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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.
  • +34636601762 (Spain, 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.
  • euroclaimcente@mixmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • euroclaimcente@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "angesanc@terra.es" <angesanc@terra.es>
Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2007 16:42:49 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: Congratulations on your award!!!


Congratulations on your award!!!
EUROMILIONES ESPANA INTL.
MADRID, SPAIN.

TICKET NO: ML/56894/180/70.
FILE REF NUMBERS: ZB/451/28798372/MK.

!!!CONGRATULATIONS YOU ARE A WINNER!

The Board of Directors, members of staff and the International Promotion Department of the EUROMILIONES INTL, wishes to congratulate you on your success as one of the SIX LUCKY STAR PRIZE WINNER of 514,292.28 euros (Five hundred and fourteen thousand, two hundred and ninety two euros, twenty eight cents only) of the EUROMILIONES lotto International Promotion (ELP) that was held on the 2nd of February 2007, in Spain. The late release of this result was due to difficulties encountered in sorting out mixed up numbers and email addresses.

The selection process was carried out through a random selection in our computerized email selection system from a database of over 950,000 individual and companies E-mail addresses drawn from all the continents of the world which your email, was among the first SIX (6) lucky winners. Your email address was attached to Lucky Number (14/23-27-30-36), Your Reference number: ZB/451/28798372/MK, ticket No: ML/56894/180/70 and Lotto code number: ESP21584MAD.

Most recently the foundation set up the NEW HOPE LOTTERY to give out prizes based on the computer balloting system (THEREFORE YOU DO NOT NEED TO BUY A TICKET TO ENTER FOR IT.YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS WAS RANDOMLY SELECTED AS A WINNER). Please, note that you the beneficiary will be require to obtained a vetting approval document of your lucky WINNING EMAIL ADDRESSE to your FULL NAMES, before your winning prize can be transferred to your designated account of your choice.

To immediately claim your prize, contact the claim/paying agent on the telephone number & email below with your full names and address, Country, Contact telephone numbers, mobile, fax number, occupation and your Lucky numbers and Reference number

EURO CLAIM CENTRE
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CONTACT PERSON. (MR. ADAMS FERNANDO)
MADRID, SPAIN.
TEL: 0034-636-601-762.
CONTACT E-MAIL: euroclaimcente@mixmail.com OR euroclaimcente@aim.com

The above claim/paying agent will assist you in the processing and remittance of your winning prize to you. Also note that you are to contact and process your winning prize not later than one week, after this date if you do not contact and process your winning prize, all funds will be returned to the MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA Y HACIENDA as unclaimed

All information’s have to be kept out of public until your winning prize has been processed and transferred to your designated account of your choice; this is to avoid double claim and unwarranted abuse of the programme by some participants.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Angel Sanchez Canovas.
Online co-ordinator.
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This e-mail transmission contains information that is confidential and may be privileged. It is intended only for the addressee(s) named above.
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