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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:

• 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.
  • answerfreelotto@latinmail.com
  • megaeurolottoag@lycos.es

Fraud email example:

From: "MEGA & EURO MILLION COMMISSION." <answerfreelotto@latinmail.com> (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 14:18:27 +0100
Subject: Re: Your urgent confirmation required!

Mega & Euro Million Lottery Commission.
EUROPEAN LIASON OFFICE:
AVENIDA DE AMERICA, 108
MADRID ESPANA.Email: answerfreelotto@latinmail.com

ATTENTION! AWARD WINNING NOTIFFICATION.

Dear Winner,

We are pleased to announce you as one of the 10 lucky winners in the
Free Lotto draw held on Wednesday 11th of January 2006. All 10 winning
addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 10.000.00 international
emails. Your email address emerged alongside 9 others as category 2
winners in this year's Annual Free Lotto Draw. There are 10 Tickets for
the $18 Million Euro Millions Drawn on 11th of January 2006.
Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of €1,320,000
(one million three hundred and twenty thousand euros) only.
The following particulars are attached to your lotto payment order:

1. (I) Winning numbers: 37-13-43-85-67-90
(ii) Email ticket number: MGL754/22/76
(iii) Lotto code number: MGLG09622ES
(iv) The file Ref number: MGL/04/736207152/ES

2. Please quote your Reference number in all correspondence with the
claims
officer.
3. Winners must send their names, address, and telephone number and
means of
identification (international passport or driver's license numbers) to
claim
officer to process immediate payment of their prize.
4. Note that winners who are below 18 years are automatically
disqualified.
Please contact the claims officer on the below name and address;-

MEGA EURO LOTTO AGENT ESPANA.
Foreign Services Manager, Payment and Release Order Dept.Systems
Information finance and Security Company.
Contact officer: MR. MENDEZ ALVERO.
EMAIL: megaeurolottoag@lycos.es
TELEPHONE: #34-655 678 776.)

For the immediate release of your winnings prize.

Winners are advised to keep this award confidential until prize are
claimed to avert incidence of impersonation by unscrupulous elements. Once
again on behalf of all our staff, congratulations.
-------------------------------------------------
The Free Lotto. Awards is proudly sponsored by the Microsoft
Corporation, the Intel Group, Toshiba, Dell Computers, Mackintosh and a
conglomeration of other international IT companies. The free lotto. Internet
draw is held once in a year and is so organized to encourage the use of
the Internet and computers worldwide. We are proud to say that over 200
Million Euros are won annually in more than 150 countries worldwide.
-----------------------------
Click here to read the Free Lotto Rules:
http://www.freelotto.com/Rules.asp?rules=PowerMegaEuro200050926
10. WINNER'S LIST: The names of winners, if any, in the 'Power Mega
Euro 200 Pool' may be obtained 14 days after the drawing for a specific
contest by sending a request including your name, postal address and
e-mail address to answerfreelotto@latinmail.com. We also encourage you to
visit our website at the below site:
(http://www.freelotto.com/Rules.asp?rules=PowerMegaEuro200050926) and
take your chance to play and become part of our daily winners. Millions
are won on a daily basis on one of the world's most famous free lotto
service. CONGRATULATIONS!!

Copyright © 1999-2005 Plasma Net, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Copyright ©
1999-2002 Plasma Net, Inc.. All Rights Reserved.

Sincerely Regards
Mrs.Stefanny W.Hoffmann
Promoción Manager
MEGA & EURO MILLION LOTTO COMMISSION.

WARNING!!! ANY EMAIL RECIEVED OF THIS SUCH WITH ANY OTHER TRADE MARK OR
ADDRESS SHOULD BE FOWARDED TO THE EURO MILLION LOTTO OFFICIAL THROUGH
THIS EMAIL ADDRESS (answerfreelotto@latinmail.com) IMMEDIATELY, THIS
WILL HELP US TO FIGHT SCAM AND LOTTERY IMPOSTERS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
ANTICIPATED CO-OPERATION.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam