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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:
  • "please endeavor to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims 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.
  • +34671469103 (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.
  • webclaimagent@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Web Lottery Corporation Madrid Espana <weblottoclaimsagentmadridespana@walla.com>
Reply-To: webclaimagent@aim.com
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 14:52:56 +0100
Subject: Web Lottery Corporation Madrid Espana


Web Lottery Corporation Madrid Espana
Ref Number Eaasl /7410B1/06
Batch Number:675701-ecd 07

Dear Sir/ Madam,
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Web-Lottery Corporation
program held on the 16th of January ,2007. Your e-mail address attached
to ticket number 5366/02 with serial number 5266/02 drew lucky numbers
15-18-23-31-37-49 [38] bonus ball, which consequently won in the 2nd category.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of €921,450 Euro (Nine Hundred and Twenty One Thousand,Four Hundred and Fifty Euro Only ) in cash/check credited to file number NTL/65123/002.

All participants were selected through an automated computer ballot system drawn from over 20,000 companies and 30,000,000 individual email addresses and names from the world wide web as part of our international promotions program which we conduct every year.No tickets were sold.

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 500,000 (Five hundred thousand Euro sterling) would be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe.Our Agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claim is processed and your money remitted to
you.This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.

To file for your claim, please kindly provide the following
information and send it to our Fiduciary Agent via his email,who shall clear you
as a winner.

(1)FULL NAMES (2)DATE OF BIRTH(3)SEX (4)MARITAL STATUS(5)CONTACT ADDRESS (6)PHONE NUMBER(7)OCCUPATION(8)COUNTRY (9) FAX NUMBER.

Mr.Alex Weeks
Information and Payment Bureau,
Foreign Service Department,
Spain Representative Office.
Address:AVENIDA ANDALUCIA 21 BAJO, 28905, MADRID-ESPAÑA.
Tel: 0034-671-469-103,Fax: 0034-940467796
Email:webclaimagent@aim.com
weblottoclaimsagentmadridespana@walla.com


Upon receipt of the duly requested data as shown above,he shall send to you
the contact information of the paying Office so you can proceed
with effecting the release of your funds.

Note that all prize funds must be claimed not later than 2 weeks.After this date all funds will be returned to the LOTTERY TREASURY as unclaimed. In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications,please endeavor to quote your Reference Number:Es/7410B1/06 and Batch number:675701-ECD02 in every correspondence with your agent.Furthermore,should there be any change in your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible.

Good luck from members of staff of the Web-Lottery International.

Yours faithfully,
Kimberly Mink
ONLINE SUPERVISOR
WEB-LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL.

You must be 16 or over to play or claim a prize

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