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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claims agent" (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!

Fraud email example:

From: sem emsl <linkawdrgt@web.de>
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 14:56:33 +0200
Subject:



EUROPEAN UNION INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONIC LOTTERYELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION AND PRESENTATION CENTER: MADRID ,SPAIN
Date 08/10/2007
Ref: 475061725
Batch: 7056490902/188
Winning No: GB8701/LPRC
CONGRATULATIONS
Euromillion Lottery Bonanza


Dear Lucky Winner

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 5th of October 2007 from the European Union International Lottery (EUROLOTTO) programme,which is fully based on an electronic selection of winners using their e-mail addresses.Your email address was attached to ticket number; 575061725 8056490902 , serial number 6741137002 .This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows : 5-13-33-37-42 ,bonus number 17,which consequently won the lottery in the second category. You hereby have been approved a lump sum payment of €1,300,000.00 (ONE MILLION THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND EUROS) in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW 47509/02 from the total cash prize shared amongst eight lucky winners in this category. All participants were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada, Australia,United States, South America,Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions programme which is conducted annually. This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some multinational companies in the European Union area as part of their social responsibilities to the citizens in the communities where they have operational bases.

Furthermore ,your details( e-mail address) falls within our representative office in Spain, as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of €1,300,000.00 will be released to you from their regional branch office in Madrid. We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of the year high stakes for €1.3 Billion international draw. HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:
Simply contact our fiducial agent, Manuel Carlos *C/ JESUS 34, 28001 <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">MADRID</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">SPAIN</st1:country-region></st1:place> <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p>*<?xml:namespace prefix = v ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" /><v:rect id=_x0000_s1026 style="MARGIN-TOP: 5.6pt; Z-INDEX: 1; MARGIN-LEFT: 348pt; WIDTH: 117pt; POSITION: absolute; HEIGHT: 54pt; rotation: -1304863fd" strokeweight="6pt" strokecolor="red" filled="f"><v:stroke linestyle="thickBetweenThin"></v:stroke></v:rect>carlos204@ozu.es [mailto:carlos204@ozu.es] to file in for your claim. Phone +34654617708 Please quote your reference,batch and winning numbers which can be found on the top left corner of this notification ,as well as your full name, address and telephone numbers to help locate your file easily. For security reasons,we advice all winners to keep this information confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking of advantage of this programme by non-participants or unofficial personnel.

Note,All winnings MUST be claimed by the 17th of October ,2007; otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to charity. Congratulations once again on your winning. PLEASE REPLY THIS EMAIL, CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT AT
NAME: Manuel Carlos carlos204@ozu.es [mailto:carlos204@ozu.es]
Best [http://mail.yahoo.com/config/login?/Compose?To=rev_mark2006lottery@yahoo.comBest]RegardsEUROMILLION LOTTO

BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION. [http://mail.yahoo.com/config/login?/_javascript:popUp%28%27http://www.truste.org/ivalidate.php?url=www.thelotter.com&amp;sealid=101%27%29] THANKS: MANAGEMENT, EUROMILLION LOTTERY INC.Past winners all over the world filled with excitement over their winnings

LOTTERY CO-SPONSORS: MICROSOFT AND YAHOO CORPORATIONS EUROPEAN UNIONORACLE CORPRATION,USA



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