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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:

• 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.
  • madridconsultsa@aim.com

Fraud email example:

From: web loteri <weblloteri2006@web.de>
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 17:25:22 +0200
Subject: US$787.000.00 LOTTERY AWARD WINNER..CONGRATULATIONS!!!




Euro Millones Lottery
Claim & Award Department,
Madrid Spain.

In view of the yearly promotion of the above named organisation held on the 15th of July, 2006, it is our pleasure to inform you that your e-mail address, as attached to the below winning information’s came up in the third Category.

*(¡) Batch No: SUTO/980/TWM/EU
(¡¡) Ticket No: WRNM/SMI/5990
(¡¡¡) Lucky No: 10-23-44-72-80
(iv) Serial No: MUOTI/82536*


You are therefore been approved for the payment of US$787,000:00 (Seven Hundred and Eighty Seven Thousand United States Dollars Only) in cash covered with Insurance Bond to its full value credited with REF NO: PTK/9901323 and is deposited with a Finance and Security Company here in Spain.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 3,000,000 email address from all part of the world,as part of our International Promotions Program, which is conducted annually. This programme is financed by a group of corporate establishments and non-governmental organisation worldwide.

To process your winnings, contact immediately the designated consultant with the following information below;

*MR.CRUZ JOHNSON
MADRID CONSULT S.A.*
*E-mail:*madridconsultsa@aim.com

Note that all your award winning documents must be Notarise in the Madrid Municipal Court here in Spain before the Bank will effect payment of your winning prize money. You are advised to follow all official procedures in the processing of your claims which is in accordance with European Union Lottery Act 2002..

We advise that all information’s about your winnings must be kept very confidential until you have received your winning prize money.

The Validity period of the winnings is for 30 working days hence you are expected to make your claims immediately, any claim not made before this date will be returned to the MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA Y HACIENDA

Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program.

Best Regards

Mrs.Anna Mercado.
Program Co-ordinator.

Madrid,21-07-06.





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