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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "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 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.
  • imade_esosa@diplomats.com

Fraud email example:

From: "BONO LOTTERY OFFICE" <bono_lottery@winning.com> (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 13:33:24 +0200
Subject: PROMOTIONS

FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,

REF: GSL/206/8320054/887
BATCH: 9075/08/LCF

ATTENTION: Sir/Madam


We are pleased to inform you of the annoucement today the 27th of October 2005 of winners of the BONO Lottos International program.Your
details attached to ticket number 275-1085-8862-005, with serial number 8786-35 drew the lucky winning 3 4 5 11 17 41 You have
there-fore been approved for a lump sum pay out of €950,000,00 Euros in cash credited to file Ref Nº: GSL/206/8320054/887. and you can as
well search our website to see that you are one of the lucky winners of this month http://onlae.terra.es/sorteos.asp
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 25,000 names from Middle East, Asia, Africa, Canada, Europe,
Australia, New Zea land, South and North America as part of our International promotion programmes. Congratulations!!!

Your fund is now deposited with an International finance and security house insured . Due to the mix up of some names and numbers, we ask
that you keep this award noticfication strictly from public notice untill your claim has been processed and your money remitted to your
account.This is part of our security protocol to avold double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program.

To begin your claim, please contact your International claims agent,

Mr.Lopez Martinez,
Foreign service manager,
Golden Link finance & security s.l
TEL: + 34-675397278
FAX: + 34-950319060
EMAIL: (imade_esosa@diplomats.com)


For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a desgnated account of your choice,remember to contact your claims agent

NOTE: In order to avold unnecessary delays and complications, pleasedo remember to quote your Reference and Batch numbers in every one of
your correspondences with your claims agent. Further-more, should there be any change of your address, do inform your claims agent as
soon as possible. Congratulations again from all our staffs and thank you for being
part of our promotional programmes.

Sincerely,

MRS.VOS SANCHEZ

N.B.Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will
result to disqualification. Please do not reply to this mail, contact
your claims agent.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam