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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:

• 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:
  • "from: the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "foreign service manager" (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 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.
  • alicanteloteria@yahoo.es (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "alicanteloteria@terra.es" <alicanteloteria@terra.es>
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2007 15:16:02 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER



FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
REF N0: LP/26510460037/05
BATCH N0: 24/00319/IPD
WEBSITE: www.alicanteloteria.com

AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION.

WE ARE PLEASED TO INFORM YOU OF THE FINAL RELEASE TODAY 02ND APRIL 2007, OF THE BONO LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM HELD ON THE 21ST MARCH 2007.

YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS WAS ATTACHED TO WINNING NUMBER 9-10-31-36-38-46 / 8 / 17. THIS DREW THE LUCKY NUMBER WHICH CONSEQUENTLY WON THE LOTTERY IN THE 1a CATEGORY.

YOU ARE THEREFORE BEEN APPROVE THE SUM OF € 803.155,00 (EIGHT HUNDRED AND THREE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY FIVE EUROS.) IN CASH CREDIT TO THE REFERENCE N0: LP/26510460037/05 AND BATCH N0: 24/00319/IPD.


YOUR FUND IS NOW DEPOSITED WITH A PAYING BANK, AND WE ASK THAT YOU KEEP THIS AWARD A TOP SECRET FROM THE PUBLIC NOTICE UNTIL YOUR CLAIM HAS BEEN PROCESSED AND YOUR PRIZE MONEY REMITTED TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT AS THIS IS A PARTOF OUR SECURITY PROTOCOL TO AVOID DOUBLE CLAIM APPLICATION OR UNWARRANTED TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THIS PROGRAM BY PARTICIPANTS.

ALL PARTICIPANTS WERESELECTED THROUGH A COMPUTER BALLOT SYSTEM DRAWN FROM 550,000 EMAIL ADDRESSES FROM AUSTRALIA , USA , AFRICA, EUROPE, ASIA, NEW-ZEALAND, MIDDLE-EAST AND SOUTH-NORTH AMERICA . AS PART OF OUR INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS PROGRAM.

PLEASE CONTACT THE ISSUING AUTHORITY, YOUR PRIZE CLAIM AGENT DR. OLIVER CLOUDE (FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER OF ALICANTE LOTERIA SECURITY COMPANY) FOR PROCESSING AND REMITTANCE OF YOUR PRIZE MONEY TO YOUR DESIGNATED BANK ACCOUNT OF YOUR CHOICE.

DR. OLIVER CLOUDE
EMAIL: alicanteloteria@yahoo.es

REMEMBER, ALL PRIZE MONEY MUST BE CLAIMED NOT LATER THAN 30 WORKING DAYS FROM THE DATE OF RECEIVING THIS NOTIFICATION. AFTER THIS DATE, ALL FUNDS WILL BE RETURNED AS UNCLAIMED.

NOTE: IN ORDER TO AVOID UNNECESSARY DELAYS AND COMPLICATIONS, PLEASE REMEMBER TO QUOTE YOUR FILE REFERENCE AND BATCH NUMBERS IN EVERY OF YOUR CORRESPONDENCE WITH YOUR CLAIM AGENT.

FURTHERMORE, SHOULD THERE BE ANY CHANGE OF ADDRESS, DO INFORM YOUR CLAIM AGENT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. PLEASE REMEMBER TO ASK FOR YOUR PRIZE CLAIM CERTIFICATE AS SOON AS ALL CONDITIONS OF CLAIM ARE MET AS YOUR CLAIM AGENT WILL LET YOU KNOW SOME OF THESE CONDITIONS THAT WILL MEET TO ENABLE YOU TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE.

BELOW IS OUR WEBSITE TO ENABLE YOU CONFIRM YOUR LUCKY WINNING NUMBERS AND AMOUNT YOU WON. BE WELL INFORMED THAT IF YOUR WINNING INFORMATION DOES NOT CORRESPOND WITH THAT IN OUR SYSTEM THEN YOUR PAYMENT WILL NOT BE PROCESSED.

1. Carefully click/ on this web site: https://www.alicanteloteria.com
2. Click on: Resultados
3 Click on our organization bonolotto
4. Click on the date which your draw was held
5. Click on the BUSCAR bottom to search for your winning number.

CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN FROM ALL MEMBERS OF OUR STAFF AND THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF OUR PROMOTIONS PROGRAM.


BEST REGARDS,
MRS. MARIA SANCHEZ.


YOU ARE TO FORWARD YOUR BELLOW INFORMATIONS TO THE OFFICE OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER: EMAIL ADDRESS: alicanteloteria@yahoo.es

1. WINNING NUMBER:
2. AMOUNT WON: 3. REFERENCE NUMBER:
4. BATCH NUMBER:
5. CATEGORY:
6. FULL NAME:(MR/MRS)
7. DATE OF BIRTH:
8. CITY/COUNTRY:
9. ADDRESS :( HOME AND OFFICE)
10. OCCUPATION/ORGANIZATION:
11. POSITION:
12. TEL AND FAX NUMBER :( Office, Home and Mobile ):
13. PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS:

ON THE CONFIRMATION OF THE ABOVE INFORMATION,WE WILL GIVE YOU THE CONTACT DETAILS OF THE BANK THAT WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PAYMENT OF YOUR WINNING AWARD.

THEREAFTER,YOU WILL BE ISSUED WITH A CLAIM CERTIFICATE OF WINNING THAT WILL BE USED FOR THE CLAIM OF THE MONEY FROM YOUR BANK, AFTER GETTING CLEARANCE FROM THE MINISTERIO DE INTERIO HERE IN SPAIN.

NOTE: YOU ARE TO KEEP THIS AWARD OUT FROM PUBLIC NOTICE TO AVOID DOUBLE REPRESENTATION.YOU MUST ABSOLUTELY BE CONFIDENTIAL UNTILL THE BANK TRANSFERRED YOUR FUND INTO YOUR NOMINATED ACCOUNT.

CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN.
THANKS, MARIA SANCHEZ. FOR: ALICANTE LOTERIA.





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