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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "foreign service manager" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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!

Fraud email example:

From: "mrs. alexanderia reyes" <re_alex043@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2006 07:27:35 -0600
Subject: AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE

                                     EUROPE ELGORDO
                                     SWEEPSTAKE
                                     LOTTERY/ INTERNATIONAL
                                     MADRID SPAIN.
ATTENTION:
AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today,24th June,2006 of winners of the EUROPE ELGORDO SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY/ INTERNATIONAL, PROGRAMS held on 5th June, 2006.
Your email address is attached to ticket number 023-0148-790-459, with serial number 5073-11 drew the lucky numbers 43-11-44-37-10-43, and consequently won the lottery in the 3rd category.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay of US$1,000,000:00
(one million  united states of america dollars)in cash credited to file REF NO. ESW/25041238013/03.
This is from total prize money of US$80,400,000.00 shared among the seventeen international winners in this category.
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from a collation of frequent internet users from all over the world from Australia, New Zealand, America,Europe, North America,Africa, middle east and Asia as part of International Promotions Program, which is conducted bia-annually.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Your fund is now deposited with a Security company insured in your email address. Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to your account.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program. We hope with a part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes US$1.3 billion International Lottery.
To begin your claim, please you are to provide the below details to
this commission via email to MR RAUL GILBERTO, FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER, MADRID SPAIN, {raul_gilberto@walla.com}. For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a
designated account of your choice and to enable the speedy evaluation and processing of your winnings. we advice that you adhere strictly to  procedures, to avoid any disqualifications and
subsequent cancelation
1. your full names
2. your full home / office address
3. direct telephone/fax numbers
4. occupation / age
5. next of kin
6. amount won
7. lottery date
the above detailed information will be absolutely neccessary for the processing of your payment cheques,drafts or wire transfers.
Please note that this winning is valid for THREE WEEKS and failure to issue claims after this period will automatically void your payment. Remember to quote your ticket number, serial number and
lucky number in your future correspondence.
Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform your claim agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our  promotions program.
Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Alexanderia Reyes
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of
any of our winners will result to disqualification.
SORRY FOR THE LATE INFORMATION THANKS
Mrs Alexanderia Reyes
PROMOTION MANAGER
EUROPE ELGORDO PROMO LOTTERY COMPANY
  MADRID SPAIN
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                                  ****PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL*****
This e-mail and any attached files are from Europe Elgordo Lottery Company and are confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not the addressee, any disclosure, reproduction, copying, distribution, or other dissemination or use of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error please notify the sender immediately and then delete this e-mail. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error free as nformation can be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. Europe Elgordo Lottery Company therefore cannot be held liable for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message, which arise as a result of e-mail transmission.

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