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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:

• The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "euro - afro asia sweepstakes lottery" (no such lottery exists)
  • "arena complex km 18 route de rufisque" (address often used in fake lottery scams)
  • "route de rufisque" (address often used in fake lottery scams)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "amsterdam holland" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
• 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.
  • +6281804956906 (Indonesia, probably a 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.
  • profallansmith@myway.com

Fraud email example:

From: scoth rebecca3 <scothrebecca3@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 17:04:27 +0200
Subject: Congratulation you won E.A.A.S Lottery (GET BACK TO US NOW FOR YOUR
CLAIMING)



E.A.A.S Lottery Headquarters,Euro - Afro Asia Sweepstakes Lottery IncCustomer Service, 580 N.Tenth Street,Sacramento, ZA 85914,An Affiliate of Charity InternationalArena Complex Km 18 Route de Rufisque,I.P.P Award Department,Amsterdam Holland
We happily announce to you the draw of 2007 Euro-Afro Asia Sweepstakes Lottery International Program held on the 6th September 2007 in Amsterdam Holland.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: UE77901 with serial number: 1966679P and draw lucky number: 2345222 which subsequently won you lottery in the 2nd category of file number: DD677U you have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of US$1,250,000.00 (one million two hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars) in Cheque.
All participants in this lottery program were selected randomly through a computer ballot system, drawn from individual email addresses from all search engines.Your e-mail address was picked by the automated computer ballot system, which has been programmed for this random selection. This has eventually qualifiedyou for the Winning. This promotional program takes place annually, and is promoted and sponsored by eminent personalities, Sultan of Brunei, Bill Gates of Microsoft Inc With the support of European corporate companies and organizations to encourage the use of Internet and computers worldwide.
In view of this, your US$1,250,000.00 Cheque would be released to you by Our Asian Fiduciary Agent, Our Asian Fiduciary Agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your Cheque as soon as you contact Professor Allan Smith office in Jakarta Indonesia.
Please contact Professor Allan Smith in Jakarta Indonesia for your claim with the following details below to enable the speedy evaluation and processingof your winning.
1, Name 2, Home addresses, 3 Telephone number, 4 Age and occupation, 5 Ticket number, 6 Serial numbers. 7 File number, 8 Draw number,
Name: Professor Allan SmithEmail: profallansmith@myway.com profallan_smith@yahoo.comTel: +6281804956906.
For security purposes and clarity, We advice that you keep your winning information’s confidential, and not to be disclosed to anyone until your claim have beenfully processed and your winning Cheque delivered to you.
BE WARNED!
Your winning details can only be released to your fiduciary agent who will commence the process of your winning, This is to avoid wrong and double claim, itis also part of our security protocol to avoid unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous element. You are requested to contact Our AsianFiduciary Agent in Jakarta Indonesia for your claim. Please note that you will make your claim but not later than one month and two weeks grace period fromthe date you received winning notification.
In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, Make sure that your winning details are quoted correctly in all correspondence. We advice thatyou adhere strictly to these procedures to avoid disqualifications and subsequent cancellation.
Congratulations! Mrs. Scoth Rebecca.Lottery Zonal co-coordinator

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