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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:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• 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.
  • +447024074994 (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.
  • euronationallo@aol.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: MR
Reply-To: euronationallo@aol.co.uk
Date: Sun, 01 Jul 2007 20:39:05 +0400
Subject: AWARDWINNING NOTIFICATION:


EURO NATIONAL LOTTERIES
P O Box 1010
ISLE OF MAN, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
AWARDWINNING NOTIFICATION:
We happily announce to you the draw (#1001) of the EURO NATIONAL
LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held on Wednesday 19TH July =
2006 and
were officially announce today 21st June,2007.Your e-mail address attached
to ticket number: 56475600545188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky
numbers:10-12-13-17-31-37(bonus ball no.44), which subsequently won you
the lottery in the 2nd category i.e. July 19th.You have therefore been
approved to claim a total sum of R,300,000.00( Three hundred thousand pounds
starlings)cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/06.
This is from a total cash prize of R2,400,000.00 shared amongst the
first two (2) jackpot lucky winners in this category i.e. July, 19TH. All
participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide =
Web sites
through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions,
associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online which are America, =
Africa,
Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East, and Oceania.
This promotion takes place weekly. Please note that your lucky winning
number falls within our Europe booklet representative office in Europe as
indicated in your play coupon. In view of this wining claim, you have =
therefore been
approved to claim a total sum ofR300, 000 (Three Hundred Thousand Pounds =
Starling) which would be released to you by any of our payment offices in =
Europe.
Our Europe agents will immediately commence the process to facilitate the
release of your funds as soon as you contact them.
Please be warned : 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. For your =
prize
wining claims kindly contact our claims agent with the following details =
below
to expedite the processing of your prize winning. Please also be informed =
that
your should claim your wining amount on or before 21st of July, 2007
to avoid to cancellation of your wining amount.
Please contact our claims agent with the listed details below:
1. Full name and address.
2. Country of Residence
3. Tel and fax number.
4. Wining Amount:
5. Prize wining details such as: Reference / batch numbers.
This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned. To file for your claim,
please contact our CLAIM agent:

MR, JOHN COLE
Email @: euronationallo@aol.co.uk
PHONE: +44 702-407-4994
FAX : +44 440 398-7479
For further clarification/verification of your claims, Please call any
of the phone numbers of our claim agent stated in this notification e-mail.
Good luck and congratulation from all members of staff of the EURO
NATIONAL LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Susan Dickson.
Online coordinator for EURO 2007 NATIONAL LOTTERY

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