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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:
  • "claims office" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• 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.
  • +34634191060 (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.
  • euresult@aol.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: edward@edwardlauraa.orangehome.co.uk
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 13:32:35 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: CONTACT THE EUROPEAN PAYMENT OFFICE FOR YOUR PRIZE !!!


CONTACT THE EUROPEAN PAYMENT OFFICE FOR YOUR PRIZE !!!
LOTTORIA SPANISH. INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD
LUCKY NUMBER: 44/42/09-ANL/06
TICKET NUMBER: 67-84-501
YOUR REF NUMBER: AD/GU888/68/06.NH
KINDLY RESPOND TO E-MAIL: euresult@aol.com
FINAL NOTICE OF WINNING

We are delighted to notify you of the result of the free lotto E.U programs held on 28th of August, 2007 your email address was attached to one of the ten winning Ticket numbers (67-84-501) - with Game (Number 7387).
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of 1,500,000.00 euro (One million five Hundred Thousand Euro)
CONGRATULATIONS !!!
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system from our sponsors databases, including over 5,000 companies and 20,000 individual E-mail addresses and names submitted by our agents drawn from Asia, Africa, Europe, North And South America, Oceania and around the world. To file for your urgent claim, please contact our affiliate agent.
CONTACT AGENT : MRS. LUCY ANDRE
E.U LOTTO AWARD AGENCY SPANISH
PAYMENT CENTER MADRID, SPAIN
REPLY E-MAIL: euresult@aol.com
Tel: 0034-634-191-060
It is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and to minimize identification difficulties advise you to keep this information confidential until your claim is processed successfully and to avoid unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants.
All winnings must be claimed not later than 2 weeks upon receipt of this notification, after this date all unclaimed winnings will be null and void.
In Order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications remember to quote your ticket number and game numbers in all correspondence. Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our agents as soon as possible.
Congratulations once more and thank you for being part of our promotional program.
Yours faithfully
Mrs. Laura Edward
Award Centre Co-coordinator
E.U Lottery International office
NOTE: Do not reply this mail. You are to contact your claims officer immediately via the provided email address. In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference number in every one of your correspondences.

Anti-fraud resources:

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