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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
• 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.
  • peterm_lotto@easymail.hu
  • angelahope_lotto@yahoo.de
  • euro_afro_ame_lotto@terra.com.mx (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "euro_afro_ame_lotto@terra.com.mx" <euro_afro_ame_lotto@terra.com.mx>
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 08:12:58 -0600
Subject: Winning notification


National Lottery
www.lottolore.com/lotto649.html
Headquarters: 1a, Bexon Court Carlton
Nottingham shire NG4 1SQ Essex
United Kingdom

Dear Sir/Madam,

Winning notification

We happily announce to you the draws of the National
Sweepstake Lottery International programs held on
Saturday, 24th day of June 2006, in Essex United
Kingdom and Canada. All participants were selected
randomly from World Wide Web site through computer
draws system and extracted from over 10,000,00
companies and personal e-mail addresses.Your e-mail
address attached to ticket number: B9564 7560 4545 100
with serial number 046560 drew the winning numbers
2-20-26-29-37-45 with a bonus # 17, for LOTTO 6/49 under
the choice of the lottery in the 2nd category of daily
three.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum
of US$820,000.00 (Eight Hundred and Twenty Thousand
United States Dollars) in cash credited to file
EAAL/9080118308/04.This is from a total cash prize of
US $1100,000,00 Million dollars, shared amongst the
first One Hundred and thirty (130) lucky winners in
this category world-wide. Please note that your lucky
winning numbers fall within our African booklet
representative office in Ghana as indicated in your
play coupon.
In view of this, your US$820,000.00 (Eight Hundred and
Twenty Thousand United States Dollars) would be
released to you by an accredited commercial Bank in
Africa.

Our African agent will immediately commence the
process to facilitate the release of your funds as
soon as you contact their office. 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 by some unscrupulous
elements. Please be warned.

To file for your claim, please contact our
corresponding agent in Africa immediately you read
this message for quick and urgent release of your
fund, contact information is as follow: -

Name : Peter Martins
Email:peterm_lotto@easymail.hu
Tel: +233-244-577 443

To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
quote your reference/batch numbers in any
correspondences with our designated agents.
Congratulations once more from all members and staff
of this program to all that have successfully won this
competition and thank you for being part of our
promotional lottery program.

Yours Sincerely,

Mrs. Angela Hope
(angelahope_lotto@yahoo.de)
Customer Service: 680 NCA 85914
Email : ( euro_afro_ame_lotto@terra.com.mx )
Ref: EAAL/851OYHI/04
Batch No Lotto 6/49
Draw Coupon : Match 6+B

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