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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.
• 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.
  • 2010paymentagent@canada.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: win2daylotto@win2day.at
Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2006 21:07:10 +0100
Subject: Congratulations! Your email address has won Euro Million

From: Mrs. Anna Bognar
win2daylotto@win2day.at
Head Office Baumgarten-strasse
15 Postfach 686 Geneva CH-8201
Schaffhausen Switzerland.
http://www.lotto24.ch/lotto_diverse_eu.htm
Check for LOTTO 24.CH

Customer Service: 680 NCA 85914
Ref: EAAL/851OYHI/04
Batch No: Lotto 24.CH
Draw Coupon: Match 6aus 45

WINNING NOTIFICATION

THIS LOTTO IS SPONSORED BY THE EU EURO MILLION LOTTO
FOR THE PROMOTION OF THE 2010 WORLD CUP TO BE HOSTED
IN SOUTH AFRICA.

We happily announce to you the draw of the Euro-Afro-
American Sweepstake Euro Million Lotto programs held
on the Mon August 1st 2006 in Essex EU, Your e-mail address
attached to ticket star number :(45407) with! Serial number
51622 drew the Euro Million winning numbers 12/23/15/45/8
with a bonus Number 8 ,for LOTTO 24.CH under the choice
of the Euro Million in the 2nd category of daily three.
You have thereforebeen approved to claim a total sum of
Euro € 820,000.00 (Eight Hundred andTwenty Thousand EURO)
in cash credited to file EAAL/9080118308/04.

This is from a total cash prize of Euro €11,100,000.00 Million
Euro, shared amongst the first One-Hundred
and thirty (130) lucky winners in this category
worldwide. Please note that your lucky winning number
falls within our Europe booklet representative office in
Austria as indicated in your play coupon, because this
particular draw was selected to promote the 2010 World
Cup to be Hosted in South Africa hence your winning
information must be kept to enable you participate in
our subsequent games before the grand finale. In view
of this, your Euro €820,000.00 (Eight Hundredand Twenty
Thousand Euro) would be released to you by an accredited
commercial Bank in France. Our European Agent will immediately
commence the process to acilitate the release of your funds
as soon as you contact him.

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-mails. For
security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning
information confidential till your claims 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.It is a promotional program aimed at encouraging internet
users; warning!!! any mail recieved of this such with any
other trade mark or address should be forwarded to your
claim processsor immidiatly, This will help us to fight
scan and lottery imposters. Thank you for your anticipated
co-operation Please be warned. To file for your claim,
please contact our corresponding agent in Austria
immediately you read this message for quick and urgent
release of your fund, contact information is as follow:
Dr bernhard mehlinger, Tel: +43-6765849954. email:
(2010paymentagent@canada.com )

Congratulations once more from all members and staff
of this program that has successfully won this
competition. Thank you for being part of our
promotional lottery program. Yours Sincerely,
Mrs.Gladys Owen United Kingdom Zonal Co-coordinator
Mrs.Patricia Hope Asst. Gen. Sec Mr. Grey Johnson
european/American Zonal Secretary General.
Switzerland Zonal Co-coordinator For European Winners Dr
Bill Wilson. African/European Head Office
Baumgarten-strasse 15 Postfach 686 Geneva CH-8201
Schaffhausen Dr and Mrs Angela Bella Head Austrian
Offshore Payment Office Paris France. Thanks for your
Co-operation in anticipation Contact:
(http://www.lotto24.ch/lotto_diverse_eu.htm) Check for
LOTTO 24 CH.

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