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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:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "foreign service manager" (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!

Fraud email example:

From: "REYES ALEXANDRAI" <reyes_alexadrai@msn.com>
Reply-To: raulchrest@walla.com
Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2006 10:45:13 +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, 5TH JANUARY 2005 of
winners of the EUROPE ELGORDO SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY/ INTERNATIONAL, PROGRAMS
held on 29TH DECEMBER, 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 name. Due
to the mix up of some numbers and names, 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 RAUL CHREST, FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER,
MADRID SPAIN, {raulchrest@walla.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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