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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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:
  • "clearance certificate" (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "million united states dollars" (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!
• 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.
  • allianceagency@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: International Lotto <internationallotto@promotionprogramme.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 16:15:43 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: CLAIM NOTICE FOR YOUR CONSOLATION PRIZE WINNING


CLAIM NOTICE FOR YOUR CONSOLATION PRIZE WINNING
DAYZER EUROPEAN EMAIL PROMOTION PROGRAM.
67 KENTHSTRAAT,9379 HF HAARLEM
THE NETHERLANDS.
(¡) Batch No: WGHT/77818/VA/TY
(¡¡) Ticket No: TWMT/476/6
(¡¡¡) Lucky No: 11-85-31-80-96
(¡v) Ref No: FRLES/2006/PY
(v) Serial No: DEPM/5907/MMC


CONSOLATION PRIZE WINNING NOTICE!!!

Europe/America private international e-games organizers and Co-sponsors, EUROPEAN EMAIL PROMOTION PROGRAM, officially bring to your notice of the final draw result of SEPTEMBER 19th 2006 EUROPEAN EMAIL PROMOTION PROGRAM wheel E-game which was conducted at our international corporate office complex in NETHERLANDS. Most recently this foundation set up the NEW LOTTERY SCHEME to give outprizes based on COMPUTER BALLOT SYSTEM.

By doing this the foundation seek to encourage the use of Internet for academic and business pursuits. It major aim is to promote music, theater, art and literature projects in the social and political arena with a focus on health, as well as science, research, and higher education.

We wish to congratulate and inform you on the selection of your email coupon number which was selected among the 10 lucky consolation prize winners. Your email ID identified with Coupon No. DEP/80294601 and was selected by our E-games Random Selection System (ERSS) with entries from the 5,000,000 different email addresses enrolled for the E-game. Your email ID was included among the 5,000,000 different email addresses submitted by our partner international email provider companies.

You have won a consolation cash prize of US$100,000:00 (One MILLION United States Dollars). The EUROPEAN EMAIL PROMOTION PROGRAM Group have approved a payout of your consolation cash prize which will be remunerated directly to you by the official Payment Agency Board.

To claim your winning prize you are to contact the appointed agent as soon as possible for the immediate release of your winnings:

NAME:MR,RAYMOND RHODES,(Director for processement of claims)
TELEPHONE:0031-636-230-393
FAX :0031-847-538-401
EMAIL TO:allianceagency@netscape.net

The appointed agent will be required to Notarize all your award winning documents in the NETHERLANDS and also obtain Approval Legal Clearance Certificate from the Court here in NETHERLANDS which is in accordance with the European Union Lottery Act 2004 on payment of International Lottery Winners. Be inform that the PAYING BANK will Effect Payment Swiftly upon satisfactory Report, Verifications and validation provided by this fiduciary agent.

Once again congratulations from all our staffs on your consolation prize winning, we hope you will partake in our next coming EURO MILLONES Email-games.

ELSE HOWARDS(Mrs), (Group Coordinator)
NB: In accordance with the EUROPEAN EMAIL PROMOTION PROGRAM E-games policy and regulations, this notification is dispatched directly to only the 10 lucky consolation prize Winners.

This notification also contains information that is proprietary,privileged or confidential or otherwise legally exempt from disclosure. If you are not the right recipient whose email address attached to the lucky numbers along with the winning information’s you are not authorized to read, print, retain, copy or disseminate this notice or any part of it.

This programme is sponsored by Mr. Donald Hughes (Executive Director Foreign Operations European Central Bank), Mrs. Ruth Wilisign(Manager Domestic Banking Operations,U.S.A), Dr.Alphonsus Haak(Director International Credit Department,SWISS BANK), Mrs. Janet Holferson(Executive), Mr.Mark Paul (Executive),Mr. Edward Grootien(Regional Director TOYOTA JAPAN).Copyright © 2006 Lottery International PROGRAMMES.

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