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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • +32494181947 (Belgium, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • premiumclaim01@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "pamela bricks" <pamelabricks008@sympatico.ca>
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 18:37:12 +0000
Subject: CATEGORY .B. WINNERS

EURO MILLION LOTTERY INTER
CLEVERLLAN STRAAT 18,
2070 ANTWERPEN BELGIUM.
FROM THE DESK OF THE PRESIDENT
EURO MILLION LOTTO, SWEEPSTAKES PROMOTION/ PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
REFRENCE NUMBER: 610/256/517/635

Dear winner,

RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION FINAL
NOTICE
We are pleased to inform you of the release on the 16th day of March 2006
results of the EURO MILLION LOTTERY INT, SWEEPSTAKES PROMOTIONS PROGRAMS
held on the 7th of March 2006.Your email address was attached to the ticket
number 975-192-354-684 with serial number 314/689/284/887 that drew the
lucky ticket which consequently won the lottery in the 2nd category.

You are therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of 375,810.000 (THREE
HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND TEN EUROS ONLY) in cash
credited to file reference NO. 642-219-319-458 .This is from the total cash
prize of €16,621,340.00(SIXTEEN MILLON SIX HUNDRED AND TWENTY ONE THOUSAND,
THREE HUNDRED AND FOURTY EUROS ONLY).This sum were shared among the 1ST to
3RD categories respectively.

Your funds is now deposited with the european offshore paying Bank and
insured in your name, Due to mixed up of some numbers and names we ask that
you keep this award a top secret from public notice until your claim has
been processed and your money remitted to your account , as this is part of
our security protocol to avoid double claiming of unwarranted taking of
advantage of this program by non participants.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
2,000.000.00 names from Asia, Australia, America, Africa, New Zealand,
Europe and Middle East, as part of our International sweepstakes promotions
program. We hope your lucky name will draw a bigger cash prize in subsequent
programs, To claim your funds, please contact (PREMIUM SECURITY COMPANY) See
contact details below.

NAME:PREMIUM SECURITY COMPANY
CONTACT PERSON:GARVIN ANDERSON
EMAIL:premiumclaim01@netscape.net
TELE:+32-494-181-947

for the processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated
account of your choice. Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later
than 29TH of March 2006. After this date, all funds will be returned to the
(INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY GAMES BOARD) as unclaimed. Note: In order to avoid
unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your
reference and batch number in every of your correspondence with us or your
agent.
Further more, should you have any questions do inform PREMIUM SECURITY
COMPANT via this email address, premiumclaim01@netscape.net

Congratulations once more from all members of our staff .
Yours Faithfully,
PAMELA BRICKS

Copyrights european International Sweepstakes Promotion Program .A
Registered trade mark

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