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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claim 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!

Fraud email example:

From: "LOTARIA POPULAR INTERNATIONAL " <THOMSONASSOCIATES@prodigy.net>
Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2007 18:56:36 -0800
Subject: BONUS LOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION

LOTARIA POPULAR INTERNATIONAL
(Customer Services)
Ref: 94PT/957/-00885PT
Batch: PT957/74PT
Zonal Draw No: PT-A2-004-875
Grand Draw No: 205

FINAL WINNING NOTIFICATION:

Dear Lucky Winner,

BONUS LOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING
NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to notify you the draw (#205) of the
LOTARIA POPULAR International Program held on 4th
January 2007. Participants were selected through a
randomly selecting 15,000 participants from an
initial database of 300,000 emails, all participants
were selected through a computer ballot system from
the Middle East, Asia, Africa, Canada, Europe, USA
and North America as part our International
Promotions Program, which was conducted in view of
launching ourselves into the Sweepstakes Industry
Worldwide and zoning all participants by their
respective continents from across the globe, we
produced an extensive list from which you have
emerged as one of the winners of the Grand Draw
prize. To ensure a smooth collection of your
winnings, the transfer of your prize is to be handled
by our Prize Transfer agents .You are to contact our
agents by email/fax or call within a week of
receiving this notice. Be advice to keep your winning
information confidential until your claims has been
processed and your money remitted to you. This is
part of our security protocol to avoid double
claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. You
have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of
(US$1,500,000.00) 0ne Million, Five Hundred Thousand
Dollars only in cash credited to file number
94PT/957/-00885PT.This is from a total cash prize of
US$7,500, 000:00 shared amongst the five (5) lucky
winners in this category i.e. Match
5 PLUS BONUS.

Your prize award has been insured in your favour and
is ready for claims. To begin your claims therefore,
you are advised to expeditiously contact our licensed
and accredited claim agent for Overseas Winners
within a period of 7 working days (date of this email
inclusive) for the processing of your winning and
remittance to your designated bank account after all
statutory obligations have been satisfactorily
dispensed with. Please be informed that claims not
processed within the stipulated period may be
forfeited to the pool without further notice. Your
claim agent will immediately commence the process to
facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you
contact him/her. You may wish to establish contact
via e-mail or fax/telephone with the particulars
presented below.

OVERSEAS CLAIMS UNIT.
BANCO DE CASA Lottery Fiduciary
Contact Person: Mr. HANS RICARDO GOMEZ
Email: bancfinance@uk2.net
Phone: + 35 1 960 352 105 Fax: + 35 3 818 412 426

Our winners are assured of the utmost standards of
confidentiality, and press anonymity until the end of
proceedings, and beyond where they so desire. Be
further advised to maintain the strictest level of
confidentiality until the end of proceedings to
circumvent problems associated with fraudulent
claims. This is part of our precautionary measure to
avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this
program. Any lottery double claim dedected by our
monitoring committee will lead to the Lotaria Popular
cancelling the winnings. making a loss for both the
real winner, and the fake (intended) claimer.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

At your disposal, we remain.
Very Truly Yours,

Mr. Rita Santiago..
Co-Ordinator,
TEL/FAX: + 35 3 818 290 052
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International Lottery Inc.
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