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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:

• The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "euromillion loteria"
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fiduciary 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.
  • +34696756270 (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.
  • ahmedabdalla11@aim.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Seon Franco" <seonfranki@rediffmail.com>
Date: 14 Dec 2006 19:31:23 -0000
Subject: Euromillion Loteria =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Espa=F1ol?=


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EUROMILLION LOTERIA ESPANOL HEAD OFFICE&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;MADRID SPAIN.
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; WINNING NOTIFICATION
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Euromillion Loteria Español&nbsp;international programs held on&nbsp;13th Dec- 2006. Your&nbsp;E-mail Address&nbsp;was&nbsp;attached to a ticket number&nbsp;56475600545 188 with serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers
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EUROMILLIONS LUCKY NUMBER.






Draw 90&nbsp;13th -Dec&nbsp; 06










Prize Breakdown


























which consequently won the lottery in the 2nd category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of&nbsp;250.000 euro&nbsp;(Two hundred and fifty thousand euro) in cash credited to the file reference number: UKLT/245512568021/05. This is from a total cash price of&nbsp;euro, shared amongst the first Fifty (50 lucky winners in this category. Due to the mix up of some numbers and E-mail Address, we advice that you keep this award from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to you as this is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unwarranted taking advantage of this program by the general public.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from&nbsp; an on-line web wide correlation of E-MAIL address, names&nbsp; all over the world as part of our international promotions program which we conduct&nbsp;once every year. To&nbsp;file out&nbsp;your claim please contact our&nbsp;fiduciary agent:

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Contact Person:&nbsp;MR AHMED ABDALLA
Fiduciary Agent,Euromillion Loteria Español ,Madrid Spain.
Contact number:+34 696 756 270
Contact Email: ahmedabdalla11@aim.com



Note that you will be required to pay for the issuance of your winning&nbsp;certificate and transfer&nbsp;approvals.All prize funds must be claimed not later than&nbsp;24th OF&nbsp;DECEMBER&nbsp;2006 LAST COLLECTION DATE. After this date all funds will be returned to our treasury as unclaimed. You are adviced to quote your&nbsp;ticket&nbsp;,serial&nbsp;lucky&nbsp;winning&nbsp;numbers to our&nbsp;fiduciary agent in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications. Furthermore, should there be any change in your address, do inform our&nbsp;fiduciary agent as soon as possible. For the immediate release of your payments.

Remember that this program is organised to enhance&nbsp; unity and&nbsp; also encourage all micro-soft users all over the world.
Congratulations once again from all members of our staff, and thank you for being part of our promotions program.

MISS SEON FRANCO.
LOTTERY SECRETARY.
SPANISH PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.

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