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

Fraud email example:

From: "Thanks" <europeanlotto9@excite.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 17:41:22 -1000
Subject: INTERNATIONAL WINNERS PRIZE AWARD NOTIFICATION.

EUROPEAN UNION INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY/ INTERNATIONAL
WINNERS PRIZE AWARD NOTIFICATION.
AVENUE DE TERVUEREN 35/37 B-1040 BRUXELLES.

Ref. Number: 213/4356/66
Batch ID: 13/5260/HL
Pin Number: 100 768 5437

Dear Winner

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the winners of the EURO
STAKES (EUL) LOTTERY euro
lottery programs held on the 16st of Dec, 2005. This promotional program
takes place every winter(Yearly)
participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over
20,000 company and 30,000
,000 individual email addresses and names from all over the world, the
lottery sponsored by leading
Software Companies in Europe and America inpromoting awareness and
patronage of their software
packages.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 0767--45363763--254 with
serial number 2015--05 drew
lucky numbers 44-5647-567 which consequently won in the 3rd category. You
have thereforebeen
approved for a lump sum pay of 1,500,000.00 euros(One Million Five hundred
thousand euros)
in cash credited to your file with the Ref. Number: DH/4167/05 and Batch
Number: 13/5260/HL.

This is from a total cash prize of 18.000.000.00(Eighteen million
Euros)shared among the Twelve
international winners in this category. Due to mix up of some numbers and
names we ask that you keep
your winning information confidential until your claims have been processed
and your money remitted to
you.

This is part of our security protocol in order to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this
program by some participants. We hope with part of your winning you will
take part in our next year
36 million euro international lottery.

To file for your claims please contact our financial agent with your
details as required below this message;

Name: Mr. ALEKSI ALONZO
International Remmittance/Credit unit
Facility Management Region
(Abbey Trust Finance and Securities) Amsterdam,
Netherlands.
TEL: +00-31-622-003-361
FAX: +00-31-847-290-451
Email:abbytrust@netscape.net

Remember all winning must be claimed not later than 15th of February, 2006
thereafter all unclaimed funds
will be included in the next stake. Please note in order to avoid
unnecessary delays and complications
endevour to quote your Pin numbers in all first 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. Annabel Muller,

Lottery Co-ordinator.
Administrative/Customer
Service. eurodraws2005

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