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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.
  • +34655543412 (Spain, prepaid mobile phone)
  • +34654924666 (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.
  • primseguros112@yahoo.es (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "LA PRIMITIVA LOTTO" <laprimitiva@latinmail.com> (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 12:01:44 +0200
Subject: AWARD WINNINGS NOTIFICATION.

LOTERIA DE LA PRIMITIVA ESPAÑA.

AVD DE AMÉRICA PLAZA DE ELIPTICA
Nº.21 28900. MADRID ESPAÑA

ATTENTION! AWARD WINNING NOTIFFICATION.

Dear Winner,

We are pleased to announce to you as one of the 10 lucky winners in the Free Lotto draw held on
20th of June 2006. All 10 winning addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 500,000,000
international addresses. Your address emerged alongside 9 others as category 2 winners in this
year's Annual Free Lotto Draw. Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a total pay out
of €€ 2.350,000 (Two million three hundred and fifty thousand euros) only. The following particulars
are attached to your lotto payment order:

1. (I) Winning numbers: 51-13-43-85-67-90.
(ii) Ticket number: HSP754/22/76.
(iii) Lotto code number: HSP09622ES.
(iv) The file Ref number: HSP/04/736207152/ES.

2. Please see the enclosed with this letter is a payment processing form, you are required to fill
it carefully with capital letters and send back to us through our fax number: +34-654 924 666. for
immediate process of your prize payment. Winners must send their means of identification
(international passport or driver's license numbers) to enable appropriate identification.

3. Note that winners who are below 18 years are automatically disqualified. Winners are advised to
keep this award confidential until prize are claimed to avert incidence of impersonation by
unscrupulous elements. Please contact the; PRIME SEGUROS ESPAÑA:

PRIME SEGURO S.A
Contact person: MR. PEDRO RAUL the prize claims processing officer,
Tel: +34 655 543 412
Fax: +34 665 154 881
Email: primseguros112@yahoo.es

Once again on behalf of all our staff, congratulations.--------------------------------------------
The Free Lotto. Awards is proudly sponsored by the Microsoft Corporation, the Intel Group, Toshiba,
Dell Computers, Mackintosh and a conglomeration of other international IT companies.
The free lotto. Internet draw is held once in a year and is so organized to encourage the use of
the Internet and computers worldwide. We are proud to say that over 200 Million Euros are won
annually in more than 150 countries worldwide.-----------------------------------------------
We also encourage you to visit our website at www.freelotto.com and take your chance to play and
become part of our daily winners. Millions are won on a daily basis on one of the world's most
famous free lotto service.

CONGRATULATIONS!!

Sincerely,

Mr. Alonso Thomas.
Promotions Manager,
LOTERIA DE LA PRIMITIVA ESPAÑA.


NOTE: Please do not responce to this email.

Anti-fraud resources:

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