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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.
• 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.
  • europelottoclaimsdept@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Helen Branex <helenbranex_msg@live.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 07:35:34 -0500
Subject: EUROPE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY AWARD DEPARTMENT


AWARD DEPARTMENT!!INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/ PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.KROPAAR STRAAT 34, 1032LA, AMSTERDAM,THE NETHERLANDS We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Europe international Lottery Winners programs draws held in Netherlands onthe 19th -11- 2007. Your e-mail address has won you a lump sum of one million Euros in cash. this is from a total cash prize of five milion Euros that is to be shared among the five lucky winner's.
These are your identification numbers:

Batch number.....................YM 09102XNReff number.......................YM35447XNWinning number...................YM09788You are to contact the Claims processing manager manager on or before your date of Claim, Winners Shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Centre.Europe international Lottery Prize must be claimed no later than 20 days from date of Draw Notification after the Draw date in which Prize has won. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited.Dr James West ,Claims processing managerEUROPW LOTTO PLUS LOTTERYemail:europelottoclaimsdept@gmail.com Tel: 00 31 634 670 543 Fax 00 31 847 233 044Note that the lottery was based on free emailselection through microsoft computerballot sytem.These numbers fall within your Location file, you are requested to contact the Claims processing manager manager , send your winning identification numbers to him,to enable him verify your claims.How ever you will have to fill and submit this form to the events manager for verification & direction on how you can claim your winning fund.


1. Full name..............2. Contact Address........
3. Age....................4. Telephone Number.......5. Marital Status.........
6. Sex....................
7. Next Of Kin............
8. Zip Code...............9. Occupation.............
10.Company................
11.State:.................
12.Country................
13.Nationality............
14.Your Reference and Batch number at the top

Thank you and Accept my hearty congratulations once again Mrs Helen Branex.(online lottery cordinator)
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