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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "transfer of your funds" (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.
  • +34654206538 (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.
  • christian.solaku@rediffmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Christlan Solaku" <gordowinner1@myway.com>
Reply-To: christian.solaku@rediffmail.com
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 12:06:14 +0200
Subject: ELGORDO WINNER 2006 (Claim your Prize)








ELGORDO LA PRIMITIVA INTERNATIONAL
2114 Kingsway Ave., Osborne,
Western Australia, 7365.
Head office: 28808 MADRID - ESPAÑA.
WEBSITE: www.loterias.com
Our Ref: SEGL/322/CRS/06
Date: 28/ 08/2006

Dear Winner,

SUBJECT: RESULT FOR 3RD CATEGORY WINNER

With utmost joy, we are pleased to inform you of the result of the Elgordo La Primitiva International Free Email Lottery Games programs held on the 18th of March 2006, whereby your email address fortunately drew the Lucky Star Nr: 25, 28,29, 45,54 attached to Ticket Nr: 65479, Serial Nr: ELP 0, Reference Nr: SEGL/322/CRS/06 and Batch Nr: 21480/ESP, which consequently won in the 3rd category Bonanza 2006 Free Email Lottery.

Therefore, You have been approved to receive a cash prize of €283,779.49 (Two Hundred and Eighty Three Thousand, Seven Hundred and Seventy-Nine Euros, Forty Nine Cents only). 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 claim(s) is been processed and your funds (€265,785.95 ) transferred to you.

Note that this security measure is important; its protocol is 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. Furthermore, be informed that this promotional program takes place bi-annually, and it is promoted and sponsored by 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.

IMPORTANTANT NOTICE: Remember, all winning must be claimed not later than 21 working days from today; after the expiration of this time frame, if your fund is 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 June 2006.

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 accredited Fiduciary Agent in charge of your claim.

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 Elgordo La Primitiva International Free Email Lottery Programm. To claim your winning sum, endeavour to contact our Europe Fiduciary Agent who will assist you to process your winning/claim with our paying bank within the stipulated time.

Contact details our Fiduciary Agent
VENSER GRUPO SEGUROS S.L.
CONTACT PERSON: Mr. Christlan Solaku
TEL: +34-654-206-538
FAX: +34-635-175-157
E-MAIL: christian.solaku@rediffmail.com
Congratulations.
Yours in services,

Laora Pascual
(Lottery Coordinator)

N.B: You can go to our online result site to confirm the value of your winnings and also get a prize breakdown: www.loterias.com, click on GORDO LA PRIMITIVA and click Date. Month, year of play in this Notification Letter 18th March 2006, then click on premio to view your total winning sum.

Elgordo La Primitiva International Sweepstakes Program Warning!!! Fraudulent emails are circulating that appears to be impersonator using our names and addresses, but are not from the Elgordo La Primitiva; if any of such, PLEASE REPORT IMMEDIATELY TO OUR CUSTOMER CARE/COMPLAINTS DEPT.
Note: Participants below 18 years are automatically disqualified; as all e-mail transmission/correspondence are 100% protected by our Secure Socket Layer (SSL) server.

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