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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • saliorstrust@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: el gordo de la primitiva <infogordo@web.de>
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 18:22:54 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-15?Q?_*******_CONGRATULATIONS*********_(EL-GORDO_EMAIL_AWAR?=
=?iso-8859-15?Q?D_PROMOTION_2006)PROMOTION_2006)?=




FROM THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS AWARD DEPARTMENT
SPAIN-MADRID
www.loteria.com [http://www.loteria.com]

Ref. FER/7644/74061/04
BATCH:MIL4404201/1100/EUR/SP

Dear Winner,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the El- Gordo De La Primitiva Lottery International Spain held on the 19th of june 2006.

Your email address was attached to ticket number 12324277 serial number 6663817262 This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 2-922-23-24-30 bonus number which consequently won the lottery in the second category.

You hereby have been approved lump sum pay of €1,500,000:00 (ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND EUROS) file Ref. FER/7644/74061/04 from the total cash prize of €15,000,000:00 shared amongst ten lucky winners ,based on their category.
All participants "email address" were selected through a computer balloting system drawn form Nine hundred thousand names from Canada,Australia,United States,Asia,Europe,Middle East,Africa and Oceanic as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually.
This lottery was promoted and sponsored by some multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have operational base.
To process your claims you are hereby advice to contact the apponted agents below with your Full Name, contact Home and office Address Tel & Fax Number for easy communication.

MR.Juan Romero
Saliors Trust Agency S.A Spain
EMAIL:saliorstrust@netscape.net

Please quote your reference, batch and winning number which can be found on the top left corner of this notification as well as your full names and address to help locate your file easily.

For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information confidencial from the public until your claim is processed and your prize released to you.

This is part of our security protocol to avoid dual claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this program by non-participant or unofficial personnel.
Note,all winners must legalise their winning documents in the ministry of justice before they can receive their winning prize,and all prizes must be claimed before 30th of August 2006 otherwise it will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually put in for the next stake.

Congratulations once again on your winnings!
Best Regards,
Antonio Gomez
Co-ordinator
EL-GORDO DE LA PRIMITIVA LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL SPAIN.
www.loteria.com [http://www.loteria.com]



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