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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" (no such lottery exists)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "million british pounds" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • +447031835938 (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.
  • georgemilleragency@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: universal_ lott101 <universal_lott101@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 15:00:27 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS WINNING NOTIFICATION!








FROM:MRS.LYNDA WILLIAMS Euro-Afro-American-Sweepstake Lottery Headquarters: 1a, Bexon Court Carlton Nottingham shire Nottingham NG4 1SQ EssexUnited Kingdom Customer Service: 580 NCA 85914 Ref: EAASL/941OYI/04 Batch: 12/27/Du34 Tel: + 44 7031835938.Fax:+448709745934. ATTN:WINNER, CONGRATULATIONS WINNING NOTIFICATION! We happily announce to you the draw of the Euro-Afro-American Sweepstake Lottery International programs held on 2nd May 2007, in Essex United Kingdom.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: B956475604545 188 with! Serial number 97560 drew the winning: 01/03/ 22/32/38/44/, which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £800,000 (EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND BRITISH POUNDS) in cash credited to file KPC/9080118308/02.This is from a total cash prize of 20,000,000.00 Million British Pounds, shared amongst the first TWENTY FIVE(25)LUCKY winners in this category world-wide.Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our Afro booklet representative office in london as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your £800,000.00 (EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND BRITISH POUNDS) would be released to you by SABANCI BANK in london. Our Europian 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 and individuals.This promotion takes place annually. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claim is processed and your money remitted to you.This is part of our precautionary measures to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this programme by some unscrupulous elements.Please be warned. To file for your claim, please contact our corresponding agent in london immediately you read this message for quick and urgent release of your fund, contact information is as follow: -MR GEORGE MILLER(Esq.)E-mail: georgemilleragency@myway.com
Tel: + 44 7031835938.Fax:+448709745934.Please be informed that all winning must be claimed .To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your reference/ batch numbers in any correspondences with our designated agent . Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program that has successfully won this competition.CONGRATULATION ONCE MORE. Sincerely, MRS.LYNDA WILLIAMS.United Kingdom Zonal Co-coordinator. MR.DAVID PATRICK.United Kingdom zonal Secretary General .
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