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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.
• 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.
  • +447031967434 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • elgordoagent@ny.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "INTERNATIONAL LOTTO" <winningnotice202@msn.com>
Reply-To: elgordoagent@ny.com
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 14:50:47 +0000
Subject: Congratulations!!! once more

C/CORDOBA NO 21 PLANTA 2-A
28204 MADRID -SPAIN.
TEL/FAX:+3463502878
FROM: THE DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT
REF NO: EGS/2551256003/02
BATCH NO: 14/0017/IPD

RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION FINAL NOTICE,ALL WINNERS INFORMATION.
We are pleased to inform you, that as a result of our
RECENT LOTTERY DRAWS HELD on the 1st of January 2006.Your
e-mail address attached to ticket number:11 23 34 38 48 49
46 750 with serial number:2113 ? 05 draw lucky numbers:13
15 ? 22 ? 37 39 which consequently won in the 3rd category.
you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay of $1,250 000 00usd,(ONE
MILLION TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS ONLY)

Note that All participants in this lottery program have
been selected randomly through a computer ballot system
drawn from over 20,000 companies and 30,000,000 individual
email addresses from all search engines and web sites.This
promotional program takes place every year,and is promoted
and sponsored by eminent personalities like the Sultan of
Brunei,Bill Gates of microsoft inc and other corporate
organisations.This is to encourage the use of the internet
and computers worldwide.

For security purpose and clarity,we advise that you keep
your winning information confidential until your claims
have been processed and your money remitted to you.This is
part of our security protocol to avoid double claims and
unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants.We
look forward to your active participation in our next 4
million euro\'s slot.

You are required to contact your clearance/cliam agent
Aima, Foreign Operations Manager,EUROCITY GRUPO SEGURIDAD
S.A ON contact him with this Email:(elgordoagent@ny.com)www.loteria.com,
phone +447031967434 for processing and remittance of your prize money to a
designated account of your choice Allwinnings must be claimed not later than
one month
After the date of this notice.Please note,in order to avoid unnecessary
delays and complications,remember to quote your reference number and
batch numbers in all correspondence.Furthermore,should
there be any change of address do inform our agent as soon
as possible.

FOR RECONFIRMATION
PLEASE FILL THE GAPS BELOW:

1.FULL NAMES:__________________________________
2.ADDRESS:_____________________________________________
____________________________________________
3.SEX:_______________
4.AGE:________
5.MARITAL STATUS:___________________
6.OCCUPATION:________________________
7.E-MAIL ADDRESS:_____________________________
8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:_____________________

9.TICKET NUMBER:___________________
10.SERIAL NUMBER:__________________
11.REF NUMBER:____________
___________________________________________
12. COUNTRY________________________________

Warning you are advise to avoid any more mails you may receive concerning
this winning for security purpose.send the required informations to agent
Aima for processing your winnings.
Congratulations!!! once more and thank you for being part
of our promotional program.


Sincerely,
MRS. SANDRA BLANCO.
VICE PRESIDENT.
INTL LOTERIA PRIMITIVA

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