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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.
  • +34616045539 (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.
  • rafaelangel45@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: MRS.MARIA ALFONSO HERNANDEZ <euromilliones_madrid@europe.com>
Reply-To: rafaelangel45@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2006 12:09:09 +0200
Subject: AWARD NOTIFICATION.


EURO- MILLIONES LOTTERIA ESPAÑA
CALLE CARLOS ORTEGA 36
MADRID 28002
ESPAÑA.
AWARD NOTIFICATION.
We the staff members of the EURO- MILLIONES LOTTERIA ESPAÑA are very happy to bring to your notice the result of the lottery draw of last month being 31st of march 2006. Your ticket won in the second category with the sum of =€284,339.40=. With your won numbers below.
Paticipants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 2,500.000 emails of individuals and companies from (AMERICA,ASIA,AUSTRALIA,EUROPE,AFRICA,MIDDLE- EAST AND OCEANIA) as part of our lnt'l promotions program.
This funding was made possible by microsoft international to support the use of microsoft software and improve Globalization in conjunction with European Lotteries.
Visit our sites for more about our weekly lottery programms https://internet-securenet.secure.powweb.com/lt/euromillions-pop.htmlhttp://www.interlotto.com/euro/results.html
Congratulation!
Your fund have been deposited with our tranfer agent MAXSEGURO S.A ESPAÑA. Manager of Foriegn operations: Mr Rafael Angel Gomez with phone number +34 616 045 539 and Email:rafaelangel45@yahoo.com In your best interest and also to avoid mix up of numbers and names of any kind, we request you keep the entire details of your award strictly from public notice untill the process of fund remittance are concluded. Quote your refrence number in every of your transaction with your agent.
Contact your Agent immediately with the following:
(1).YOUR FULL NAME; (2).YOUR MOBIL,HOUSE AND FAX NUMBERS.(3).YOUR ADRESS,POSTAL CODE AND COUNTRY.(4)YOUR DATE OF BIRTH AND GENDER.(5)YOUR ACCOUNT DETAILS:- IBAN Nº AND SWIFT CODE Nº (FOR WIRE TRANFER).
YOUR WON NUMBERS ARE AS FOLLOW:
1.REF.NUMBER:WUMT/XX44/9003/LAES.2. TICKET NUMBER:766-313-019.
3.BATCH NUMBER:TTOW/2006/TAC.4.SERIAL NUMBER:MMUEU/U440/002
5.WINNING/LUCKY NUMBER:14-22-35-38-43 E1-6 E2-9
Please remember to quote your won number in all your correspondence with your agent more so endavour to inform your agent of your preffered form of payment. Be inform that your agent have the right of 6% of the total amount won from you after you have recieved your prize.
Congratulation Once more for being part of our international promotional program.
YOURS Faithfully
MRS.MARIA ALFONSO HERNANDEZ
(LOTTERY SECRETARY)

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ADMINISTRATOR.

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