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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 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.
  • wilsonlee_1999@she.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "SPANISH ROLLS-ROYCE CENTENARY ANNIVERSARY" <apecintlpromotion@sanook.com> (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 19:13:46 +0700
Subject: SPANISH ROLLS-ROYCE CENTENARY ANNIVERSARY AWARD NOTIFICATION

DATE: 26-07-2006
SPANISH ROLLS-ROYCE CENTENARY ANNIVERSARY
INTERNATIONAL AWARD DEPT.PLAZA DE LA CARLOS 5 PISO 4,
78001 MADRID ESPA?
File Ref N?:SRR69108 / 06
Batch N?: 2810-74W/L

ATTN: BENEFICIARY


RE: SPANISH ROLLS-ROYCE AWARD NOTIFICATION.

We are please to inform you of the announcement of winner of the CENTENARY ANNIVERARY AND EXTRAVAGANZA OF SPANISH ROLLS-ROYCE on behalf of Honourable Charles Rolls and Henry Royce. This extravaganza was held on 22nd May 2006. Due to mix up of some numbers and names, the names of the lucky winners were released on the 26th of July 2006. Your name and address attached to ticket number 2100457-7 with batch number 2810-74W/L which consequently gave you this opportunity of having a lump sum of $215.810.00.US (TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND TEN, US DOLLARS ONLY)

CONGRATULATION!!!

All participants in this extravaganza were selected randomly through a computer ballot system drawn from all AMERICA, EUROPEAN, AUSTRALIA AND PACIFIC/ASIA AIRLINE, ONLINE WEB CUSTOMERS, which consequently won in the 3rd category.

Your fund is now deposited with a bank and insured in your name. Please due to mix up of some names and numbers, we ask that you keep this award information confidential until your claim has been processed and money remitted to you, as this is part of our security protocol to avoid unwarranted abuse of this Extravaganza by some persons, as we have resulted to pay winners by bank wire transfer or by cheque/draft

For our overseas lucky winners, it is our standard practices to allocate accredited agents for the processing of claim application and payment of prize awards winning to the benefit of beneficiaries after all modalities have been completed satisfactorily. You are hereby advice to contact our accredited agent in South East Asia for your winning prize.

To begin your SPANISH ROLLS-ROYCE CENTENARY ANNIVERSARY claim, Please contact,

DR.WILSON LEE
FINANCIAL DIRECTOR
HSBC FINANCE & SECURITIES INC
TEL: 00 66 68943653
FAX: 00 66 23102597
Email:wilsonlee_1999@she.com

Please, for your information, all winning must been claimed not later than 10th AUGUST 2006.
And also be informed that 10% of your winning belongs to AIRLINE PROMOTION COMPANY S.A
because they entered your name for this draw. This 10% will be remitted after you have received your prize because the money is insured in your name already.

NOTE: You are advise to send your full names and tel/fax numbers to your agent (HSBC FINANCE & SCURITIES INC) so to start the processing of your winning

Congratulation once again, For being part of our SPANISH ROLLS-ROYCE CENTENARY ANNIVERSARY WINNER.

Congratulation
Sincerely
DON LUIS. Y. PAULO
ROLLS-ROYCE PROMOTION MANAGER
D071228789

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