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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:

• 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.
  • +34687061141 (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.
  • euromill@yahoo.com
  • eurofundsloto@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "euromillae@terra.es" <euromillae@terra.es>
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 12:25:08 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!! YOU HAVE WON



CONGRATULATIONS!!! YOU HAVE WON
MICROSOFT/EURO MILLIONS SPANISH LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL.
FROM:INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION / PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
ESPANA.
REFERENCE NUMBER: 57/90/IKD
BATCH NUMBER: MESL-501-623-772
Finally today 26TH OF March,the result of winners of the Microsoft/Euro millions Spanish Lottery International E-mail
programs held on the 28TH OF February, 2007 was announced. Your company or your personal e-mail address attached to ticket
number 633-988-021-970 with serial main number 045-719-047-441 drew lucky star numbers 54-02-30-33-66 which consequently won
in the 3rd category, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of €854,000.(Eight hundred and fifty-four thousand euros only).
CONGRATULATIONS!!! .
Selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized email selection machine (TOPAZ) from a
database of over 5,000,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world.
The online draws was conducted by a random selection of email addresses from an exclusive list of 49,530 E-mail addresses of
individuals and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet.
No ticket were sold but all email addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy.
This is to encourage our prominent Microsoft Internet Explorer users all over the world.this is to encourage users to
Continues the use of E-mail and non users to try and use emails. Microsoft Electronic Mail Lottery is approved and Licensed
by the The International Association of Lotteria ( IAL). And ensure to keep your winning information from the public unitl
your winning award is finally credited into your designated account of your choice.
(This is important as a case of double claims will not be entertained).
To claim your winning prize, you should contact the office in-charge of winnings by either email or telephone for Processing and remittance of your winning funds to
you,Email:euromill@yahoo.com,eurofundsloto@yahoo.com. tel.+34 687 061 141,fx.+34 651 633 425
The Claims Officers:
NAME:MR, MARILO GUEZ JAMES(LLB)
For:DR.TONIO P OLAITT,
WORLDWIDE SECURITY HOUSE S.A
28049,MADRID ESPANA.
Email:euromill@yahoo.com,eurofundsloto@yahoo.com. tel.+34 687 061 141,fx.+34 651 633 425
Remember, all winning must be claimed not later than two weeks, 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 with the claims officer.
Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.We hope with part
of your winning,you will take part in our end of year 100 millions Euro International lottery.
Sincerely yours,
MRS,LIZY JUAN
Director Online International Promotions Unit/Lottery Co-ordinator.
N.B:
1.All claims are nullified after 14 working days from today.
2.Do inform the claims officer of any change of names or addressess.
3.All winners under the age of 18 are automatically disqualified.





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