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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:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "fudiciary" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "foreign service manager" (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)
  • "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash)
• 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.
  • +34605506702 (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.
  • santalucai_sweptake@yahoo.es (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "swepstakelottery" <sweptakelott@go.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: santalucai_sweptake@yahoo.es
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 23:45:20 +0200
Subject: AWARD NOTIFICATION

MRS.CATHERINE RUDOFF
E.A.A.S Lottery Headquarters:
Customer Service, 842 N. Tenth Street,
Sacramento, CA 95841.
EURO-AFRO-ASIA SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY.
an Affiliate of Fundmoney International.
Arena Complex km 17 Route de Rufisqe.
DATE: 25/08/06
I.P.P Award Dep..
BRUSSELS BELGIUM.

ATTENTION.
RE:AWARD NOTIFICATION FINAL
NOTICE.

We are pleased to announce to you today the 25th DAY
OF august 2006 on the result of Euro-Afro-Asia
Sweepstake lottery International promotion program
held on 15th of March 2006 in Brussels.
Your E-mail address attached to ticket number
022-11879443 with serial number 3214-07 drew the lucky
numbers of 11-29-37 39 which subsequently won the
lottery in the 2nd Category.
CONGRATULATION!!!!!!!!!!!.
You are therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out
of €615.810(SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN THOUSAND EIGHT
HUNDRED AND TEN € ONLY)by cheque in cash credited to
file with REF, numberEML/2551256002/0XX.This is from a
total cash prize of €17,550.340.00(SEVENTEEN
MILLION,FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED
AND FOUTY EUROS ONLY) shared among 32 international
winners in this category.All participants were
selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
250.000.00 individuals and companies from arround the
word as part of our international promotion program
which we conducted.
Note:that your lucky winning number falls within our
Asia booklet representative in
Madrid Spain as indicated in our play coupon trusted
by millions accross the globe and sponsored by Sultan
of Brune, Bill Gates of Microsoft and his associates
to encourage the use of internet and computers world
wide.In view of this, your cheque of €615,810.00 would
be released to you by our fudiciary agent in spain as
soon as you make contact him.
Our fudiciary agent will immediately commence the
process to facilitate the release of your cheque
immediately you contact him. Due to mixed up of e-mail
and names,You are advice to keep this award from
public notice untill your claims has been processed
and your cheque remitted to your nominated address to
avoid double claiming and unwaranted taking advantage
of this program by participant, please be warned.
To begin your award claim,please contact our fiduciary
agent(MR,DONARD WATT)
Foreign service manager of on
E-mail,santalucai_sweptake@yahoo.es <mailto:santalucai_sweptake@yahoo.es> and tel,+34-605-506-702
/fax:+34-605-506-646 In order to
avoid unnecessary delays and complications, you are to
contact MR,DANARD WATT with the following information
below.Your full names, home contact address,
age,telephone /fax number,Marital status, occupation.
Congratulations, once again from all members and
staffs of this program.Thank you for being part of
this international program.Our special thanks and
grattitude to Sultan of Brunei, Bill Gates of
microsoft and all his associates.


NOTE:/ DO NOT REPLY THIS MAIL, CONTACT YOUR FIDUCIARY
AGENT DIRECTLY.
Sincerely,


MRS CATHERINE RUDOFF
EUO-AFRO-ASIA Zonal Co-ordinator.

Anti-fraud resources:

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