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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:
  • "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. Never ever send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally. )
  • "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!

Fraud email example:

From: EUROPEAN UNION INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONIC LOTTERY
<awardeuromillion@yahoo.es>
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:06:05 +0200
Subject: AWARD WINNER 2008. contact your agent for claims.




Attn: Sir/Madam.We are please to announce you as one of the 4 lucky winner=
s in the *Euro Millones* *Lottery International* Email Address draw on the=
21*th of dec, 2007*, due to the mixture of names and address the result w=
as released on the 28th March,2008. All 4 winning addresses were randomly =
selected from a batch of 50,000,000 international email addresses. Your em=
ail address emerged alongside 3 other as a second category winner in the E=
uro Millones Lottery Draw. Consequently, you have therefore been approved =
for a total pay out of *691 860.24* (Six hundred and ninety-one thousand e=
ight hundred sixty euros twenty-four cent) which is equivalent to *US$,941=
,255.00* *(Nine hundred and fourty-one* *thousand two hundred and fifty-fi=
ve United States dollars only)*The following particulars are attached to y=
our lotto payment order: *(I) Serial Batch No: 83200-0
(ii) Ticket No:01-4119=20
(iii) Winning No: 9-17-19- 41- 46 + 1- 8=20
(iv) Ref No: 089-15416124-211*The Euro Millones Lottery Program internet d=
raw 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 Milli=
on Euros are won annually in more than 150 countries worldwide. To claim y=
our winning prize you are to contact the appointed agent as soon as possib=
le for the immediate release of your winnings:*MR. Jose Carlos .* *Tel: 00=
34 664 617 780
E-mail: fidelityconsult1@ozu.es [http://us.f388.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose=3F=
To=3Dfidelityconsult1@ozu.es]**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 Tel=
ephone Numbers (Home, Office and Mobile Number and also Fax Number) via em=
ail or following telephone number *0034 664 617 780,*to process the imme d=
iate 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 acco=
rdance with the European Union Financial Act 2004 on payment of Internatio=
nal Lottery Winners. Please be aware that the PAYING BANK will Effect Paym=
ent Swiftly upon satisfactory Report, Verifications and validation provide=
d by this fiduciary agent. For security reasons, you are advised to keep y=
our winning information confidential till your claims is processed and you=
r money remitted to you. Once aga in congratulations!!! Best regards,=20
Mrs. Amparo Blasco
Euro Milliones Lottery


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