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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.
  • agent_greysmith@yahoo.it (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: European International Online Games <agent_colwalters@yahoo.it>
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 17:26:34 -0300
Subject: Approved To Claim The Sum Of (£152 ,900.00 )...........CONGRATULATIONS!!!

EU INTERNATIONAL GAMES LONDON-ENGLAND UNITED KINGDOM (Customer Services) Ref: UK/9420X/05  Batch: 074/05/ZY369     WINNING NOTIFICATION                     CONGRATULATIONS!!!   We happily announce to you the draw (#1 ) of the EU INTERNATIONAL GAMES  programes held on the 1st of July, 2006.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 1416-4612-750 with Serial Number: 3187-17 drew the Lucky Drew Numbers: 3187-17Has 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  (£152,900.00)  in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03 in a total sum of £2,140,600.00 lotto jackpot shared amongst the  first Forteen  (14) lucky winners in the second category i.e. Match 5 plus! Bonus with percentage  16.9% .   All participants for the online 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   Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.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. Please be warned. To file for your claim, please contact our  claims department officer:   MR GREY SMITH EUROPEAN INTERNATIONAL GAMES LONDON-ENGLAND UNITED KINGDOM Email:agent_greysmith@yahoo.it Tel:+447 (0) 2405-5624   WINNERS ARE REQUESTED TO SEND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATIONS TO THE CLAIMS OFFICER                                                FULL NAMES:
CONTACT ADDRESS:
TELEPHONE NUMBER/FAX NUMBER:
OCCUPATION:
NATIONALITY:

TICKET NUMBER:
BATCH NUMBER:
REFERENCE NUMBER:
SERIAL NUMBER:
CONGRATULATIONS!!! ONCE AGAIN FROM THE MEMBERS OF STAFF OF EU INTERNATIONAL GAMES. YOUR'S SINCERELY MRS ELINA POWELLS Online coordinator for EU INTERNATIONAL GAMES    To all our loyal members and visitors who have helped Lottery Post to become the Internet's most active  lottery community, we wish you a happy, prosperous, and lucky 2006!

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