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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 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:
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
  • "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• 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.
  • europridelotto1@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • davidjlloyd06@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: EURO PRIDE LOTTERY <europridelotto1@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: davidjlloyd06@netscape.net
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 01:18:49 -0800 (PST)
Subject: EURO PRIDE (2006 WINNINGS NOTIFICATION)


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: europridelotto1@yahoo.com

HEAD OFFICE:OLD BROMPTON ROAD,SOUTH KENSINGTON SW7 3SS,


UNITED KINGDOM.



REFERENCE NUMBER: UK/839030X2/14

BATCH NUMBER: 065/088/XY24

TICKET NUMBER: 023-1111-790-458



WINNING NOTIFICATION




We are pleased to inform you of the final announcement today, 26th of

March, 2006 of winners of the EURO PRIDE LOTTERY ONLINE PROMO

PROGRAMME, held on the Friday, 24th of March, 2006.



Your ticket number 023-1111-790-458 attached to your email address,

with serial number 5073-12 drew the lucky numbers

43-10-42-37-10-43(bonus

no.)This lucky number subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd

category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of

$2,500,000.00 (Two million, Five Hundred Thousand United States

Dollars) in

cash

credited to file XYL/26510460037/04. This is from a total cash prize of

2,500,000.00 (Two million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars)

shared amongst the first ten (10) lucky winners in this category i.e.

Match 5 plus bonus.


All participants of this online promotion programme were selected

randomly from numerous World Wide Web sites through computer draw

system and

extracted from close to 125,000 unions, associations and corporate

bodies listed online. This promotion takes place quarterly.


Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European

booklet representative office in the United Kingdom as indicated in

your

play coupon. In view of this, your $2,500,000.00 (Two million, Five

Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) would be released to you by any

of

our payment office in the United Kingdom.


Your assigned claims agent will immediately commence the process to

facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him/her via

electronic mail (email) or other options made available to you.


For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information

confidential till your claim is processed and your money remitted to

you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part

of

our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted

abuse of this program. Please be warned.


To file for your claim, please contact our claims agent;

Official: Barr. DAVID JLLOYD

Representative office

104 TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD.

London W1T 1JY

United Kingdom.

Email: davidjlloyd06@netscape.net


Provide him with the information below:

1.Name:

2.Address:

3.Marital Status:

4.Occupation:

5.Age:

6.Sex:

7.Nationality:

8.Country Of Residence:

9.Telephone Number:

10.Fax Number:

11.Draw Number above:

12.company/brief description:

13.Annual Income:

14. Date of draw:


For due processing and remittance of your prize money.


Note: You must contact your claims officer not later than 2 (two) weeks

after this date. All funds will be returned as unclaimed in order to

avoid unnecessary delays and complications.


Please remember to quote your reference number in every one of your

correspondences with your claims officer. Furthermore, should there be

any

change of your address, do inform your claims officer as soon as

possible.

Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program.

Thank you for being part of our online promotional lottery program.


Yours Truly,

Sir James Michael.

Coordinator (Online Promo Programme).


NOTE: DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS EMAIL; CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS OFFICER

DIRECTLY.


Dr. P. Swier, Mr. Gerald Goodman (Manager Foreign Operations), Mr.

Franklyn Van Der Weijden (Manager Domestic Banking Operations), Dr.

James

Williams (Director International Credit Department), Mrs. Sandra Murphy

(Executive), Mr. Michael Cole (Executive) Mrs. Lyl Donald

(International Lottery (co-ordinator) David Jlloyd (Claim Agent )

Copyright

©2006

UK Lottery Organization.


YOU MUST ME 16YRS OR OVER TO PLAY OR CLAIM A PRIZE.




- EURO PRIDE LOTTERY

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