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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:
  • "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!
• 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.
  • seguroisaurance@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "yahooemailaward@terra.es" <yahooemailaward@terra.es>
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 18:05:51 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: (CONGRATULATION FROM YAHOO)


=20
LOTTERY RESULTS 2007 =20





Messenger Yahoo! Lottery Results You won( 952,000,00EUROS) Yahoo! Mail con=
gratulates you!=20






Yahoo! Mail announce you as one of the lucky winners in the ongoing Yahoo =
Lottery Draw of the 20th July 2007.=20




REF: ESP/1005/2007
BATCH: MIL 9470/026/EU/ES
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Dear Winner,
We are pleased to inform you, the beneficiary of this email account the res=
ult of the Yahoo lottery programs released on the 25th July 2007.=20
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CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Further more your details(e-mail address) falls within our Spainsh represen=
tative office in Madrid Spain,

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You are to send the completed verification form below to our Agent in the =
Madrid Spain whose email address is given above so that you will be advised=
on what to do to get your prize fund /money. Congratulations once more!!
=20
Due to mix up of some email addresses and winning numbers, your funds has b=
een deposited in a transit account with the paying bank BBVA (BANCO BILBAO =
VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA S.A.) under insurance policy bond awaiting remittance as=
soon as your contact is received by your representative claim agent LIBERT=
Y AGENCIA DE SEGUROS S.L., there in Madrid. Your agent will help you facili=
tate the release of your winning fund as you may wish to receive it being t=
he bona fide beneficiary of the winning email.=20
=20
We ask that you keep your winning information confidential until your claim=
s has been processed by your agent and your winning fund remitted to you fi=
naly, this is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and un=
warranted abuse of this program by some participants and those you might re=
veal your winning information to, please be warn !!!.
=20
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from =
over one million companies and individuals email addresses and names from a=
ll over the world, as this is a millennium scientific computer game in whic=
h email addresses were used. It is a promotional program aimed at encouragi=
ng internet users; therefore you do not need to buy ticket to enter for it.=
Find below your winning information to file your claim.

=20
REF: ESP/1005/2007.
BATCH: MIL 9470/026/EU/ES.=20
WINNING N=C2=BA: 17-19-29-36-45 / (05-06) Bonus Ball.
TICKET N=C2=BA: 45820.=20
=20
The above numbers consequently won your email in the 2nd category, you have=
therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of EUR =E2=82=AC952,000,.00=
. (NINE HUNDRED AND FIFTY TWO THOUSAND EUROS). To begin your lottery claim=
, please contact the processing agent that have been appointed for the proc=
essing and remittance of your winings using the contact informations below.
DR. JAMES STEWART,
SEGURO INSURANCE S.L.
GRAN VIA 78, 28008 MADRID SPAIN.

:seguroisaurance@aim.com
Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform the processing=
agent as soon as possible. Congratulations once again from members and sta=
ff of Yahoo lottery and thank you for being part of our promotional program=
.
=20
Yours Sincerely,
Sr. Fernandez Alvaro Mu=C3=B1oz.
Europe and International Coordinator .
=20
=20



MR. WILLIAM LUTHER
The Yahoo.com staff
Yahoo.com http://www.yahoo.com

























Yahoo! Lottery Results=20
Yahoo! Lottery is a free service that does not require you to be a Yahoo! r=
egistered user.

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