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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:
  • "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.
  • +34696063008 (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.
  • europointcompany@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: infopromotion006@freemail.lt
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 14:02:18 -0200
Subject: CONGRATULATION....YOU HAVE WON

EURO MILLION INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROGRAM
(Customer Services)
Ref: 74UK/957/-00885DT
Batch: DT957/74UK
Zonal Draw No: DT-A2-004-875
Grand Draw No: 915
FINAL WINNING NOTIFICATION:

BONUS LOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to notify you the draw (#915) of the EURO MILLION INTERNATIONAL
LOTTERY PROGRAM held on 21st January 2007. Participants were selected through
a randomly selecting 15,000 participants from an initial database of 300,000
emails, all participants were selected through a computer ballot system from
the Middle East, Asia, Africa,Canada, Europe, USA and North America as part
our International Promotions Program, which was conducted in view of launching
ourselves into the Sweepstakes Industry Worldwide and zoning all participants
by their respective continents from across the globe, we produced an extensive
list from which you have emerged as one of the winners of the Grand Draw prize.
To ensure a smooth collection of your winnings, the transfer of your prize is
to be handled by our Prize Transfer agents.You are to contact our agents by
email/fax or call within a week of receiving this notice. Be advice to 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. You have therefore been approved
to claim a total sum of (1,500,000.00 million euros) 0ne Million, Five Hundred
Thousand Euros only in cash credited to file number 74UK/957/-00885DT.This is
from a total cash prize of 7,500, 000:00 million euros shared amongst the five
(5) lucky winners in this category i.e. Match 5 plus bonus. Your prize award
has been insured in your favour and is ready for claims. To begin your claims
therefore, you are advised to expeditiously contact our licensed and accredited
claim agent for Overseas Winners within a period of 7 working days (date of
this email inclusive) for the processing of your winning and remittance to your
designated bank account after all statutory obligations have been satisfactorily
dispensed with.Please be informed that claims not processed within the stipulated
period may be forfeited to the pool without further notice. Your claim agent
will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds
as soon as you contact him/her. You may wish to establish contact via e-mail
or fax/telephone with the particulars presented below.

OVERSEAS CLAIMS UNIT.
Europointbv Lottery Fiduciary
Contact Person: Mr. Hans Boyer
email:europointcompany@aim.com
Phone:+34 696 063 008 Fax:+1 501 644 4970

Our winners are assured of the utmost standards of confidentiality, and press
anonymity until the end of proceedings, and beyond where they so desire. Be
further advised to maintain the strictest level of confidentiality until the
end of proceedings to circumvent problems associated with fraudulent claims.
This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted
abuse of this program.Any lottery double claim dedected by our monitoring committee
will lead to the Delottobv cancelling the winnings. making a loss for both the
real winner, and the fake (intended) claimer.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
At your disposal, we remain.
Very Truly Yours,
Mr. Anton Brooks..
Co-Ordinator,
www.playeuromillion.com
TEL/FAX: +34 696 288 453

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