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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"
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• 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.
  • +447031916581 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +447031916454 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +27827594115 (South Africa, 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.
  • info_eurolotteryagent5@yahoo.co.uk
  • info_eurolotteryagent6@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "uklot essex" <uklot_essex26@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2007 12:57:33 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION: CONGRATULATIONS! CONGRATULATIONS!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!

From: Mr. Richard Paul
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/07
Batch: 12/27/Du34/07
Tel :+ 447031916454
Tel; +447031916581
FAX:+447031917823


CONGRATULATIONS!!! WINNING NOTIFICATION
Attn Winner,

We happily announce to you the draw of the Euro-Afro- American Sweepstake
Lottery International programs held on the 7th April 2007 in Essex United
Kingdom. Your e-mail address attired to ticket number: B9532 75604545 677A
with! Serial number 97598 drew the winning numbers:
10-12-13-17-31-37(bonus ball no.44)which subsequently won you the lottery in
the 2nd category.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £820,000.00 Pounds
Sterling (Eighty Hundred and Twenty Thousand Pounds Sterling) in cash
credited to file KUP/9080118308/07.This is from a total cash prize of
£1100,000,00 Pounds Sterling, 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 Afro booklet
representative office in Africa as indicated in your play coupon. In view of
this, your £820,000.00 Pounds Sterling (Eighty Hundred and Twenty Thousand
Pounds Sterling) would be released to you by Ned Bank 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 is as follow: -

Barr. John Martins (Esq.
Solicitors, Conveyancers & Notary Public
E-MAIL: info_eurolotteryagent5@yahoo.co.uk
E-MAIL: info_eurolotteryagent6@yahoo.co.uk
PHONE:+27 82 759 4115
4Th Floor, Elephant House
107 Market Street Cnr Von Williegh Johannesburg
2001 Post Address P.O.Box 61618
Marshalltown
2107

Please be informed that all winning must be claimed on or before 30th April
2007. To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your
reference/batch numbers in any correspondences with our designated agents
or us. 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. Richard Paul
United Kingdom Zonal Co-coordinator.

Thank you for your Co-operation

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