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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "euro-afro-american lottery" (no such lottery exists)
  • "first national bank" (not involved with lotteries)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "from: the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "million united state dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
• 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.
  • +448704795015 (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.
  • omar2007@tsamail.co.za (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "info_5541@terra.es" <info_5541@terra.es>
Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 17:27:28 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION



FROM: THE DESK OF THE E-MAIL PROMOTIONS MANAGER INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PR=
IZE AWARD DEPARTMENT, EURO-AFRO-AMERICAN LOTTERY UNITED KINGDOM.22A Bexon C=
ourt, Nottingham NG4 ISQ Essex, United Kingdom. Customer Service: 580 NCA 8=
5914, TEL/FAX Line +44-870-479-5015=20

REFERENCE NO: EAASL-L/200-26937
BATCH NO: 2005SEPTL#22=20

Dear Valid Winner,

CONGRATULATIONS LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATION!!=20

We are happy to announce to you the draw of the Euro-Afro American Sweepsta=
ke Lottery International programs held on 21th of march 2007 in Essex Unite=
d Kingdom.=20
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: B956475604545 188 with! Seri=
al number 97560 drew the winning: 01/10/11/18/19/46, which subsequently won=
you the lottery in the 2nd category. You have therefore been approved to c=
laim a total sum of $1,000,000.USD, (One Million United State Dollars) in c=
ash credited to file KPC/9080118308/02.This is from a total cash prize of $=
180.932Million USD, shared amongst the first One Hundred (100) lucky winner=
s in this category world-wide.=20

Please note that your lucky winning numbers falls within our Afro booklet r=
epresentative office in Southern Africa as indicated in our play system. In=
view of this your $1,000,000.USD (One Million United State Dollars) would =
be released to you by First National Bank (FNB) of South Africa. Our corres=
ponded office/agent in Southern Africa will immediately commence the proces=
s to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact them. All =
participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through comput=
er draws system and extracted from over 15,000,00 companies. This promotion=
takes place annually. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your w=
inning Information confidential till your claims is processed and your mone=
y remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This=
is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarran=
ted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements. PLEASE BE WARNED. =
To file for your claim, contact our corresponding office/agent in South Afr=
ica immediately you read this message for quick and urgent release of your =
fund. See our agent contact informations in South Africa below:=20

Contact Person:Vincent Omar=20
Telephone line: +27- 73 3060666
E-mail: omar2007@tsamail.co.za=20

Please be informed that all winning must be claimed on or before 30 days up=
on the receipt, to avoid unnecessary delays and complications. Please quote=
your reference/batch numbers including your winning prize amount in any co=
rrespondences with our designated office/agents or us. Congratulations once=
more from all members and staffs of this program that have successfully wo=
n this competition and thank you for being part of our promotional lottery =
program. NOTE: Please, as soon as you are in contact with our Office/agent =
kindly keep us informed, and your fund must be released under our instructi=
on.=20


Sincerely Yours=20

Mr. Swarth A.Swarth=20
National Lottery=20
United Kingdom zonal Secretary General.=20

Mrs. Teresa Allan.=20
National Lottery=20
United Kingdom Zonal Co-coordinator.

=20





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