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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "clearance certificate" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. )
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims office" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • ",000,000" (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 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.
  • prosegurconsult@emailaccount.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: pay european <information3@web.de>
Date: Sat, 04 Aug 2007 13:26:46 +0200
Subject: CONTACT AGENT IMMEDIATELY





Attn: Sir/Madam.

We are please to announce you as one of the 4 lucky winners in the Euro Millones Lottery International Email Address draw on the 30th of March 2007, due to the mixture of names and address the result was released on the 27th July, 2007. All 4 winning addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 50,000,000 international email addresses. Your email address emerged alongside 3 other as a second category winner in the Euro Millones Lottery Draw.
Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of 691 860.24 (Six hundred and ninety-one thousand eight hundred sixty euros twenty-four cent) which is equivalent to US$,941,255.00 (Nine hundred and four ty-one thousand two hundred and fifty-five United States dollars only) The following particulars are attached to your lotto payment order:
(I) Serial Batch No: 83200-0
(ii) Ticket No:01-4119
(iii) Winning No: 9-17-19- 41- 46 + 1- 8
(iv) Ref No: 089-15416124-211
The Euro Millones Lottery Program internet draw is held once in a year and is so organized to encourage the use of the internet and computers worldwide. We are proud to say that over 200 Million Euros are won annually in more than 150 countries worldwide.
To claim your winning prize you are to contact the appointed agent as soon as possible for the immediate release of your winnings:

MR. FELIPE REYES .
Tel: 0034 637 882 526
E-mail: prosegurconsult@emailaccount.com [http://us.f541.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=prosegurconsult@emailaccount.com]

N.B:Steps to claiming your prize;
1.Please quote your Reference number in all correspondence with the claims officer.
2. You must contact the appointed agent with your Full Names, Contact Telephone Numbers (Home, Office and Mobile Number and also Fax Number) via email or following telephone number 0034 637 882 526 ,to process the immediate payment of your prize.
3. Be informed that the appointed agent will be required to swear an Affidavits of Lotto Claim and also obtain Approval Legal Clearance Certificate from the Court here in Spain which is in accordance with the European Union Fi nancial Act 2004 on payment of International Lottery Winners.
Please be aware that the PAYING BANK will Effect Payment Swiftly upon satisfactory Report, Verifications an d validation provided by this fiduciary agent.

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you.
Once again congratulations!!!
Best regards,
Mrs. Rosa Amparo
Euro Milliones Lottery



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