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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "clearance certificate" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. Never ever send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally. )
  • ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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: international award notification 2008 <europeanlottery@yahoo.es>
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:47:36 +0100
Subject: NOTIFICATION 2008 CONTACT YOUR AGENT FOR YOUR CLAIMS





Attn: Sir/Madam.

We are please to announce you as one of the 4 lucky winners in the *Euro M=
illones* *Lottery International* Email Address draw on the 21*th of Dec, 2=
007*, due to the mixture of names and address the result was released on t=
he 22th Feb, 2008. All 4 winning addresses were randomly selected from a b=
atch of 50,000,000 international email addresses. Your email address emerg=
ed alongside 3 other as a second category winner in the Euro Millones Lott=
ery Draw.=20

Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of *691=
860.24* (Six hundred and ninety-one thousand eight hundred sixty euros tw=
enty-fourcent) which is equivalent to *US$,941,255.00 **( Nine hundred and=
fourty-one* *thousand two hundred and fifty-five United States dollars on=
ly)*

The following particulars are attached to your lotto payment order:=20

*(I) Serial Batch No: 83200-0
(ii) Ticket No:01-4119=20
(iii) Winning No: 9-17-19- 41- 46 + 1- 8=20
(iv) Ref No: 089-15416124-211*

The Euro Millones Lottery Program internet draw is held once in a year and=
is so organized to encourage the use of the internet and computers worldw=
ide. We are proud to say that over 200 Million Euros are won annually in m=
ore than 150 countries worldwide.=20

To claim your winning prize you are to contact the appointed agent as soon=
as possible for the immediate release of your winnings:

*MR. MIGUEL PASCUAL .*=20

*Tel: 0034 697 200 735
E-mail:miguel =5Fpr o s egu r@ozu.es*

*N.B:Steps to claiming your prize;*

**1.Please quote your Reference number in all correspondence with the clai=
ms officer.=20

2. You must contact the appointed agent with your Full Names, Contact Tele=
phone Numbers (Home, Office and Mobile Number and also Fax Number) via ema=
il or following telephone number *0034 697 200 735 ,*to process the immedi=
ate payment of your prize.=20

3. Be informed that the appointed agent will be required to swear an Affid=
avits of Lotto Claim and also obtain Approval Le gal Clearance Certificate=
from the Court here in S pa i n which is in accordance with the European =
Union Financial Act 2004 on payment of International Lottery Winners.=20

Please be aware that the PAYING BANK will Effect Payment Swiftly upon sati=
sfactory Report, Verifications and validation provided by this fiduciary a=
gent.=20

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information con=
fidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you.

Once again congratulations!!!=20

Best regards,=20
Mrs. Amparo Blasco
Euro Milliones Lottery


=09
Schon geh=F6rt=3F Der neue WEB.DE MultiMessenger kann`s mit allen:=20
*http://www.produkte.web.de/messenger/=3Fdid=3D3016* [http://www.produkte.web.=
de/messenger/=3Fdid=3D3016]

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