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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")
• 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.
  • +34696331297 (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.
  • loteria00@netscape.net

Fraud email example:

From: Emine Altunay <eminealtunay@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 04:01:57 -0800 (PST)
Subject: hi


This is Emine Altunay from Antakya Hatay, Turkey. I saw your website, and want to let you know about this email which I had a few days ago. I contacted them (they phoned me) because I asked them several questions. And finally they said if I send them 895 euros they can only transfer the money I won as a prize.

LOTERIA PRIMITIVA
AWARD/PROMOTIONAL DEPARTMENT
SPAIN.
http://loteria.
com/primitiva.php

We are please to announce you as one of the 12
lucky winners in the email lottery programme draw of the LOTERIA
PRIMITIVA held on the 12th of october 2005. All 12 winning addresses
were randomly selected from a batch of 100,000,000 international emails
Your email address emerged along sidewith 12 others as a category 6
winner in this year's loteria primitiva award Draw.
Most recently the
foundation set up the NEW HOPE LOTTERY to give out prizes based on the
computer ballot system( THEREFORE YOU DO NOT NEED TO BUY A TICKET TO
ENTER FOR IT.YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS WAS RANDOMLY SELECTED AS A WINNER ).

Consequently,you have therefore been approved a MEGA JACK POT of
1,427,159.00 euro ( One million,four hundred and twenty seven thousand,
one hundred and fifty-nine euro )only.The following particulars are
attached to your lotto payment order:

(i) Result winning numbers:16-27-
35-43-46-47-2-4
(ii) email ticket number: FL754/22/76
(iii) Lotto code
number: PDP98643JK
(iv) The file Ref number: FL/04/67903456/SP

Please,
note that you will be require to notarized and obtained a vetting
approval before your winning prize can be transfered.To immediately
claim your prize,contact the claim/paying agent below.

LOTERIA
PRIMITIVA S.L
=========================
Mr.Marcus Antonio
TEL:0034-696-
331-297
EMAIL TO:loteria00@netscape.net
WEB SITE:www.loteria.com

The
above claim agent will assist you in the processing and remittance of
your prize funds to you,note not later than one week After this date if
you do not contact and process your winning prize, all funds will be
returned as unclaimed,call the above number for more details.All
respond should be sent to the above mail box.

N.B:Procedures to
claiming your prize:
********************************************
1.
Please quote your Reference number in all correspondence with the

claims officer.
2.Indicate your full name and Address,Country,Telephone,
Mobile and Fax Number and Occupation.

Once again on behalf of all
our staff, CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Sincerely,

MARIA LOMAS.
Promotions
Manager
The Loteria Primitiva
http://loteria.com/primitiva.php
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This e-mail transmission contains information that is confidential
and
may be privileged.It is intended only for the addressee(s) named above,
make sure you contact your claim agent above.Also make sure you send
down your phone and your fax number to your claim agent agent for
effective communication.



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