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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:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "into your nominated bank account" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "to your nominated bank account" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
• 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.
  • +447040112912 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +447092869523 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • lotery_office06@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • fj_gordo@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?LOTTERY=20OFFICE?= <lotery_office06@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 14:42:26 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: YOUR E MAIL HAVE WON 2006 El-GORDO LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: lotery_office06@yahoo.co.uk

International GUZMAN EL BUENO,

187 C.P.28008 MADRID ESPAÑA.

www.loteria.com


We are pleased to inform you of the result of the EL

GORDO LA

PRIMITIVA SWEEPSTAKE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROGRAM

which was held on

the 31st March, 2006. Your name and address was

attached to a Ticket

Nr: 021750 with Serial Nr: 8293737 drew the Lucky

No:6-11-22-39-45

which consequently won the lottery in the 1st

category.


You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout

of

£4,000,0000.00 (Four Million pounds Only) in cash

credited to the File

Nr: DWS/902-761-903. This is from a total cash price

of £40,000, 000.00

(Forty Million Pounds Only) shared among ten (10)

International

winners in this grand category. CONGRATULATIONS!!!


Your funds is now deposited in an escrow account with

the Paying Bank

in your name as beneficiary, and is covered with

INSURANCE BOND to its

value .We advice that you keep this award from public

notice until your

claims has been processed and your money remitted to

your nominated

bank account as this is part of our security protocol

to avoid double

claiming or unwarranted taking advantage of this

program by the

general

public.


All participants were selected through a computer

ballot system drawn

from 2,500,000:00 names and addresses from Asia,

Australia, New

Zealand, Europe and North America as part of our

international

promotions program which we conduct twice every year.

We hope that with

part of your prize, you will part-take in our summer

(mid-year) high

stake promotions agenda of $1,3BILLION international

lottery.


To claim your Prize, you are to contact the claim

agent below for the

processing and remittance of your winning prize into

your nominated

bank account.


PRIMERIA LINEA CONSULT & SECURITIES

UNITED KINGDOM

MR. frank James

DIRECTOR CLAIM DEPARTMENT

D/Ltele:+447040112912

fax: +447092869523

Email:fj_gordo@yahoo.co.uk


NOTE:THAT ALL REPLY OF THIS NOTEFICATION MOST BE SENT TO THIS FAX +447092869523 or EMAIL:fj_gordo@yahoo.co.uk

Also that all claimed most be made not later

than 31st may

2006. After this date all funds will be returned to

the MINISTERIO DE

ECONOMIA Y HACIENDA as unclaimed.


Congratulations once again from all members of our

staff


Best Regards


Mr. Alonso Louis Martinez


Mr. Gerald Goodman (Manager Foreign Operations), Mr.

Franco Zani, Rosa

Nino (Domestic Operations) Dr.P.James (Director

International Credit

Department), Mrs. Sandra Gomez (Executive) Mr. Jesus

Lopez Copyright

© 2006 El-Gordo Lottery International





- LOTTERY OFFICE

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