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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:
  • "euro-afro-american-sweepstake lottery"
• 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.
  • +448704781983 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +447031848647 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • paymentcenter_sweepstake2005@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • jwilson_lottoagent@yahoo.co.uk
  • lotteryagent_jwilson@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Fact Issue" <fact_issue20@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 03:14:05 -0600
Subject: Attn: Sir/ Madam, Your email account has won

From: Mr. Ian Owen
Euro-Afro-American-Sweepstake Lottery
Headquarters: 1a, Bexon Court Carlton
Nottingham shire Nottingham NG4 1SQ Essex
United Kingdom
Customer Service: 580 NCA 85914
Ref: EAASL/941OYI/04 a
Batch: 12/27/Du34
Phone:+ 44 703 184 8647
Fax: +44 870 478 1983 WINNING NOTIFICATION

Dear Sir/ Madam,

We happily announce to you the draw of the Euro-Afro-American Sweepstake
Lottery International programs held on the 16th of Febuary 2007 in Essex
United Kingdom. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: B956475604545
188 with! Serial number 97560 drew the winning 02/06/18/36/37/44/Bonus Ball:
19/ whichsubsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sumof US$820,000.00(Eighty
Hundred and Twenty Thousand United States Dollars) in cash credited to file
KPC/9080118308/02.This is from a total cash prize of US $1100,000,00 Million
dollars, shared amongst the first One Hundred and thirty (130) lucky winners
in this category world-wide. Please not! e that your lucky winning number
falls within our Afrobooklet representative office in Africa as indicatedin
your play coupon. In view of this, yourUS$820,000.00 (Eight Hundred and
Twenty Thousand United States Dollars) would be released to you by NedBank
of South Africa.

Our African agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate 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.

This promotion takes place annually. 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.

Please be warned. To file for your claim, please !contact our corresponding
agent in South Africa immediately you read this message for quick and urgent
release of your fund, contact information are as follow: -

Mr. John Willson
E-mail: paymentcenter_sweepstake2005@yahoo.co.uk
Email: jwilson_lottoagent@yahoo.co.uk
Email: lotteryagent_jwilson@yahoo.co.uk
Tele: + 27- 73- 58- 170 11
4Th Floor, Elephant House 107 Market Street Cnr Von Williegh Johannesburg
2001 Post Address P.O.Box 61618 Marshalltown 2107

Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program that
has successfully won this competition. Thank you for being part of our
promotional lottery program.

Sincerely,

Mr. Ian Owen
United Kingdom Zonal Co-coordinator.

Mrs. Teresa Allan.
United Kingdom zonal Secretary General.
Thanks for your Co-operation

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