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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
• 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.
  • +448715049479 (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.
  • johnminja@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Euro Lotto" <euroafroameri@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: johnminja@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 16:01:21 +0700
Subject: YOU ARE THE LUCKY WINNER

THIS IS NOT AN ADVERT
IT IS REAL LUCK
From: Mr. Ken Davis
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
Batch: 12/27/H U68
Tel: + 44 -8715049479
CONGRATULATIONS WINNING NOTIFICATION
Dear Sir/Madam,
We happily announce to you the draw of the Euro-Afro- American
Sweepstake Lottery International programs held on the 5Th of April in Essex
United Kingdom . Your e-mail address attired to ticket number: B9564
75604545 188 with! Serial number 97560 drew the winning:
02/06/18/36/37/44/Bonus Ball: 19/ which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd
category.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of
US$920,000.00(Nine 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! That
you’re lucky winning number falls within our Asian booklet representative
office in Asia as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your
US$920,000.00 (Nine Hundred and Twenty Thousand United States Dollars)
would be released to you urgently.

Our Asian 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 1,000,000 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 Asia immediately you read this message for quick and urgent
release of your fund,
Contact information is as follow:
ALLEN LESLIE.
Regional Manager
Overseas Subscribers Agents Asia
Email johnminja@hotmail.com
<http://us.f396.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=johnminja@hotmail.com>
Provide him with the information below:
1.Name <http://1.name/>:..................................
2.Address:..............................
3.Marital Status:....................
4.Occupation:..........................
5.Age:......................................
6.Sex:.......................................
7.Nationality:...........................
8.Country Of Residence:.........
9.Telephone Number:,,............
10.Fax Number:.......................
11.Email Address.....................
12.Draw Number above:46013.
Reference number:....................
14.Batch number:.............................

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