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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:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "foreign service manager" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • +34685349862 (Spain, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: MARIA SANCHEZ <elgordolaprimitival@message.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 15:00:49 +0100
Subject: AWARD WINNING FINAL NOTIFICATION.


FROM:THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF: LP/26510460037/05
BATCH: 24/00319/IPD
WEBSITE: <HTTP://WWW.TELETEXTO.COM/800.ASP?RE=1LO>
AWARD WINNING FINAL NOTIFICATION.
WE ARE PLEASED TO INFORM YOU OF THE FINAL RELEASE TODAY,16 OFJAN,2006, OF THE ELGORDO
LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM HELD ON THE 28TH, DECEMBER,2005. YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS
WAS ATTACHED TO TICKET NUMBER 6-12-19-25-36-49. WITH SERIAL NUMBER 37-3.WHICH DREW
THE LUCKY NUMBER WHICH CONSEQUENTLY WON THE LOTTERY IN THE DE 6 CATEGORY. YOU ARE
THEREFORE BEEN APPROVE FOR THE LUMP SUM PAY OUT OF €376.868,86 € (THREE HUNDRED AND
SEVENTY SIX THOUSAND,EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTY EIGHT EUROS EIGHTY SIX CENTS) IN CASH
CREDIT TO THE FILE REF: P/26510460037/05. THIS IS FROM A TOTAL PRIZE O F
€4,199,430.00 EUROS SHARED AMONG THE SIX(6)INTERNATIONAL WINNERS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE
CATEGORIES.
CONGRATULATION!!!
YOUR FUND IS NOW DEPOSITED WITH A PAYING BANK,AND WE ASK THAT YOU KEEP THIS AWARD
ATOP SECRET FROM THE PUBLIC NOTICE UNTIL YOUR CLAIM HAS
BEEN PROCESSED AND YOUR PRIZE MONEY REMITTED TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT AS THIS IS A
PARTOF OUR SECURITY PROTOCOL TO AVOID DOUBLE CLAIM APPLICATION OR
UNWARRANTED TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THIS PROGRAM BY PARTICIPANTS.ALL PARTICIPANTS
WERESELECTED THROUGH A COMPUTER BALLOT SYSTEM DRAWN FROM
250,000 EMAIL ADDRESSES FROM AUSTRALIA, USA, AFRICA, EUROPE, ASIA ,NEW
ZEALAND,MIDDLE-EAST AND SOUTH-NORTH AMERICA. AS PART OF OUR INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS
PROGRAM. WE HOPE WITH A PART OF YOUR PRIZE, YOU WILL TAKE PART IN OUR 2005 END OF
THE YEAR HIGH STAKES OF €10 MILLION EUROS INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY.TO BEG IN YOUR
CLAIM, PLEASE CONTACT THE ISSUING AUTHORITY, YOUR PRIZE CLAIM AGENT,MR.JERRY LOPEZ
(FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER OF GLOBAL NETWORK SERVICES)FOR PROCESSING AND REMITTANCE OF
YOUR PRIZE MONEY TO YOUR DESIGNATED BANK ACCOUNT OFYOUR CHOICE.
MR.JERRY LOPEZ
TEL: +34-685349862
EMAIL:jerrylopez_agent@message.com
REMEMBER, ALL PRIZE MONEY MUST BE CLAIMED NOT LATER THAN TWO WEEKS FROM THE DATE
OFRECEIVING THIS NOTIFICATION. AFTER THIS DATE, ALL FUNDS WILL BE RETURNED AS
UNCLAIMED.NOTE: IN ORDER TO AVOID UNNECESSARY DELAYS AND COMPLICATIONS,
PLEASEREMEMBER TO QUOTE YOUR REFERENCE AND BATCH NUMBERS IN EVERY OF YOUR
CORRESPONDENCE WITH YOUR CLAIM AGENT. FURTHERMORE, SHOULD THERE BE ANY CHANGE OF
ADDRESS, DO INFORM YOUR CLAIM AGENT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. PLEASE REMEMBER TO ASK FOR
YOUR PRIZE CLAIM CERTIFICATE AS SOON AS ALL CONDITIONS OF CLAIM ARE MET AS YOUR
CLAIM AGENT WILL LET
YOU KNOW SOME OF THESE CONDITIONS THAT WILL MEET TO ENABLE YOU TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE.
BELOW IS OUR WEBSITE TO ENABLE YOU CONFIRM YOUR LUCKY WINNING NUMBERS AND AMOUNT
YOUWON. BE WELL INFORMED THAT IF YOUR WINNING INFORMATION DOES NOTCORRESPOND WITH
THAT IN OUR SYSTEM THEN YOUR PAYMENT WILL NOT BE PROCESSED.
1. CAREFULLY CLICK/ ON THIS WEB SITE:
<HTTP://WWW.TELETEXTO.COM/800.ASP?RE=1LO>
2. CLICK ON OUR ORGANIZATION : EL GORDO........204
3. CLICK ON : ANTERIORES
4. CLICK ON THE DATE WHICH YOUR DRAW WAS HELD
5. CLICK ON THE ENVIA BOTTON TO SEARCH FOR YOUR WINNING NUMBER.
CONGRATULATION AGAIN FROM ALL MEMBER OF OUR STAFF AND THANK YOU FOR BEING
PART OF OUR PROMOTIONS PROGRAM.
BEST REGARDS,
MRS. MARIA SANCHEZ.
YOU ARE TO FORWARD TO THIS OFFICE ( jerrylopez_agent@message.com ) 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 CONTACT
DETAILS OF THE BANK THAT WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PAYMENT OF YOUR AWARD.
THEREAFTER,YOU WILL BE ISSUED WITH A CLAIM CERTIFICATE OF WINNING THAT WILL BE USED
FOR THE CLAIM OF THE MONEY FROM YOUR BANK,AFTER GETTING CLEARANCE FROM THE
MINISTERIO DE INTERIO HERE IN SPAIN.
NOTE:YOU ARE TO KEEP THIS AWARD OUT FROM PUBLIC NOTICE TO AVOID DOUBLE
REPRESENTATION.YOU MUST ABSOLUTELY BE CONFIDENTIAL UNTILL THE BANK TRANSFERRED YOUR
FUND INTO YOUR NOMINATED ACCOUNT.
CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN.
THANKS
MARIA SANCHEZ

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