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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • " lotto international " (no such lottery exists)
  • "national lottery promotion" (no such lottery exists)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fiduciary 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.
  • +447024073021 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +31
• 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.
  • info-@uk2.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Euro Asia" <asianeuro@uk2.net>
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 06:35:32 +0800
Subject:


EUROASIA NATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTIONS
SUBSIDIARY OF NATIONAL LOTTO
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT.THE NETHERLANDS
REF: NBM44125677 AND BATCH NO: 31/107/AY.

Euroasia National Lottery Promotions
Subsidiary of National Lottery.
Offices at:
1. Watford. England
Tolpits Lane, Watford, Herts,
WD18 9RN . UK.

2.Tilburg Netherlands Office:
Waasalstraat 7836
Ak 833, Tilburg,The Netherlands


Dear Client,

WINNING NOTIFICATION
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the online EuroAsia Lottery
promotion for the season. Your e-mail address attached to serial number
1109-67 drew lucky winning numbers 22-09-1002 which consequently won this
prize US$1.3Million in the European Zone 1 selection drawn to The
Netherlands considering proximity and serial numbering. We ask that you keep
your winning information confidential until your claims has been processed
and your money remitted, this is also the Company's security strategy to
avoid double claims and unwarranted abuse of this program.
Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
European, Asian and America- Websites, Hotels, Tourism and Shoppers list..
Please remember to quote your WINNING NUMBERS in all correspondence.
Furthermore, should there be any change of address or other important
information, do inform our agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:
Frank Colby (Netherlands Winning Coordinator)
EUROASIA LOTTERY PROMOTIONS INCORPORATED
Subsidiary of National Lotto NL
Tel: +31.642 743 249
Fax: +31. 847 551 998
UK Office: +44 702 407 3021
E.mail: info-@uk2.net
Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.
**********************Confidentiality and Privilege
Notice********************
Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified

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• What can you do when you receive 419 spam