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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "deadline" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• 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.
  • morgan_flox@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: " final notice" <awardnotice001@wanadoo.es>
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 12:42:23 +0100 (CET)
Subject: AWARD NOTIFICATION FINAL NOTICE


FROM THE DESK OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR
OF THE PRICE AWARD DEPARTMENT
REF: . BM/7789452384/05.
BATCH 621/1423/DPR.

DATE.13 . 03. 06

ATTENTION:


REF: AWARD NOTIFICATION FINAL NOTICE

THIS IS TO INFORM YOU OF THE RELEASE OF THE RESULT OF
THE DE LA PRIMITIVA PROGRAM HELD ON THE 30ST.
OF JAN. 2005 , SHOULD THERE BE ANY DISCREPANCY OF
NUMBER?S AND ADDRESS, PLEASE DO NOT
HESITATE TO INFORM THE GONET SECURITY FINANCE COMPANY THAT
ENTERED YOUR NAME AS ONE OF THEIR DEPENDANT
CLIENTS WITH REFERENCE N? BM/7789 452384/05 AND BATCH
N? 621/1423/DPR.
IN THE FIFTH SERIES FROM A POOL OF ?17,073,620.00 (
SEVENTEEN MILLION, SEVENTY-THREE THOUSAND, SIX
HUNDRED AND TWENTY EURO) IN CASH AMONG THE 26
PARTICIPATING FINALIST PLAYING. 6,000 FULL TICKETS. YOUR TICKET N?
WHICH
IS:-334-03743027-034,SERIAL N? 98990-0 AND THE WINING
N? 02, 18, 23, 35, 37, 48. HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR A
LUMP SUM PAYMENT OF ?1,369,688.58C.( ONE MILLION,
THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-NINE THOUSAND, SIX HUNDRED AND
EIGHTY-EIGHT EURO, FIFTY-EIGHT CENT.)
IN CASH CREDIT TO FILE REFERENCE N?BQ/8366439644/05.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!.
DUE TO THE MIXED UP OF NUMBERS AND ADDRESSES, I WOULD
ADVICE THAT YOU KEEP THIS AWARD TOP SECRET
UNTIL YOUR CLAIM HAS BEEN CONFIRMED AND PRICE REMITTED
TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT . THIS IS PART OF OUR SECURITY PROTOCOL
TO AVOID DOUBLE CLAIMING OR UNWARRANTED TAKING ADVANTAGE
OF THE ABOVE SITUATION. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT YOUR FUND HAS BEEN
DEPOSITED
AND INSURED IN OUR CORRESPONDING SECURITY COMPANY IN
YOUR FAVOUR. DO NOT HESITATE TO TABLE CASE IF FUND IS
TAMPERED WITH.TO BEGIN YOUR CLAIM, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR AGENT
FLORENCE MORGAN, THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF ECO FINANCE
SECURITY ON TELEPHONE.

TELL: 0034 695070588
FAX: 0034 653571550
EMAIL; morgan_flox@hotmail.com

FOR THE PROCESSING AND REMITTANCE OF YOUR FUND TO THE
DESIGNATED ACCOUNT OF YOUR CHOICE.
THE DEADLINE FOR THIS NOTICE IS 30ND. OF MAY. 2006 BY
WHICH FUNDS WILL BE RETURNED TO MINISTERIO DE
ECONOMIA Y HACIENDA AS UN-CLAIMED.
CONGRATULATION ONCE AGAIN FROM ALL THE MEMBERS OF OUR
STAFF AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN
LA PRIMITIVA LOTTERY SWEEPSTAKE CO. S.L.
JESUS ARROYO
PAYMENT CONTROL DEPARTMENT
LA PRIMITIVA SWEEPSTAKE
EL-GORDO LOTTERY SPANISH SWEEPSTAKE CO.
S.L. REG N? B28899434


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