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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 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.
  • +447045772541 (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.
  • foxx.benjamin@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Euro-Millions Online" <online.euromillions2@googlemail.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:39:14 +0100
Subject: Access Confirmation From Euro Millions


From: Euro Millions Online
To: Winning E-mail ID
Subject: Email ID Winners
Date: 30-06-08

Euro Millions Lottery SPE
2011 Zaventem, Belgium
Euro Millions are Affiliate of Belgium National Lottery (BNL).

Sir/Madam,

CONGRATULATIONS:

Draw [#1181] of Euro Millions Online International Programme held on
Wednesday 18th February, 2008 is happily announced to you. This Draw is our
End/New Year Bonus to all internet users World Wide. Your e-mail address was
attached to the below details;

Ticket Number: 56475600545 188
Serial Number 5368/02
Lucky Numbers: 08-11-17-30-32-41 Bonus-47

This subsequently won you the lottery in the 1st category. You have
therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £1,263,584 (One Million, Two
Hundred And Sixty-Three Thousand, Five Hundred And Eighty-Four Pounds
Sterling Only) / $2,528, 389.29 In Cash/Cheque credited to; File
KTU/9023118308/08.

This is from a total cash prize of £15,927,168 shared amongst lucky winners
in this category. All participants for the online version were selected
randomly from a World Wide Web sites through a computer draw system and
extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that
are listed online.

This promotion takes place periodically. Please note that your lucky winning
numbers falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as
indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your £1,263,584 would be
released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe . Our Agent will
immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as
soon as you contact him. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your
winning information confidential till your claim 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. Please be warned. To file for your claim, please
kindly provide the below required information's to our Agent office (Contact
details also shown below).

FULL NAMES, DATE OF BIRTH, SEX, MARITAL STATUS, CONTACT ADDRESS, 24 HOURS
CONTACT PHONE NUMBERS, OCCUPATION, NEXT OF KIN, NATIONALITY, RELIGION, and
FAX NUMBERS:

Details should be sent to;

(Agent Office Details)
Contact Name: Benjamin T. Fox
Office Address: Gerrick Building , Garrick St, Liverpool , L70 1NL , UNITED
KINGDOM
Emails: foxx.benjamin@gmail.com Tel: +447045772541

Upon receipt of the duly requested data's, he shall send to you the contact
information of the paying bank so you can proceed with the release of your
funds.

Mrs. Florence Terry
Customer Services
Euro Millions Online International

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam