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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 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.
  • +34627128221 (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.
  • claim2006@netscape.net

Fraud email example:

From: DENNIS COLE <claimoffice@atmail.com>
Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2006 18:25:56 +0100
Subject: 2006 LOTTERY AWARD WINNER


LOTERIA PRIMITIVA SWEEPSTAKES PROMOTION.
CALLE/BUSMAN EL-BUENO, 13728007 MADRID SPAIN.
FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF: LP/26510460037/02 BATCH: 24/00319/IPD

AWARD NOTIFICATION FINAL NOTICE.

WE ARE PLEASE TO INFORM YOU OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE WINNERS OF LOTTERY PRIMITIVA SWEEPSTAKES/INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS HELD ON 20Th DECEMBER .2005.YOUR CONTACT IS ATTACHED TO THE TICKET NUMBER 004-05117963-198, WITHSERIAL NUMBER 99375 DREW THE LUCKY NUMBERS : 01-15-37-38-48-49 ANDCONSEQUENTLY WON THE LOTTERY IN CATEGORY 1B. YOU HAVE BEEN THEREFOREAPPROVED THE SUM OF EUR 1,500,000.00 (ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED EUROS)CREDITED TO THE FILE NUMBER: LP/2656043/ES/104 THIS IS FROM THE TOTALPRICE MONEY OF EURO 31.472.765.00 SHARED AMONG THE TWENTY THREE LOCAL ANDINTERNATIONAL WINNERS INALLCATEGORIES. ALL PARTICIPANTS WERE SELECTED THROUGH COMPUTER BALOTTING SYSTEM DRAWN FROM 45,000.00 NAMES FROMAUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, AFRICA, EUROPE,AMERICA AND ASIA AS PART OF OURINTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAM WHICH IS CONDUCTED EVERY TWO YEARS.


CONGRATULATIONS!!!


YOUR FUND IS NOW INSURED TO YOUR CONTACT. DUE TO THE COMPUTER MIX-UP OFSOME NUMBERS AND CONTACTS, WE ASK YOU TO KEEP THIS AWARD STRICKLY FROMPUBLIC NOTICE UNTILL YOUR CLAIM HAS BEING PROCESSED AND YOUR MONEYREMITTED TO YOUR NOMINATED ACCOUNT.THIS IS PART OF OUR
SECURITY ADVICE TO AVOID DOUBLE CLAIMING OR UNSCRUPULOUS ACTS BY THEPARTICIPANTS OF THIS PROGRAM. YOU ARE TO CONTACT THE
UNDERSIGNED OFFICEFOR THE CLAIMING OF YOUR AWARD PRICE claim2006@netscape.net SINCE ALL WEHAVE NOW IS THE WINNING TICKET NUMBER
AND YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS WHICH WASATTACHED TO THE WINNING TICKET NUMBER.FOR DUE PROCESSING AND REMITTANCE OFYOUR AWARD PRICE, YOU ARE TO REPLYTHIS MAIL STATINGYOUR NUMBERS. DO NOTETHAT ALL PRICE MUST BE CLAIM NOT LATER THAN 30TH JANUARY 2006.AFTER THISDATE, ALL FUNDS WILL BE RETURNED AS UNCLAIMED TO THE MINISTRY.


NOTE: IN ORDER TO AVOID UNNECESSARY DELAY AND COMPLICATIONS,PLEASE QUOTEYOUR REFERENCE AND BATCH NUMBERS IN EVERY OF YOUR CORRESPONDENCE.FURTHERMORE,SHOULD THERE BE ANY CHANGE OF YOUR ADDRESS DO INFORM THISOFFICE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN FROM ALL OUR STAFF.
SINCERELY

MR. DENNIS COLE
THE PROMOTION MANAGER
0034-627-128-221: CALL FOR MORE CONFIRMATION
REPLY TO THIS EMAIL ADDRESS FOR YOUR CLAIM: claim2006@netscape.net

YOU ARE TO FORWARD TO THIS OFFICE ( claim2006@netscape.net ) THE
FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
1. FILE NUMBER:
2. BATCH NUMBER:
3. REFERENCE NUMBER:
4. WINNING NUMBER:
5. CATEGORY:
6. AMOUNT WON:
7a. FULL NAME:(MR/MRS)
b. TEL AND FAX NUMBER:(Office,Home and Mobile)
8. CITY/COUNTRY:
9. ADDRESS:(HOME AND OFFICE)
10. OCCUPATION/ORGANIZATION:
11. POSITION :
12. DATE OF BIRTH:
13. PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS:

ON THE CONFIRMATION OF THE ABOVE INFORMATION,WE WILL GIVE YOU THE CONTACTDETAILS OF THE BANK THAT WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PAYMENT OF YOURAWARD. THEREAFTER,YOU WILL BE ISSUED WITH A CLAIM CERTIFICATE OF WINNINGTHAT WILL BE USED FOR THE CLAIM OF THE MONEY FROM YOUR BANK,AFTER GETTINGCLEARANCE FROM THE MINISTERIO DE INTERIO HERE IN SPAIN

.NOTE:YOU ARE TO KEEP THIS AWARD OUT FROM PUBLIC NOTICE TO AVOID DOUBLEREPRESENTATION.YOU MUST ABSOLUTELY BE CONFIDENTIAL UNTILL THE BANKTRANSFERRED YOUR FUND INTO YOUR NOMINATED ACCOUNT. CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN.

THANKS
DENNIS COLE

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