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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.
• 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.
  • +31628368203 (Netherlands, 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.
  • euolagency2@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: jerry@jerr.orangehome.co.uk
Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 17:53:25 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: FROM: Mrs. Julie Cruz,


FROM: Mrs. Julie Cruz,
EURO-PW LOTTERY ONLINE.
LOTTERY AND GAMING CORPORATION,
MONTH OF MAY EURO-PW LOTTERY ONLINE,
WINNING NUMBER: FLO-99/003/100
OUR DEAR WINNER,
YOU WON THE SUM OF (ONE MILLION EURO) FROM EURO-PW LOTTERY ONLINE AND GAMING CORPORATION. THE WINNING TICKET WAS SELECTED FROM A DATA BASE OF INTERNET E-MAIL USERS, FROM WHICH YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS CAME OUT AS THE WINNING COUPON.
WE THEREBY CONTACT YOU TO CLAIM YOUR WINNING AMOUNT QUICKLY AS THIS IS A MONTHLY LOTTERY. FAILURE TO CLAIM YOUR WIN WILL RESULT INTO THE REVERSION OF THE WINNING PRIZE TO OUR FOLLOWING MONTH LOTTERY. (EXPIRING DATE, 30TH OF MAY). PLEASE CONTACT OUR APPROVED AGENT FOR YOUR REGION WITH YOUR WINNING NUMBER.
EURO-PW LOTTERY ONLINE AGENCY.
MISS. Miss Voeman Barrow.
Mr. Peter Smith.
DIRECTOR OF WINNING CLAIMS DEPARTMENT.
TEL: 31-628-368-203
E-MAIL: euolagency2@aim.com
DUE TO MIX UP OF SOME NUMBERS AND NAMES, WE ASK THAT YOU KEEP YOUR WINNING INFORMATION CONFIDENTIAL UNTIL YOUR CLAIMS HAVE PROCESSED. THIS IS PART OF OUR SECURITY PROTOCOL TO AVOID DOUBLE CLAIMING AND UNWARRANTED ABUSE OF THIS PROGRAM BY SOME PARTICIPANT.
REGARDS,
FROM: Mrs. Julie Cruz,
DIRECTOR OF EURO-PW LOTTERY ONLINE.
LOTTOPW WARANDESTRAAT
564 2330 GK TURNHOUT HOLLAND.
WEBSITE: www.europw.com

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam