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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:
  • "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 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.
  • +34605380152 (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.
  • globalceco@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: EUROMILLION LOTTERY BOARD <euromillion_ellen@yahoo.es>
Reply-To: euromillo@yahoo.es
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 16:15:02 +0200
Subject: AWARD NOTIFICATION


€uromillones lotería international
C/AURORA NO 56
28204 MADRID
ESPANA
TEL :+34-605-380-152

28 April 2006
FROM: THE DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT
REF Nº: SAEGS/2551256003/03
BATCH NUMBER: 03/1362/IKK6
ATTN: Nº: SAEGS/2551256003/03
RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION, FINAL NOTICE.
We are pleased to inform you of the release today of the results of the
EUROMILLIONES LOTERIA INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAM held on 24 April
2006.
Your email address was attached to the ticket number 025 - 11464992 -
750 with serial number 2113 - 05 drew the lucky numbers 13 - 15 - 22 -
37 - 39 - 45 which consequently won the lottery in the 3rd category.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of €615,810.00
(SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN THOUSAND, EIGHT HUNDRED AND TEN EUROS) in cash
credited to file REF.NO: SAEGS/2551256003/03.This from a total cash
prize of €10,468,77,00 (TEN MILLION, FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY EIGHT
THOUSAND, AND SEVENTY SEVEN EUROS) shared among the seventeen international
winners in this category.
CONGRATULATIONS! .
Your fund is now deposited with a security company insured in your
email address. Due to mixed up of some numbers and email addresses, we
ask that you keep this award from public notice until your claim has been
processed and your money remitted to your nominated account, as this is
a part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unwarranted
taking advantage of this program by participants. All participants were
selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 55,000 email
addresses from Asia, Europe, Australia ,Africa, North and South America
as part of our INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAM (IPP), which we conduct
once every year.
To begin your claim, please contact your claims agent, MR ANTONIO PEDRO
Foreign Operations Manager, GLOBAL SECURITY COMPANY S.A. on Tel: 00 34
618-248-098,fax 00 34 605-383-521 and email is (globalceco@yahoo.com) for
processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account
of your choice. Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than
24 May 2006. After this date all funds will be returned to the
MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA Y HACIENDA as unclaimed. And also be informed that 5% of your lottery wining belongs to GLOBAL SECURITY COMPANY S.A., because
they entered your Email address for this draw and they are your claims agent. This 5% will be remitted after you have received your winning fund into your
acccount, because the fund is insured in your name already. The
beneficiary is responsible for the remittance charge of his fund to his/her
country.
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every of your
correspondence with us or your agent Furthermore, should there be any change
of your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations again from all members of our staff and thank you for being
a part of our promotion program.
Sincerely,

ELLEN FERNANDEZ
VICE PRESIDENT

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