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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 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.
  • +34692967211 (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.
  • fedeincoy55@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: berma national <berma@berma.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 13:52:55 +0100 (CET)
Subject: EPSL /67680345/XAL/77


THE DESK OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT

CALLE COLONE-28080 MADRID-SPAIN

AWARD NOTIFICATION/ FINAL NOTICE.

We are delighted to notify you of the result of the
Berma international programs held on 18/Novenber, 2006.
Your email
address were attached to one of the ten
Winning Ticket numbers (4565-333-59-870).You have
therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out
of 250,000.00(Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Euro)in cash
credited to
filereference no EPSL /67680345/XAL/77
CONGRATULATIONS!!!

All participants were selected through a computer
Ballot system from our sponsor databases, including
Over 5,000 companies and 20,000
individual E-mail Addresses and names submitted
by our agents drawn.

from Asia , Africa , Europe , North And South America , Oceania and
around the world. To file for your urgentclaim, please contact our
affiliate agent.

CELIKEY INSURANCE COMPANY
Mr CARLOS CANCAN
TELL:0034-692-967-211
Email: fedeincoy55@netscape.net

It is part of our
security protocol to avoid
doubleclaiming and to minimize
identification difficulties advise you to
keep this information.

confidential untilyour claim is processed
successfully and to avoid
Unwarranted abuse of this program by some
participantsNOTE: All prize
must be claimed before the 15TH of Dec.
After this date,all funds will
be returned to the MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA Y
HACIENDA as unclaimed.

FundIn Order to avoid unnecessary
delays and complications Remember
to quote your ticket,batch
and ref numbers in all correspondence.
Furthermore, should there beany change of address
do inform our agents

as soon as possible Anybody under the
age of 18 is Automatically disqualified.

Yours sincerely,
Miss nora morre

For Claims Officer
The Lotto Company, Spain .

Anti-fraud resources:

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