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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:
  • "from: the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "million us 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)
• 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 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.
  • frankjames90@yahoo.co.jp (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: frank james <frankjames20032001@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: frankjames90@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 06:28:38 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Lottery Winning.Notification...................................URGENT REPLY,


HEAD OFFICE
EURO-AFRO SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY NL.
BURDENSTREET 21B
1053 DS AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS.
FROM: THE DESK OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
REF:HWS/2002292201/07
BATCH: 19/206/JJS.

Notification of E-mail Promotion Program Lottery Winning.

Dear Winner,Happy New Year and Congratulations .We are pleased to inform you about the release of the EURO-AFRO SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS held on the 5th of January 2007,your email address attached to ticket number: 677-4834490301 with serial number 6599/06 drew the lucky
numbers :17,19,29,36,45,05,06, Which consequently won the lottery in the 2nd category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of USD$1MILLION in cash credited to file HWS/2001183308/07.

This is from a total cash prize of USD$10 MILLION shared among the ten international lucky winners in this category. Furthermore, your lucky winning number falls within our African booklet representative office in, ACCRA, GHANA as indicated in your play coupon. This is an irish woman

who won (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4730113.stm).

In view of this, your USD$1,000,000.00 (ONE MILLION US Dollars) would be released to you by our banker, BARCLAY'S BANK . Your Fund has been therefore deposited with Our banker in your name from where it would be released to you via BARCLAY'S ATM CARD. Due to the mixed up of some numbers and
names, we ask that you keep this a top secret from the
public notice until your claim h as been processed and your ATM CARD activated and delivered to you as this is part of the security protocols to avoid double claiming or unwarranted taking advantage of this programs by
participants.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 25,000 company email Addresses and 30,000,000 individual email addresses from Australia, New Zealand, America, Europe, North America and Asia as part of International Promotions Program, which is conducted annually. To
begin your claim, you should first acknowledge receipt of
this notification through the below email address by filling in VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM below:

1. Full name and address:__________________________________________
2. Country of Residence:___________________________________________
3. Tel and fax number:_____________________________________________
4. Occupation:___________________________________________ _________
5. Age/Sex:______________________________________________________
6. Marital Status:__________________________________________________
7. Ref. No:_______________________________________________________
8. Batch No:______________________________________________________
9. Serial No:______________________________________________________
10. Ticket No:_____________________________________________________
11. Lucky No:_____________________________________________________
12. Amount Won:__________________________________________________
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Be rest assured all information given is held in confidence by members of our staff at all times, where you want your card delivered to you,while replying this notification. As soon as you confirm receipt of this notification, you shall be advised /directed on how to contact the paying bank
for processing and act ivation of your card to your provided address.

Remember, all winning must be claim not later than a month of notification ,AFTER THIS DATE ALL IS RETURNED AS UNCLAIMED.NOTE BEFORE:

In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote Your reference and batch numbers in every us as soon as possible. correspondence.Furthermore, should there be any change of address, do inform

PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE THIS MAIL BY SENDING IN YOUR REPLY VIA frankjames90@yahoo.co.jp) this is for better service. Congratulations again from all members of our staff and thank you for being part of our
promotion program.
Sincerely Yours,
FRANK JAMES
MANAGING DIRECTOR
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION
PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
Note: Most winners normally view their winning numbers online.(
http://www.nat ional-lottery.com/resultseuro.asp )

Copyright (C) 1991-2007 EURO-AFRO Sweepstake Lottery NL Commission
All rights reserved.




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