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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.
  • +34660689879 (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.
  • santalucespana@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • santaluciaespana@excite.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Precious Savimbi <precious_savimbi@web.de>
Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2007 18:42:45 +0200
Subject: {Disarmed} FINAL WINNING NOTIFICATION 2007




EURO MILLION AWARD
OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
REF: EMLA/61-ILGI0509/45
BATCH:EMLA/15/096/WRCS
RE: WINNING FINAL NOTIFICATION:

TO WINNERS IN OUR PROGRAM

We wish to congratulate you over your success in our computer balloting sweepstake held on 6th. May. 2007.

This is a millennium scientific computer game in which email addresses were used. It is a promotional program aimed at encouraging internet users; therefore you do not need to buy ticket to enter for the game. However, your
email address was attached to ticket number: 213440056545 168 with Serial number
4188/05drew the lucky numbers:4 9 22 24 30 41 20 which subsequently won
you the lottery in the 2nd category.You have
therefore been approved to claim a total sum of 500,000.00 Euro(Five
Hundred
Thousand Euro) in cash credited to file KPC/9087533308/03.This is from
a total cash
prize of Five Million Euro(5 million Euro), shared amongst the first
Tenth (10th)lucky winners in this category.

Note that this program was largely promoted and sponsored by a group of philanthropist, industrialists from the internet ware industry and some other big multinational firms who wish to be anonymous.

You may wish to establish contact via e-mail with the particulars presented below citing the batch and reference numbers to this letter. Telephone lines are open between the hours of 8.00am - 7.30pm on Monday through Friday
DR PETER JAMES
Santa Lucia Security Company. Spain.
Email: santalucespana@netscape.net [mailto:santalucespana@netscape.net]
santaluciaespana@excite.com [mailto:santaluciaespana@excite.com]
Telephone: 0034-660 689 879
Providing him with the information stated below:
·FIRST NAME:___________
·LAST NAME:____________
·GENDER:_______________
·MARITAL STATUS:_______
·YOUR AGE:_____________
·OCCUPATION:___________
.ANNUAL INCOME:________
·CITY & STATE:_________
·COUNTRY:______________
·ZIPCODE:______________
·EMAIL:________________
·CELL PHONE:___________
·HOME/WORK PHONE:______
·BATCH NUMBER:_________
·LUCKY NUMBERS:________
·TICKET NUMBER:________
.SERIAL NO:____________
·AMOUNT WON:___________
·MODE OF COLLECTION:___
Our winners are assured of the utmost standards of confidentiality, and press anonymity until the end of proceedings, and beyond where they so desire. Be further advised to maintain the strictest level of confidentiality until the end of proceedings to circumvent problems associated with fraudulent cliams.
CONGRATULATIONS !!!
To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your
reference/batchnumbers in any correspondences with us or our designated
agent.
Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program.
Yours Sincerely,
Wilfred Miguel
Lottery Director.
Our winners are assured of the utmost standards of confidentiality, and
press anonymity until the end of proceedings, and beyond where they so
desire. Be further advised to maintain the strictest level of
confidentiality until the end of proceedings to circumvent problems
associated with fraudulent claims.This is part of our precautionary
measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Copyright © 1994-2007 The Euro Million International Lottery Inc.
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