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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "lottery winners international e-mail programs"
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• 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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +34626974489 (Spain, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • zintecworld@fsmail.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • zintecworldsec@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: EUROS MILLIONS LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL. <europromo2006@casinomail.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 14:19:50 +0200
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION / FINAL NOTICE


EUROS MILLIONS LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL.
FROM:INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
REF:SDE/4481/0006-01
BATCH:PDP/0472/030
WINNING NOTIFICATION / FINAL NOTICE
Dear Sir/Madam,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Euromillions Lottery Winners International E-mail programs held on the 29th of september, 2006.Your E-mail address attached to a serial number 4781415366-759 with winning number 74 05 23 25 28 drew lucky star numbers 63 45 04, which consequently won in the 3rd category, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of €1.000.000.00 (ONE MILLION EUROS) CONGRATULATIONS!!! Due to mix up of some numbers and names/programme abuse, we ask that you keep your winning information confidential until your claims has been processed and your money remitted to you.

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 100,000 company and 50,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all over the world.
This lottery was promoted and sponsored by Euro Millions Lottery, the world's largest Lottery company, in order to enhance and promote the use of Internet Explorer Users and microsoft-wares around the globe. This promotional program takes place every year. We hope with part of your winning you will take part in our end of year 50million Euro International lottery. To file for your claim, please contact our fiducial/Claim agent:+34-626-974-489, fax: +34-635-837-722 DR.MARK THOMAS BLANCO (ZINTEC WORLD SECURITY) Email(zintecworld@fsmail.net or zintecworldsec@myway.com Remember, all winning must be claimed not later than 30th of october 2006. After this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake. Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence. Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program. Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is au
tomatically disqualified.


Sincerely yours,
Mrs MILLER GILLS MERCY.
Lottery Coordinator.
SEND REQUIRED INFORMATION BELOW TO YOUR CLAIM AGENT
(zintecworld@fsmail.net or zintecworldsec@myway.com)


VERIFICATION FORM
1. FULL NAMES: _______________________________
2. ADDRESS: __________________________________
3. SEX: _______________
4. AGE: ________
5. MARITAL STATUS: ___________________
6. OCCUPATION: _______________________
7. E-MAIL ADDRESS: ___________________
8. TELEPHONE NUMBER: ________________
9. SERIAL NUMBER: _______________ LUCKY STAR NUMBER: _____________
10.WINNING NUMBER: ___________________
11.REF NUMBER:___________________
12.BATCH NUMBER: ______________
13.AMOUNT WON: ______________________
14.CATEGORY:________________________
15.IDENTIFICATION NUMBER EITHER INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT OR DRIVING
LICENCE / NATIONAL ID CARD.
16.COUNTRY___________________________


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This message is intended exclusively for the addressee. It contains CONFIDENTIAL information which disclosure is prohibited by law. If this message has been received in error, please immediately notify us and delete it. EURO MILLION INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY, does not assume any liability for security Internet incidents on this e-mail.

Este mensaje se dirige exclusivamente a su destinatario. Contiene Información CONFIDENCIAL cuya divulgación está prohibida por la ley. Si ha recibido este mensaje por error le rogamos que nos lo comunique inmediatamente y proceda a su destrucción. EURO MILLIION INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY, no asume responsabilidad por las incidencias que pudieran ocurrir en este correo debido a la inseguridad de Internet.

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