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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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.
  • +34676122558 (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.
  • once_lottery@yahoo.es

Fraud email example:

From: "Carmen Fernandez" <once_lottery@yahoo.es>
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 21:49:57 +0200
Subject: NOTIFICATION

EL GORDO LOTERIA

C/ BARBIERI 15

28004 MADRID SPAINTELEFAX: +34 –669-578-046

E-mail : once_lottery@yahoo.es
Website : www.elgordomasgordo.com

FROM THE DESK OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR

INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/ PRIZE AWARD DEPT

REF: EGS/3099200500/05

BATCH NO: 00636536500

ATTN: BENEFICIARY.

RE:AWARD NOTIFICATION FINAL NOTICE

This is to inform you of the release of today the EL - GORDO INTERNATIONAL LOTERIA
LOTTERY / INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS PROGRAMS held on the 13th of SEPTEMBER
2005. and released on the 3rd OCTOBER 2005 Your E-MAIL address /
company
E-mail address was attached to the ticket number 025-11-464-992-750
with serial number 2113-05 drew the lucky numbers 13-15-16-21-34-36
which
consequently won the lottery in the 3rd category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payment of € 212,515.00
(TWO HUNDRED AND TWELVE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN EUROS) in
cash credited to file with REF Nº: EGS/3099200500/05. and BATCH Nº:
00636536500. This is from a total cash prize of € 7,438,025.00 (SEVEN
MILLION, FOUR HUNDRED AND

THIRTY-EIGHT THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE EUROS ONLY) shared among the
(Thirty-five international winners). CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Your fund is now deposited with (CRUSADER INT. SECURITY AND INSURANCE
VAULT) and Insured. Due to mix up of e-mail addresses, we ask that you
keep this award from the public notice until your claim has been
processed and your money remitted to a designation of your choice as
this part
of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or un warranted
taking of an advantage of this program participants.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn
from 25,000 names from Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, America,
North America and Africa. As part of the International promotions
program
which use to be conducted once every year.

To begin your claim, Please contact the claims agent, DON PACO ALEX
the Foreign Operation Manager of CRUSADER INT.SECURITY AND
INSURANCE VAULT. on TEL: +34 676 122 558 and E-mail
cisiv@mcrmail.com
for the processing and remmittance of your winning prize to a
designation of your choice.

Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than, 4th of
NOVEMBER 2005 after this date all funds will be returned to the
MINISTERIO
DE ECONOMIA Y HACIENDA as unclaimed.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, Please
remember to quote your Reference and Batch number in every
correspondence
with your Agent because all the information had been forwarded to him.
As soon as you contact Agent, the necessary processing will be carry
on.

***CERTIFICATE OF CLAIM OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AUTHORITY IS MANDATORY FOR
ALL WINNERS Congratulations once again from all our Members of Staff
and Thank you of being part of our International Promotions Program.

YOURS SINCERELY,

THE SECRETARY,

CARMEN FERNANDEZ

NOTE : An Original Copy will been sent to your Agent ( Don
PACO ALEX )




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