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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:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• 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.
  • +447024052507 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • g.pell1965@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "James Wain Romero" <jwp@mail1.cmsinter.net>
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2006 12:36:05 GMT
Subject: NOTIFICATION! YOUR EMAIL WON 1,000,000 Euros


NOTIFICATION! YOUR EMAIL WON 1,000,000 Euros
Spanish El Gordo Lottery Headquaters
C Don Jaime I nº11 2º
50.003 Zaragoza
España
info@ElGORDODELAPRIMITIVA.ES



NOTIFICATION LETTER


We wish to inform you of the lottery draws held on Saturday 18th day of March, 2006 to declare the winners of the INTERNATIONAL SPANISH El GORDO DE LA PRIMITIVA the biggest & richest Online email Lottery in the world. It is yet to be claimed and you are getting the final NOTIFICATION as regards this.

Your email address, attached to ticket number 025-11464992-750, with Batch Number 12/25/0034 drew the lucky numbers 2999 32 555 74 17 11 , and consequently won the lottery.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of 1,000,000? (One million euros) in cash credited to file REFNO:EAASL/941OYI/02/BAZ. This is from total prize money of 12,000,000? (Twelve MILLION EUROS) shared among the twelve international winners in this category. 500,000 E-mail addresses of individuals and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet. However, no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy.After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as one of twelve winners in the first category with the following data.

Ref Number: EAASL/941OYI/02/BAZ
Batch Number: 12/25/0034
Ticket Number: 025-11464992-750
Lucky numbers 2999 32 555 74 17 11


Your fund is now available for claim. Due to the mix up of some numbers and email address, we ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to your account. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this promotion.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our Europe booklet representative office in UK as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your 1,000,000? (One million euros) will be released to you by our payment offices in Europe.

Endeavor to Quote your reference/batch numbers in your correspondence with our paying bank and you are advised not to expose your numbers to any relatives to avoid double clamming and unwarranted abuse of this program or you winnings will be avoid Please be warned. To begin the claims processing of your prize winnings you are advised contact our agent bank in the United Kingdom, The NatWest Bank PLC to open an online account so that your winning can be deposited in the account before further transfer to your bank in your country.

In this light,I have sent you the contact details of this bank so you can make enquiries on offshore/on-line account opening. I advice you like I said earlier that you open an account with the bank so that once the funds are released, they will be moved straight into your account.


Nat West Bank PLC
112 High St. Waltham Cross, EN8 7BX, London, UK.
Contact Person:
Mr. Gordon Pell
Tel: :+44 702 405 2507
Fax +44 207 681 1078
Email: g.pell1965@yahoo.co.uk


For due processing and remittance of your prize money to your account at Nat West Bank PLC Remember, All winnings must be claimed within 14 days from today. After this date all unclaimed funds would be included in the next stake. Remember to quote your Ref Number, Batch Number,Ticket Number, Lucky Numbers and your Full names in all correspondence with your claims agent.

Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible.You are to keep all lotto information away from the general public especially your reference and ticket numbers. (This is important, as a case of double claims will not be entertained).


Members of the affiliate agencies are automatically not allowed to participate in this program. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to disqualification. Remember, you must contact your claim agent not later than 72 hrs upon receipt of this information to file for your claims after this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed Please do not reply to this mail.


Thank you and congratulations!!


Sincerely,
JAMES

SPANISH El GORDO DE LA PRIMITIVA HEADQAUTERS...
Please do not reply to this email as all formal process have been concluded with the Nat West Bank PLC.

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