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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "microsoft lottery"
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "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 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.
  • agentmarcuspinto@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "lotcoordinator1@terra.es" <lotcoordinator1@terra.es>
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 19:07:48 +0100 (MET)
Subject: Inform Your Paying Officer!!!


FROM: THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR, TERRA INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.

DEAR SIR/MADAM,
RESULTS FOR SECOND CATEGORY DRAWS
After a successful completion of the second category draws of TERRA INTERNATIONAL IN CONJUNCTION WITH MICROSOFT LOTTERY PROGRAMS held on 30th February 2007. Which to announce that you have emerged one of the winners of the TERRA INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS, which is part of our promotional draws.
Participants were selected through a Microsoft computer ballot system drawn from over 250,000 names/email addresses of individuals and companies from Africa, America, Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, Middle East, and New Zealand as part of our International promotions program.
You/Your Company, attached to ticket number 714-5-9827, with serial number 17/38/NHC drew the lucky numbers 3, 6, 29, 38, 57, 74 and consequently won in the second Category. You have therefore been awarded a lump sum pay out of €1.000, 000.00 (One Million Euros) only, which is the winning payout for second category winners.

This is from the total prize money of €5.000.000.00 shared among the Five international winners in the second category.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Your fund is now deposited with our assigned Registered Security/Finance Company insured in your name.
To avoid mix up of numbers and names of any kind, we request that you keep this award strictly from public notice until the entire process of transferring your claims has been completed, and your funds remitted to your account.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program.
We also wish to bring to your notice our Next promotion program which is the high stakes lottery draw where you stand a chance of winning up to €10 million. We hope that with a part of your prize you will participate.
Please contact your claims agent immediately, to begin your claims process.
Mr. Marcus Pinto,
FOREIGN DEPARTMENT MANAGER,
Santander Hispano Finance, SL.
Calle Alcala 101,
28018, Madrid
Spain
EMAIL: agentmarcuspinto@aim.com

For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice. Remember, you must contact your claim agent not later than 31th of April, 2007. After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.

NOTE: To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers provided below in every one of your correspondence with your claims agent.
REFERENCE NUMBER: CIP/N351215060/15
BATCH NUMBER: 20/1270/SHT.
Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being Part of our promotions program.

Sincerely,
Mrs Rita Hamilton,
Lottery Coordinator,
TERRA INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM.

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








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