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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:
  • "clearance certificate" (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
  • "dear beneficiary," (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
• 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.
  • comfotconsult@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: mail depart <departmailer@web.de>
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 15:56:53 +0100
Subject: Email award





Email award

Dear Beneficiary,

We are please to announce you as one of the 10 lucky
winners in the Euro Millones Lottery International
Email Address draw on the 26th of November 2006 due to
the mixture of names and address the result was
released on the 8th December 2006. All 10 winning
addresses were randomly selected from a batchof
50,000,000 international email addresses. Your email
address emerged alongside 9 others as a category A
winner in the Euro Millones Lottery Draw.

Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a
total pay out of US$787,000:00 (Seven Hundred and
Eighty Seven Thousand United States Dollars Only).

The following particulars are attached to your lotto
payment order:

Batch No:LF/53/849/HU
Ticket No:UW/83/02/ED
Lucky No: 52/658/95/AS
Ref No: RJT/7438/LR
Serial No: TM/YR38J/DA

The Euro Millones Lottery Program internet draw is
held once in a year and is so organized to encourage
the use of the internet and computers worldwide. We
are proud to say that over 200 Million Euros are won
annually in more than 150 countries worldwide.
To claim your winning prize you are to contact the
appointed agent as soon as possible for the immediate
release of your winnings:

MR. ROBERT BROOK
COMFOT CONSULTANT SA
E-mail: comfotconsult@aim.com [mailto:comfotconsult@aim.com]
MADRID-SPAIN

N.B:Steps to claiming your prize;

1.Please quote your Reference number in all
correspondence with the claims officer.

2. You must contact the appointed agent with your Full
Names, Contact Telephone Numbers (Home, Office and
Mobile Number and also Fax Number) via email to
process the immediate payment of your prize.

3. Be informed that the appointed agent will be
required to swear an Affidavits of Lotto Claim and
also obtain Approval Legal Clearance Certificate from
the Court here in Spain which is in accordance with
the European Union Financial Act 2004 on payment of
International Lottery Winners.

Please be aware that the PAYING BANK will Effect
Payment Swiftly upon satisfactory Report,
Verifications and validation provided by this
fiduciaryagent.
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your
winning information confidential till your claims is
processed and your money remitted to you.


Once again congratulations!!!

Best regards,
Ms.Anita Alicante.
Euro Millones Lottery Board



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