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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:
  • "claims office" (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.
  • +447045769751 (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.
  • claimsdept_112@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: claimsdept_112@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:08:33 -0500
Subject: REF NO: M154S/WL04.


EURO MILLIONS LOTTERY,
UNITED KINGDOM .

GAMBLING BOARD OF GREAT BRITAIN
LICENSED. ONLINE BALLOT LOTTERY
(Registration 70339411).
REGISTERED UNDER THE DATA PROTECTION ACT.

Watford , Head Office and Regional Centre Euro Millions,
Tolpits Lane , Watford , Herts,
WD18 9RN
REF NO: M154S/WL04.
MICRO (LOTTERY) CHIP NO: 9465021

PRIZE AND AWARD NOTIFICATION

Today, we announce the 10 lucky winners of the EURO MILLIONS MICROSOFT
MEGA JACKPOT LOTTO WINNINGS PROGRAMS held 31TH JANUARY 2008. Your
company or your personal e-mail address, attached to the Chip Number:
9465021,won in the sixth lottery category 006. Your email address has
brought you an unexpected luck, please read through this message
carefully. See names of winners below, you are at the sixth position of
ten, you are so lucky to be one.

WINNERS:
(1) Martin G. Handerson, (2) Julius Basil, (3) Northern Woods Jr.
(4)Michael Fiths L. (5) Kenneth Edger Andrea.(6) YOU, (7)Elizabert
A.Herrera, (8) Patricia Hints, (9) Lee Chung Smiths JR. (10)Rodriguez
Gonzalenz .

You are therefore been approved for lump sums pay out of =a3420,000.00
,FOUR HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND POUNDS. Equivalent to, ($784,993.19
USD). In cash Credited to file REF NO: M154S/WL04. And MICRO (LOTTERY)
CHIP NO: 9465021, you are the sixth lucky winner of the total winners of
10. You all won =a3420, thousand Pounds each.

All the 10 participants were selected through o ur Microsoft computer
ballot system (MCBS) drawn from each continent, as part of International
"E-MAIL" Promotions Program, to promote the use of ELECTRONIC MAILS
(E-MAILS) all over the World, and to promote the use of Microsoft
Office. Your funds (certified Cashiers cheque) have been insured with
the FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION, LONDON.Furthermore, payment
of your lottery winnings would be made to you either by Transfer or
Courier depending on you. With your REF NO: M154S/WL04. To claim your
winning prize (=a3420, thousand pounds), you must first, contact the
claims department by email for Processing and remittance of your prize
money to you.

The claims officer
Name : Mr Lewis Williams
E-mail : claimsdept_112@hotmail.com
Tel +44-704-576-9751

Sincerely,
Dolf De Witt(Mrs),
Euro Millions.
British Gaming Board.

NOTE: Do not reply this mail. You are to contact your claims officer
immediately by email,You can view evidence that we pay our winners via
the below stated link:
http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100-13519248,00.html



REPLY TO MR.LEWIS WILLIAMS:(claimsdept_112@hotmail.com)


Copyright =a9 2007 Euro Millions Inc

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