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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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")
• 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.
  • fiduciaryagent12@sify.com
  • fiduciary_agent13@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: jose_lius01@freemail.lt
Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2007 13:36:33 -0200
Subject: HELLO


The Spanish National Lottery
P O Box 07007
Calle Son Gotleu NO 11
Leganes,
MADRID.
(Customer Services)
Ref: ES/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369


WINNING NOTIFICATION:


We happily announce to you the draw (#1004) of the SPANISH LOTTERY online Sweepstakes
International program held on Monday 01st Jan 2007 - 00.00am. It is now available
for claims and you are getting the final NOTIFICATION as regards this. Your
e-mail address attached to ticket
number:56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:06,
19, 24, 25,38,41,(bonus no.16), which subsequently won you the lottery in the
1st category i.e match 5 plus bonus.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of €78,408.00 Euros (seventy
eight thousand, four hundred and eight,Euros) credited to file KTU/9023118308/03,
your winning ticket in this category i.e Match 6 plus bonus.

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide
Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions,
associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes
place weekly. Please note that your lucky
winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe
as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your €78,408.00 Euro (seventy
eight thousand, four hundred and eight Euros) will be released to you by any
of our payment offices in Europe.

Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release
of your funds as soon as you contact him.

To file for your claim, contact our fiduciary agent:

MR PABLO FERNANDO
Email: fiduciaryagent12@sify.com
fiduciary_agent13@myway.com

Endevour to feed him with the below required informations,

Claims Requirements:

1.Name in
full-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



2.Address------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



3.Nationality---------------------------------------------------------------------------------



4.Age----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



5.Occupation---------------------------------------------------------------------------------



6.Phone/Fax---------------------------------------------------------------------------------



7.Present
Country-----------------------------------------------------------------------------



8.Marital
Status--------------------------------------------------------------------------------



9.Gender----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



10.E-mail
address--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Congratulations from me and members of staff of THE SPANISH LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,
MR JOSE LIUS

Online coordinator for THE SPANISH LOTTERY Sweepstakes International Program


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