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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:
  • "claims 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 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.
  • amenapromocion@consultant.com

Fraud email example:

From: "mrs lucia fernandez" <primitivalotery@latinmail.com> (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 19:47:34 +0200
Subject: Email Lotery Winning Notification

ELGORDO DE LA PRIMITIVA.
CALLE COLON 174,
28008 MADRID,
ESPAÑA.

Ref: Nº: ES/EUR1410/05SP.
Batch Nº: ESP/0002005CV.


Dear Winner,


We happily announce to you "THE BENEFICIARY" to this email address
about the draw of the LOTERIA DE LA PRIMITIVA Online e-mail
International Sweepstakes program held on Friday 23rd of march 2006.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 15-31-36-37-42 drew the
lucky star number: (18-19-79-17-20-06) which subsequently won the
lottery in the 3rd category.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of EUR
€508.501.00 (FIVE HUNDRED AND EIGHT THOUSAND,FIVE HUNDRED AND ONE EURO)
in cash
credited to Ref: Nº: ES/EUR1410/05SP and Batch Nº: ESP/0002005CV.

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from
World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from
over
100,000 unions,associations, and corporate bodies that are listed
online.

In view of this, your EUR €508.501.00. (FIVE HUNDRED AND EIGHT
THOUSAND,FIVE HUNDRED AND ONE EURO) would be process for claim to you
by our
registered affiliated claims agents for non-resident winners, sole
representative in asisting you to file and claim your winning fund.

Our European registered agent which covers your geographica location
will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your
funds as soon as your contact is receive by them. For security reasons,
you are advised to keep your winning information confidential until
your claim is processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of
our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted
abuse
of this program, any bridge of confidentiality on the part of winner
will lead to disqualification, please be warned.

To file your claim, please contact our registered affiliated claims
agent:
MR. JULIO JIMENEZ
AMENA PROMOCIONS
Plaza De España, 15-2c
28049, Madrid.
España.
Email:amenapromocion@consultant.com
Tel:0034696330696
Fax:0034697413210
Remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in all
correspondence with your claims agent.

Once again congratulations from all our members and staff.

Yours,
Mrs lucia fernandez.
lotery co-ordinator.

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