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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.

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.
• 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.
  • +34677256839 (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.
  • luisfernandez0002@yahoo.es (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: wioDarren Harvey <ayohluisfernandez0001@yahoo.es>
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 19:07:06 +0100
Subject: Payment Notice Call Immediately for Verification hpny

The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369

FINAL WINNING NOTIFICATION/ PROCESSING ADVICE:

We happily announce to you the draw (#932) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY(Euro million), online
Sweepstakes International program held on
Wednesday JANUARY 11th, 2006. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188
with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:04-11-12-13-32 (03-09), which subsequently won
you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e. Match 2 and stars1 plus bonus. You have therefore been
approved to claim a total sum of £693,579.50(SIX hundred and ninety three thousand, five hundred
seventy nine and fifty pounds sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.
This is from a total cash prize of #693,579.50 shared amongst the Nine eight (9) lucky winners in this
category i.e. Match 2 and stars 1 plus bonus.

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through
computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions,associations, and corporate bodies that
are listed online. This promotion takes place weekly. Please note that your lucky winning number falls
within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon.

In view of this, you have therefore been approved to claim a total sum
of £693,579.50(SIX hundred and ninety three thousand, five hundred seventy nine and fifty pounds
sterling)
which would be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe. You money is now insured in
your name under insurance bond policy. Our European agent will immediately commence the process to
facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is
processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.

This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned. To file for your claim,
please quote the following
(i). Your names
(ii) Contact telephone and fax numbers
(iii) Contact Address
(1v) Age
(v)Profession or Occupation
(vi) Your Batch and Reference Numbers
(vii) Quote amount won.

Please send the above details to your Claims Processing Agent below

Solid Trust S.A. Madrid
DR LUIS FERNANDEZ
Tel: +34-67-7256839
Fax. +34-65-5684210
Email: luisfernandez0002@yahoo.es


Good luck and Congratulations once more from me and members of staff of the
UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,
Darren Harvey.
Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.
Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is AUTOMATICALY DISQUALIFIED and Any
BREACH of CONFIDENTIALITY on the part of the WINNERS will result to disqualification.

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