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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "await your urgent response" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• 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 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.
  • euromillionloteria101@yahoo.es (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "EURO LOTERIA SPANISH AWARD" <pedro9450alart@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 11:32:34 -0500
Subject: Your Winning Number:REF: 67/8004884/IPDFROM

FROM THE DESK OF THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
EUROMILLIONES SPANISH LOTTERY
CALLE /VELENCIA SAN TORREJON N14 PLANTA 2-
A 28089 MADRID, SPAIN,
WEBSITE; http://euromillones.combinacionganadora.com/
REF: 67/8004884/IPD
BATCH: EMNS-541-653-792
NATIONAL E-MAIL LOTTO PRIZE AWARD.

Attn; Winner,
 
We are pleased to announce to you as one of the lucky winners in the
International E-mail Lottery draw held today in Spain.
 
All winning E-mail addresses were randomly selected from a batch of
100,000,000 international Emails from Internet Service Provider
Companies.
 
Your E-mail address emerged as a category "A"winner in this year's Lotto Draw.
Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of One Million Five Hundred Thousand Euros only (1,500,000.00 Euros).In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your reference number, batch numbers, and winning numbers in all correspondence with your claims officer.
 
For immediate release of your cash prize to you, please kindly contact your claim officer on this email.(euromillionloteria101@yahoo.es) The said sum is now deposited in our suspense account in your favour waiting for the immediate remittance to you by the payment bank, be informed that your winning prize has a hard cover insurance bond that makes it difficult to deduct a cent until the sum is finally credited to your designated account.
 
All the needful instructions has been put together for the release of the fund to you and have it in mind that it is very real and not a joke, its your e-mail address that won you this lottery prize during our professional award held in Spain through Internet service provider balloting lottery games.You can read more about the Irish woman who won millions of Euros on the BBC NEWS,
 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/4730113.stm
In view of the above you are advised to contact this office for further
instruction and subsequent release of your fund as due to mix up we do
not want to pay money into wrong accounts.
 
Please you have to fill the attached Payment processing form for
verification and processing of your winning and send it back to this office by email attachment or by fax.
 
In order to verify your winnings, we need your particulars for record
purposes, attached here is a copy of our verifications form, please fill accordingly so as to proceed with your winnings.
 
Once again congratulations from all the staff.
 
VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM
 
1. FULL NAMES:
2. ADDRESS:
3. SEX:
4. AGE:
5. MARITALSTATUS:
6. OCCUPATION:
7. E-MAIL ADDRESS:
8. TELEPHONE NUMBER:
9. MOBILE NUMBER:
10. REFERENCE NUMBER:
11. BATCH NUMBER
12.COUNTRY:
 
Upon receipt of the duly requested data, we will immediately commence
the verification and processing of your winning so that the payment bank can proceed with effecting the release of your claim in anyway you deem fit.
 
We await your urgent response as we look forward to congratulate you
personally, while we assure you of our professional assistance always.
 
Kind regards,
Mr.Pedro Anthony,
Email: euromillionloteria101@yahoo.es
Website: http://euromillones.combinacionganadora.com/
 
The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity
to whom or which it is addressed. Unauthorised use, disclosure or
copying is strictly prohibited. The sender accepts no liability for the
improper transmission of this communication nor for any delay in its receipt .
NOTE; PLEASE CONTACT YOUR CLAIM OFFICERS WITH THE BELOW EMAIL
(euromillionloteria101@yahoo.es)

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