419 scam: Dianne Thompson <barrobwhite@gmail.com> Attn: Email Account Holder,

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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:
- "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "foreign service manager" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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 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.
- +27717037564 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
- +27864518516 (South Africa, 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.
- maryhanks706@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Dianne Thompson <barrobwhite@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 14 May 2018 17:50:27 +0100
Subject: Attn: Email Account Holder,

Attn: Email Account Holder,

Congratulations!! We happily announce to you the draw (#1108) of the
Euro-Millions, online Sweepstakes promotion held in London-United
Kingdom. Your active e-mail address attached to the World Wide Web
computer generated ticket number: B7607545 4139 with reference number
EAAL/JA2C110P7 and Serial number UK5365/3, Batch number ZA87-2PY, drew
the Lucky Numbers: 06 12 23 39 45 Lucky Stars 09 12. This subsequently
won you the lottery in the 1st category i.e. matches 6 lucky numbers
as jackpot prize. You have therefore been allocated to claim a total
sum of Â£650,000.00 (Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand British Pounds) in
cash is credited to Millionaire Raffle JJFG67338. This is from

A total cash prize of Â£3,900,000.00 Shared amongst the (6) lucky
winners in "1st" category.

PRIZE BREAKDOWN

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Draw 1108, | Draw Machine: 11 | Ball set: 03 | Friday 04 May, 2018 |
Jackpot for this draw Â£32,659,632
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No. of matches No. of winners Â£s per winner Prize
fund

Match 5 + 1 Stars 5 Â£140,245.00
Â£140,245.00

Match 5 12 Â£13,610.20
Â£27,220.40

Match 4 + 2 Stars 22 Â£3,631.20
Â£25,418.40

Match 4 + 1 Stars 857 Â£99.40 Â£20,277.60

Match 4 2,171 Â£31.00
Â£14,167.00

Totals 1,985,725
Â£4,086,304.20

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Additional information Jackpot winner(s) Lucky Dip winners Machine
used for draw Ball set used

11 SAPPHIRE
03

This promotion was drawn based on email address as the key
identification for setting up online accounts. All valid email
addresses in the World Wide Web Draw used/participants for the online
email promotion version were selected randomly via computer balloting
from a global website collaboration with internet companies like eBay,
pay pal, liberty reserve, and Google whom also built their systems and
based their membership registration identity on email addresses
supporting this computer draw system done by extracted email addresses
from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies and
affiliated members to the National Lottery website and their
advertisers listed online. This Online promotion takes place via
virtual ticket balloting and it is done Bi-annually.

Please note that youâ€™re lucky winning ticket file and number falls
within our African booklet representative office in Johannesburg South
Africa, as indicated in your ballot played coupon. In view of this,
your (Â£650,000.00) would be released to you by our payment department
in South Africa.

Contact our Fiduciary agents immediately to commence release of your
lottery prize by providing details below.

1. Full Name:

2. Age:

3. Sex:

4. Address:

5. Occupation:

6. Email Address:

7. Country of origin:

8. Country of resident:

9. Telephone:

10. Fax Numbers:

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claim is processed and your money remitted to
you in whatever choice you want to claim your prize. Precautionary
measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program
are in place. Please be warned!!! To file for your claim, please
contact our fiduciary agent and provide her with your winning email
and details.

Euro-Million Lottery Fiduciary Agents:
(Mrs. Mary Hanks)
Foreign Service Manager (FSM)
#14 Rissik Street, Johannesburg 2001, South Africaâ€¦
Tel: +27 71 703 7564

Fax: +27 86 451 8516
E-mail: maryhanks706@hotmail.com

"Please do not reply back to the senders address or the source email
address, this notification is sent automatically via computer virtual
notification to winning email addresses and a response will not be
attended by Human but computer" contact the fiduciary agents above "

Yours Faithfully,
Mrs. Dianne Thompson. Online co-coordinator.
EURO-AMERICAN ASIA INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY.
Copyright (c) 1994-2018 The UK Lottery International Promotion Inc.
All rights reserved. Terms of Service -Guideline.

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