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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:

• 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.
  • lotterias_primitiva@zwallet.com
  • anthony_banson@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: LOTTERIAS PRIMITIVA <lotterias_primitiva@zwallet.com>
Reply-To: otterias_primitiva@zwallet.com
Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2006 03:58:07 +0200
Subject: FINAL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION


FROM: THE PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT LOTERIA LA PRIMITIVA,
CALLE GUZMAN EL BUENO 137, MADRID - SPAIN.
E: MAIL: lotterias_primitiva@zwallet.com
REF: LP523275/2005/ES & BATCH: 02005/1PD.
Congratulations Category 3rd prize winner of europrimitiva loterias de espana conducted on the 25th - 09 - 2005 .You have been selected as one of two winners of the Worldwide loteria la primitiva Madrid - Spain computer ballot draws and thus will be a privileged recipient of the grand draw prize of €750,000.00 (Seven Hundred And Fifty Thousand Euros Only). Winning File Reference number for your prize is: LP523275/2005/ES; ticket number 524 - 7963 198.
We in the Worldwide europrimitiva loterias de espana Madrid - Spain is by
this program, launching our model computer balloting lottery draws, developed
and designed to satisfy the cravings of the ever growing number of participants in our various lottery programs. With funds accrued exclusively from previous draws, payouts to all winners are guaranteed and will be transferred in record time.
After randomly selecting 25,000 participants from an initial data base of
300,000 emails and zoning all participants by their respective continents
from across the globe, we produced an extensive list from which you have
emerged as one of the winners of the Grand Draw prize.
To ensure a smooth collection of your winnings, the transfer of your prize is
to be handled by our Prize Transfer agents.You are to contact our agents by
mail / fax within a week of receiving this notice. Please find full contact
details below:
Anthony Banson,
Insurance Officer
Crown Seguro.s.a
C/ Burgos 27,
Madrid - Spain.
TEL:(+34) 616 109 094.
FAX:(+34) 675 162 718.
EMAIL: anthony_banson@yahoo.com
Also find all other relevant winning lottery information below:
Draw Serial No: 99375.
Batch No: 02005/1PD.
Grand Draw No: 42 - 55 - 28 - 35 - 36 - 12.
You are seriously advised to keep all winning lottery information and numbers from the public in line with our company security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by unscrupulous individuals.Remember you will be paying 1% of the total sum won as agency fee after the bank might have transfer your winning fund to your account.
Please direct all further correspondences and queries to your respective category Prize Transfer handlers.
Congratulations once again from the Loteria La Primitiva.
NOTE: The final date for claim is the 25th - 11- 2005.
Sincerely,
Maria Lopez.
International Promotions Manager
LOTERIA LA PRIMITIVA,

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