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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "liberty seguros"
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims 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.
  • +34638163840 (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.
  • interforiexpress@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "INTERNATIONAL PRIZE AWARD DEPT." <dineroinfo@latinmail.com>
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2007 18:32:55 -0700
Subject: AWARD PROMOTIONAL PROGRAMME

EMAIL-LOTTERY AWARD PROMOTIONAL PROGRAMME

Sir/Madam

We are pleased to inform you that your EMAIL ADDRESS has been
selected as one of the 38 lucky winners in the email lottery programme
conducted by the ONCE LOTERIA on the 30th of November 2006.
The late release of this result was due to difficulties encountered in
Sorting out mixed up numbers and email addresses. All 38 winning
addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 900 000 000 international
and individual/companies E-mail addresses. Your email address emerged
alongside with 38 others as a category "6" winner in this year's once
loteria award Draw.


HOW WAS THE SELECTION DONE?


Most recently the foundation set up the NEW HOPE LOTTERY to give out
prizes based on the computer balloting system THEREFORE YOU DO NOT NEED
TO BUY A TICKET TO ENTER FOR IT.YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS WAS RANDOMLY SELECTED
AS A WINNER . As a category " 6" winner your lucky email addressee was
selected by the email computer balloting device where only email
addresses are soughed from a total number of 900 000 000 international
And individual/companies E-mail addresses drawn from all over the globe
Only thirty-eight winners emerged in this category. Your winning email
address has therefore been approved a lump sum Payout of €466 812 79 Euros.
Four Hundred and sixty-six Thousand Eight hundred and Twelve Euro
Seventy-Nine Cent Only in cash credited to file REF. ES/04678/SA..


This is from a total cash prize 38.000.000 Euro Thirty eight Million
shared
among the international winners in category "6. Below are the particulars
attached to your LUCKY WINNING EMAIL?


i The file Ref number:ES/04678/SA.
ii Result winning numbers: 2-5-0-4-9.
iii Email ticket number: 754/22/76.
iiii Lotto code number: MAD33964BL.

To immediately claim your prize contact the claim/paying agent on the
telephone number below.

LIBERTY SEGUROS S.A
CONTACT PERSON. MR.DOUGLAS WILSON
PLAZA DE COLON 124 1C MADRID SPAIN .
TEL: 0034-638-163-840.FAX:+34-911-010-681
CONTACT E-MAIL:interforiexpress@yahoo.co.uk


The above claim agent will assist you in the processing and remittance
of your winning prize funds to you. Also note that you are to contact
and process your winning prize not later than one month after this date
if
you do not contact and process your winning prize all funds will be
returned to the MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA Y HACIENDA as unclaimed.
N.B: Terms and conditions to claim your prize:
***********************************************************
1. Please quote your Reference & Batch number your full name and
address Country Telephone mobile fax number and occupation to your
claim agent and most importantly your prove of identification either your
international passport or your driver's licence For proper verification on
your lucky winning email prize you are to Visit our online website page
http://www.loteria.com/once.php and indicate the date this email lottery
programme draw of the ONCE LOTERIA was held [30th dia -11 mes - 2006 Ano
Premio] and there you will find your result winning number 2-5-0-4-9 .

Please verify your information's on the website page before contacting
your claims agent. Once again on behalf of all our staff
CONGRATULATIONS!!! .

This Promotion programme is sponsored by ONCE LOTERIA TO ENCOURAGE THE
USE OF INTERNET. All information's have to be kept out of public until
your winning Prize of Six Million Euros has been processed fully
remitted to you by our accredited pay-point bank; this is to avoid double
claim and Unwarranted abuse of the programme by some participants.

Sincerely
Mrs.Tonia Alicia.
Promotions Manager
Once Lotteries.
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This e-mail transmission contains information that is confidential and
may be privileged. It is intended only for the addressee s named above.
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Program Warning!!! Fraudulent emails are circulating that appears to be
impersonator using our names and addresses but are not from the
LOTTERY ONLINE PROGRAM PLEASE REPORT IMMEDIATELY TO CUSTOMER
CARE/COMPLAINTS DEPT.

Note: Participants below 15 years are automatically disqualified. All
e-mail transmission/correspondence are 100% protected by our Secured
Socket Layer SSL server.

The NLS is an institution under public law. Therefore the lottery
contract is concluded between the lottery participant and the public law
institution LOTTERY ONLINE PROGRAM

This e-mail transmission contains information that is confidential and
may be =
privileged. It is intended only for the addressee s named above.
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