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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:
  • "you are advice to " (this email uses bad English)
• 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.
  • +34699049083 (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.
  • grupocasco@yahoo.es (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Casco Grupo Seguridad España" <sanchez@mydestiny.net>
Reply-To: cascogrupoanthonio@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:18:50 -0000
Subject: Dear Sir/Madam



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TO: FILE KVC/ 6474397876/09
CASH CREDITED TO FILE
KVC/6474397876/09
THE LOTTERY BOARD COMMISSION(LBC)

We were contacted a couple of hours ago by the Lottery Board
Commission(LBC) regarding the release of your winnings and according
to their statement they have finally completed the processing of your
winnings and it as been released, all the necessary documents that
back the transaction including your winning check of $950,000.00(Nine
Hundred And Fifty Thousand Dollars) were submitted in our office on behalf
of the paying bank.

The Lottery Board Commission(LBC) decide not to send your winnings
to you as a mode of Check due to long period hold that banks do put on
International checks and also for security reasons, Please you are
advice to send us your contact information for verification before
the check can be deposited to the paying Bank.

CASCO GRUPO SEGURIDAD S.A ESPAÑA
ROMANO N*19 PLANTA 5
28011 MADRID SPAIN.
Direct Phone 0034-699-049-083
Email:grupocasco@yahoo.es
Email:cascogrupo@spainmail.com

Yours Sincerely
Dr Anthonio Gonzalez.

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