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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:
  • "lottery winners international e-mail programs"
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claims 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.
  • +34638193099 (Spain, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • eurolinks@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: MRS
Reply-To: eurolinks@myway.com
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 17:47:06 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS


EURO MILLIONS SPANISH LOTTERY
FROM: INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
REFERENCE: 67/80/IPD
BATCH: EGGS-541-623-782:
RE: WINNING NOTIFICATION / FINAL NOTICE
Sir/Madam
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Euro millions Spanish
Lottery Winners International E-mail programs held on the 20Th OF SEPTEMBER
2006 and result where release on the 25th OF SEPTEMBER 2006. Your E-mail address
attached to ticket number 653-908-321-675 withserial mainnumber
345-790-241-671 drew lucky star numbers 34-32-90-43-32 which consequently
won in the 2ND category, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay
out of 1.000.000.00Euro.(One Million Euro)
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keepyourwinning
information confidential until your claims has been processed and your money
remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double
claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants. All
participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over
100,000 company and 50,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all
over the world.
This lottery was promoted and sponsored by Spainsh European Lottery board in
order to enhance and promote the use of Internet Explorer Users and
Microsoft-wares around the globe. This promotional program takes place every
three year. We hope with part of your winning you will takepart in ourend of
year 50 million Euro International lottery.
To file for your claim, please contact our fiducial agent: DR.HUGO POLLO
(EUROLINK CLEARING HOUSE ESPA�A)
CONTACT CLAIMS AGENT ON TEL:0034-638-193-099
Email:eurolinks@myway.com
Remember, all winning mustbe claimed notlater than one month,After this date
all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake.
Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please
remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all
correspondence. Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform
our agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being
part of our promotional program.
Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.
Sincerely yours,
MRS,SONIA GOMEZ
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This message is confidential. It may also beprivileged orotherwise protected
by work product immunity or other legal rules. If you have received it
please let us knowby reply it from your system; youshould not copy it or
disclose its contents to anyone. All messages sent to and from Eurolink Clearing
House Espa?a may be monitored toensurecompliance with internal
policies and to protect your winning from the Euro Million Spanish Lottery
Award Promotion.
The contents of any email addressed to our clients are subject to our usual
terms of business; anything which does not relate to the official business
of the firm is neither given nor endorsed by it.

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