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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 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@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "europw lottery" <eupnalove@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 10:35:13 +1000
Subject: Winner Approved!

EUROPW LOTTO PLUS ONE INTERNATIONAL EXTRA AWARD PROGRAM
Ref. Number: E3P/211/474/2005
Batch Number: 013251912NN82
FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONAL LOTTERY
COORDINATOR, PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Dear winner,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Lottery Winners International programs held on the 17th October, 2005.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 07943582-2290 with serial number 1448232 drew lucky numbers 22-1-26-17
which consequently won in the 1st category, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of 1.500,000.00 Euros
(One million Five Hundred Thousand Euros) This is from the total prize shared among the 5 international winners in this category
CONGRATULATIONS ones more!!! 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 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. This lottery is 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. Milton Raymond
Processing Claims Manager,
Nieuwezijds, 152/A 1242
Voorburgwal-The Netherlands
Email: eurpwintnatlott@netscape.net
TEL: 00 31 617 624 063
FAX: 00 31 847 561 259
www.europw.com


Best Regards.
Mrs. Coker Garrett.
Europw National/Int'l Lottery Program.
DIRECTOR PROMOTIONAL PROGRAM

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam