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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:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• 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.
  • euro6@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • olympicfinance@virgilio.it (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "EURO." <euro6@myway.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 20:48:38 +0200
Subject: AWARD NOTIFICATION



LOTORIA EUROMILLONES
3b Calle Juan Carlos, 28091 Madrid Spain

email:euro6@myway.com
Ref: SNL/491OXI/04 Batch: 12/25/0304 SNL NOTIFICATION DESK

ATTN: THE WINNER
TICKET NO: 56475600545 166

We happily announce to you the draw (#989) of the EUROMILLONES LOTTERY PROMOTION, Sweepstakes International program held on 13TH February 2006.All claims must be completed before March.23, 2006.
Your name is attached to ticket number: 56475600545 166 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: (13)-(43)-(06)-(15)-(02)-(40) bonus #(09).Which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e match 5 plus bonus.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of €615.810.00(Six Hundred and Fifteen Thousand Eight Hundred and Ten Euros.) in cash credited to file RPC/9080118308/05.
This is from a total cash prize of €77 Million Euros shared amongst lucky winners from one to five category i.e. Match 5 plus bonus.
All participants for this lottery version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online.This promotion takes place bianually.
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon.In view of this, your €615.810.00 (Six Hundred and Fifteen Thousand Eight Hundred and Ten Euros.) would be released to you by any of our Affiliated Bank in Europe. Your assigned agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact them.
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 your fiduciary agent with your complete names, ref/batch Numbers and direct phone/fax numbers in other that they may communicate with you.
AGENT COMPANY:OLYMPIC FINANCE
ATTN: FOREIGN OPERATION MANAGER MR MARTIN BROWN
TEL: 00 34 686000229
email:olympicfinance@virgilio.it
Good luck from me and members of staff.
Yours faithfully,
HITILPO GOMEZ (Mr.)
President.International Promotions Unit,
(13) (43) (06) (15) (02) (40) (09)

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