffs of this program that
has successfully won this competition. Thank you for being part of our
promotional lottery program.
Sincerely,
Mr.William Hill
United Kingdom Zonal Co-coordinator.
Mrs. Teresa Allan.
United Kingdom zonal Secretary General.
Thank you for your Co-operation


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