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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claim 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!

Fraud email example:

From: "reyes alexanderia" <reyes_deria@msn.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 10:24:14 +0000
Subject: AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE


EUROPE ELGORDO
SWEEPSTAKE
LOTTERY/ INTERNATIONAL
MADRID SPAIN.
ATTENTION:
AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today,11 October, 2005 of
winners of the EUROPE ELGORDO SWEEPSTAKE
LOTTERY/ INTERNATIONAL, PROGRAMS held on 17th September, 2005.
Your email address is attached to ticket number 023-0148-790-459,
with serial number 5073-11 drew the lucky numbers 43-11-44-37-10-43,
and consequently won the lottery in the 3rd category.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay of
US$1,000,000:00
(one million united states of america dollars)
in cash credited to file REF NO. ESW/25041238013/03.
This is from total prize money of US$80,400,000.00 shared among the
seventeen international winners in this category.
All participants were selected through a computer ballot
system drawn from a collation of frequent internet users from all over
the world from Australia, New Zealand, America,Europe, North
America,Africa, middle east and Asia as part of International
Promotions Program, which is conducted bia-annually.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Your fund is now deposited with a Security company
insured in your email address. Due to the mix up of
some numbers and email addresses, we ask that you keep this
award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed
and your money remitted to your account.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid
double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program.
We hope with a part of your prize, you will participate in our end of
year high stakes US$1.3 billion International Lottery.
To begin your claim, please you are to provide the below details to
this commission via email to MR CHARLES SHERIFF, FOREIGN SERVICE
MANAGER,MADRID SPAIN, {charleyson@totalmail.com}.
For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated
account of your choice and to enable the speedy evaluation and
processing of your winnings. we advice that you adhere strictly to
procedures, to avoid any disqualifications and subsequent cancelation
1. your full names
2. your full home / office address
3. direct telephone/fax numbers
4. occupation / age
5. next of kin
6. amount won
7. lottery date
the above detailed information will be absolutely neccessary for the
processing of your payment cheques,drafts or wire transfers.
Please note that this winning is valid for THREE WEEKS and failure to
issue claims after this period will automatically void your payment.
Remember to quote your ticket number, serial number and lucky number
in your future correspondence.
Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform
your claim agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being
part of our promotions program.
Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Alexanderia Reyes
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of
any of our winners will result to disqualification.
SORRY FOR THE LATE INFORMATION THANKS
Mrs Alexanderia Reyes
PROMOTION MANAGER
EUROPE ELGORDO PROMO LOTTERY COMPANY
MADRID SPAIN
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****PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL***** this e-mail and any attached files are
from Europe Elgordo Lottery Company and are confidential and may be
legally privileged. If you are not the addressee, any disclosure,
reproduction, copying, distribution, or other dissemination
or use of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have
received this
transmission in error please
notify the sender immediately and then delete this e-mail. E-mail
transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error free as
information can be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive
late or incomplete, or contain viruses. Europe Elgordo Lottery Company
therefore cannot
be held liable for any errors or omissions in the contents of this
message, which arise as a result of e-mail transmission

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