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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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")
  • "very confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
  • "you are advise to" (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 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.
  • omegafinance01@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Wesley Weaver" <WEAVERW@cortland.edu>
Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2007 04:02:25 -0500
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!! YOUR E-MAIL EMARGED AS A WINNER IN THIS LOTTERY PROMO

SPANISH INTERNATIONAL AWARD

EURO MILLONES ESPAÑOL S.L.
Pol.Lasao, Area Anardi
155, 28090 Madrid. Spain Branch.


Ref. NO: EMES/WIN/007/05/10/MB
Batch. NO: EULO/2707/444/908/08.

Euro Millones Español happily announce to the
beneficiary of this e-mail account the draw
of the EURO MILLONES INTERNATIONAL E-LOTTERY program
held 9th NOVERMBER, 2007. Your e-mail
account attached to ticket number 01-1974 drew the
winning numbers: 07-19-26-49-50 with
star number (7-5) bonus ball which subsequently won
you as the e-mail beneficiary in
1st category.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum
of EUR 950,000:00.(NINE HUNDRED AND FIFTY
THOUSAND EUROS) in cash credited to Ref. NO:
EMES/WIN/007/05/10/MB and Batch. NO:
EULO/2707/444/908/08.

This program was creat to promote and encourage the
use of internet free communications all
over the world. Please note that your lucky winning
number falls within our international
promotion booklet as indicated in the play coupon. In
view of this, your EUR 950,000:00.
(NINE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND EUROS) will be
process for claim to you by our register
claim agent WRIGHT SECURITY SERVICE

Meanwhile, our agent will immediately commence the
process to facilitate the release of
your winning prize as soon as your contact is receive
by them. For security reasons, you
are advise to keep your winning informations very
CONFIDENTIAL until your claim is
processed and your email winning prize remitted to
you. This is part of our precautionary
measures to avoid double claiming and unwarranted
abuse of this program by those you might
reveal your winning notice to, please be warn.

To claim your email winning prize as the bona fide
beneficiary, please send email with your
contact and winning informations to our register claim
agent below:

OMEGA FINANCIAL SERVICES
MR TOM WALTER
Avenida de Cid 51 VALENCIA, SPAIN
E.mail: <http://uk.f234.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=omegafinance01@yahoo.com&YY=42779&y5beta=yes&y5beta=yes&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=b> omegafinance01@yahoo.com <mailto:omegafinance01@yahoo.com>


Remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in
all correspondence with your claim agent.

Once again congratulations from EURO MILLONES ESPAÑOL
S.L.
Good luck,
SR. ALVARO
GARCIA SOLANA.
Online co-ordinator for EURO MILLONES ESPAÑOL S.L.,
Sweepstakes International Program.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam