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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:

• The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "euro-afro-american-sweepstake lottery" (no such lottery exists)
  • "first national bank" (not involved with lotteries)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• 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!

Fraud email example:

From: Edward Hans <euro-afro-4@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <euroafro@live.co.za>
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 23:36:34 +0900
Subject: EURO/AFRO LOTTERY BONANZA !







From: Mr. Edward Hans.
Euro-Afro-American-Sweepstake Lottery
Headquarters: 1a, Bexon Court CarltonNottingham shire Nottingham NG4 1SQ EssexUnited KingdomCustomer Service: 580 NCA 85914
Ref: EAASL/941OYI/08Batch: 12/27/Du34/08
www.lottery.co.uk








CONGRATULATIONS!!!




Attn Winner,

We are happy to announce to you the draw of the Euro-Afro- American Sweepstake Lottery International programs held three days ago in Essex United Kingdom. Your E-mail address attired to ticket number: B7773 645034654 664 with! Serial number 86432 drew the winning numbers: 5/11/13/18/25 PLUS BONUS 7



Which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category? You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £2,020.000.00 GBP (Two Million Twenty Thousand Pounds Sterling) in cash credited to file KSDC /9060118408/07. This is from a total cash prize of £105,060.000.00 GBP (One Hundred And Five Million Sixty Thousand Pounds Sterling) shared amongst the first One Hundred And Three (103) lucky winners in this category world-wide Europe Africa Asia America.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our Africa booklet representative office in South Africa as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your £2,020.000.00 GBP (Two Million Twenty Thousand Pounds Sterling) would be released to you by The First National Bank Of South Africa.

Our Africa Agent in South Africa will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him. All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Yahoo/Hotmail on line Web site through computer draws system and extracted from over 63, 000,00 companies.

This promotion takes place annually. 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.

This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements.

Please be warned. To file for your claim, please Contact our corresponding Agent in south Africa immediately you read this message for quick and urgent release of your fund, contact information is as follow: -

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Barr. Nuel Trevor (Esq.) lottery agent
Zodiac House Promotion Company, P.O. Box 1820Auckland Park, Johannesburg, South AfricaE-MAIL: euroafro@live.co.za

Tel: 00 27 73 715 4522
Fax: 00 27 86 606 6625
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FILL THIS VERIFICATION FORM AND SEND IT BACK TO YOUR LOTTERY AGENT
DETAILS OF BENEFICIARY
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Name (Surname First):................................
Address:........................................................... Country:.............................................................
Occupation:........................................................
Marital Status:..................................................
Age:.....................................................................
Telephone:..........................................................
Ticket Number:.................................................
Serial Number:..............................................
Winning Number:........................................
Bonus Number:........................................

Please be informed that all winning must be claimed on or before 31 January 2008. To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your reference/batch numbers in any correspondences with our designated agents or us.

Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program that has successfully won this competition. Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.

Sincerely,

Mr. Edward Hans,
United Kingdom Zonal Co-coordinator.

Mrs. Anna Greenwell. United Kingdom zonal Secretary General.Thank you for your Co-operation



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