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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:
  • "claim 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: "spanish lottery" <spanishlottery28@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2006 15:38:39 -0900
Subject: FINAL WINNING NOTIFICATION

WINNING NOTIFICATION
FROM: THE DESK OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD
DEPARTMENT.
CALLE COLONE-28080 MADRID-SPAIN
REF Nº: EPSL/25003127/CSL/02
BATCH Nº:0007571982

ATTN: WINNER,


RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION/ FINAL NOTICE.

We are pleased to inform you of the release of the results of LOTERIA
PRIMITIVA/INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM, Held 19TH November 2005 Your email address
name attached to a ticket number 025-1146992-750 with serial number 2113-05
drew the lucky numbers 4-18-24-30-31-35 which consequently won the lottery
in the 3rd category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout
of 5,250, 000.00 EUR (FIVE MILLION TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND EUROS) in cash
credited to the file reference number: EPSL /25003127/CSL/02. This is from a
total cash price of 10,500,000.00 (TEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND EUROS
ONLY) shared between the two international winners in this category.

CONGRATULATIONS

Your fund is now deposited with our correspondence clearing agent insured to
your file reference number. Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we
advice that you keep this award from public notice until your claiming or
unwarranted taking advantage of this program by participants. All
participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
25,000 names from Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Africa, Europe and North
America as part of our international promotions program, which we conduct
once every year. We hope that with part of your prize, you will part-take in
our end of year high stake 190,000,000.00 EUR international lottery.

To begin your claim please contact your claim agent,

LIBERTY SEGUROS SL
Mr. Fidel Gaspar
Foreign services manager
Email:fidelgaspar_1@walla.com

For processing and remittance of your prize fund into your designated bank
account.

Note: All prize funds must be claimed before the 7th of february 2006 after
this date all funds will be returned to the MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA Y
HACIENDA as unclaimed. In order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications, please endeavour to quote your reference and batch numbers in
every correspondence with us to your claim agent. Furthermore, should there
be any change in your address do inform your claim agent as soon as
possible. Congratulation once again from all members of our staff and thank
you for being part of our promotion program.

N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to
disqualification. Please do not reply to this email address. Contact your
claim agent.

Best regards,
Management

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