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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:
  • "fiduciary 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!
• 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.
  • +34616737878 (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.
  • antoniogomez_x@excite.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs.Rita Hamilton" <elss005@msn.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 15:36:03 +0000
Subject: RESULTS FOR CATEGORY "A" DRAWS!!

La Primitiva International Lottery games.
2114 Kingsway Ave., Osborne,
Western Australia, 7365.
Head office: 7 Guzman Ebueno
Madrid - Spain.

Dear Winner, RESULTS FOR CATEGORY "A" DRAWS!!

YOU WON: €1, 425, 211, 37!

With utmost joy, we are pleased to inform you of the result of the La
Primitiva International Lottery games programs held on the 4th, of January
2006 drew cash Prize of €1, 425, 211, 37 Your e-mail address attached to
batch number 230776/LPSG with reference number PLPG/0723/19 drew these lucky
numbers 06-09-20-27-32-37, which consequently won in the 1st category.

You have been approved to receive a cash prize of €1, 425, 211, 37 (One
Million Four Hundred & Twenty-five Thousand Two Hundred & eleven Euros
Thirty-seven cents)Be advised that due to incessant mix up in cash prize
transfer to previous winners, we advise that you Keep your winning
information confidential until your claims is been processed and your funds
(€1, 425, 211, 37) Transferred to you. This security measure is important;
its protocol
meant to avoid double claims, transfer and unwarranted abuse of this program
by other participants.

METHOD OF SELECTING WINNERS:

Participants were selected anonymously through a private ballot system
(computer ballot) from over 35,000 Companies and 70,000 individual e-mail
addresses all over the world. At the final draw your e-mail address Emerged
as the winner of our last jackpot. This is promotional program takes place
bi-annually, and it is promoted and sponsored Orient software Corporation
(Orient Networks). It is met to reward some individuals and corporations who
have devote their time and resources surfing the World Wide Web (www) with
their email addresses. Remember, all winning must be claimed not later than
14 working days from today. After the expiration of that time frame, if your
funds are unclaimed, it will be refunded to us and included in our next
draws. We hope you will use part of your cash prize to participate in our
next $18million draws in March 2006. Lastly,

in order to avoid unnecessary delays/complications with the transfer of your
funds to you, please always remember to quote your reference number in all
correspondence with our paying bank (Banco CFBS-Español). Furthermore,
should there be any change of your present address, please notify us
immediately so to make the appropriate adjustment.

Congratulations from the management and staffs of La Primitiva International
Lottery games. Kindly, immediately, contact our Paying Bank (Banco
CFBS-Español) for your payment advice.

Contact details our paying authority
Contact person: Mr. Antonio Gomez. (Fiduciary Agent)
Department of Private Banking
Banco CFBS-Madrid Español
E-mail:antoniogomez_x@excite.com
Tel: +34-616-737-878
Fax: +34-911-518-488

Congratulations.
Yours in services,

Antonio Gomes. (Lottery Coordinator)

THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR, LA PRIMITIVA INTERNATIONAL GAMES
You can go to our online result site to confirm the value of your winnings
and also get a prize breakdown: www.loteria.com click SPANISH LA PRIMITIVA
and click Date. Month, year of play in this format.17-12-2005 then click
premio.

Sweepstakes International Program Warning!!! Fraudulent emails are
circulating that appears to be impersonator using our names and addresses,
but are not from the la primitiva.PLEASE REPORT IMMEDIATELY TO CUSTOMER
CARE/COMPLAINTS DEPT:


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