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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "claim 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.
  • +447031943865 (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.
  • euroukinternationallottery@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Tina Kelly <eurouk001@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2007 10:36:52 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION FOR THE EIGHT LUCKY WINNERS OF OUR DEC.2007,
PROMOTIONAL DRAWS (EURO/UK INTERNA









FROM THE DESK OF MRS TINA KELLY
UK/EURO INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
MARINA OFFICES,
ST PETERS MARINA,
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE6 1HX.
LONDON UNITED KINGDOM





















Dear Eligeble Winner,

The Management of Uk/Euro International lottery wish to congratulate you over your e-mail success in our computer online balloting sweepstake held on 13Nov.2007,withour online winning numbers world wide.




WINNING NUMBERS






















This is a millennium scientific computer game in which online e-mail addresses were matched with our lucky winners e-mail addresses through the computer ballot system that won you in the 2nd category . This is a promotional program aimed at encouraging Internet users and to promote Aids awareness in united kingdom and worldwide.

Remember that you did not buy ticket to enter for it but you were approved to receive the star second category lump sum of £ 995,000.00 (Nine hundred and Ninety Five thousand pounds sterly only) from our ebus computer promotion held in England.

To claim your winning prize, you are to contact our AGENT in united kingdom for our correspondends banks world wide to receive your winning fund immediately.
The Validity period of the winnings is for 30 working days hence you are expected to make your claims immediately, any claim not made before this date will be returned to our head office.
The Federal and State law stipulate that you are to submit the winning cash control numbers 466209 and your winning numbers 8,12,29,36,42,49,Bonus 21
Contact your claim agent for more information


Prof. Emmanuel Benedict
Department of Banking & Finance65 South park AvenueUniversity of GlasgowGlasgow.G12 8LETEL: 44-7031943865
Email:euroukinternationallottery@yahoo.com


COMPLETE SPACES BELOW IMMEDIATELY FOR DUE PROCESSING
1.NAMES...2.HOME ADD..
3.SEX ....
4.AGE: ...5.TEL..
6.AMOUNT WON...
7.COUNTRY:
8.OCCUPATION....
9.CONTROL NUMBERS..

Please, be Warned!!!: Report any Fraudulent act ( i.e Two different people shearing the same E-mail address ) to
British international Lottery Board England.PLEASE REPORT IMMEDIATELY TO : CUSTOMERCARE/COMPLAINTS DEPT :
The National Lottery Commission,
2 Monck Street, London SW1P 2BQ.




Sincerely,
Mrs Tina Kelly , Dr Gibson IbrahimDisbursement Officer. (ADMIN MANAGER)

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