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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:

• 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")
  • ",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!
• 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.
  • +448717158422 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +447939149730
• 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.
  • eurpwintnatlott@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Khalid & Jamal Crude Gas Ltd" <eurnatcezuj@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 07:28:43 -1100
Subject: TRUSTEE REP.

EUROPEAN NATIONAL EXTRA AWARD PROGRAM
EURSPINN INT'L AWARD DEPARTMENT UNITED KINGDOM
FROM:THE PROMOTIONAL EUROSPINN AWARD DEPARTMENT.
Eurspinn Ref. Number: EUN1Q/001/002/0007
Eurspinn Batch Number: 9110407EU07
CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Dear Winner,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the last final annual draw of
our European Spinn International Programs.The online Cyber draws was
conducted from an exclusive list of 40,000,000 e-mail addresses of
individual and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random
computer search from the internet. NO TICKETS WAS SOLD.
Your e-mail address has been attached to ticket number 11321473-0001 with
serial number 6213856 drew lucky numbers 11-0-12-09 which consequently won
in the 1st category "A", you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay
out of £850.000.00 (Eight Hundred And Fifty Thousand Pounds) in cash
credited to your File EURSPINN Ref. Number:
EUN1Q/001/002/0007 which is the winning payout for list category "A"
winners, This is from the total prize shared each of the 5 international
winners in this category.

CONGRATULATIONS ones more!!!
Your prize award has been insured with your e-mail address and will be
transferred to you upon meeting our requirements, statutory obligations
verifications, validations and satisfactory report Due to mix up of some
numbers and names, we ask that you keep your winning information strickly
from public notice until your claims has been processed and your money
Remitted to you.

This is part of our safe 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 10,000,000
companies and 30,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all over
the world, names from Australia, New Zealand, America, Europe, North
America, Middle East, Africa and Asia as part of International Promotions
Program.
This promotional program takes place once a year and promoted by the
software and internet giant corporations to compensate some few individuals
with website and email addresses, Please note that your lucky winning
numbers falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as
indicated in your play coupon to file in for your
claims, please contact your processing claims officer.

Mr. Nicholas Wayne
Processing Eurspinn Claims Manager,
Eurspinn International Program
4-5 Broughton Street Cheetham Urmston
LE2 5BB London,United Kingdom .
Tel: +44 793 914 9730
Fax: +44 871 715 8422
Email: eurpwintnatlott@aim.com

Best Regards.
Mrs. Pauline Jacquelyn Button.
Eurospinnpw Int'l Award Program,
DIRECTOR PROMOTIONAL PROGRAM.

COPYRIGHT (C) *1992-2007* EUROPEAN-SPINN PW INT'L PROGRAM- ALL RIGHTS
RESERVED.

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