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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:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claim 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 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.
  • oncecentre2007@mixmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "ONCE CENTRE" <onceheadoffice@aim.com>
Reply-To: oncecentre2007@mixmail.com
Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 13:31:17 +0100
Subject: ONCE NACIONAL CENTRE(Contact Mr.Alexander Gomez by email & telephone!)


*ONCE SPANISH LOTTO PROMO
Desk Of Approval/Game.
Gaming Board Department*
*MADRID **, SPAIN**
**http://www.loteria.com/once.php ***
**
* *
* *
*The ONCE emails Gaming Board and all staffs of this great company are
pleased to inform you that your email address has won the online lottery
draw held on the 30/11/2006. The late release of this result was due to
difficulties encountered in sorting out mixed numbers and email addresses. *
* *
*On behalf of the ONCE Lottery Board, we congratulate you for your email
emerging as one of the winners of this draw. Meanwhile to clarify your
doubts on how you were selected and frequent questions that you may likely
ask (HOW DID I ENTER THIS CONTEST ??? HOW DID YOU GET MY EMAIL ADDRESS???HOW
DID I WIN???). The draw was done electronically with a RANDOM EMAIL DEVICE
SYSTEM (REDS), and this is to encourage the use of INTERNET. *
**
*Your email address was attached to Reference Number (25049-S38), and was
picked up as One of the eight (8) lucky winning email Addresses. Your
winning email addressee has been qualified to Claim a Cash Prize of €750,
000.00(seven hundred and fifty thousand euros), from a total cash prize of
€6,000,000.00 shared among eight (8) lucky winners.*
* *
*To file for your claim, contact the fiduciary agent by phone and email
given below. By quoting your Reference number , your full name and address,
Country, Telephone, mobile, fax number and occupation. *
* *
*ONCE NACIONAL CENTRE ***
*MR. ALEXANDER GOMEZ *
*PZ. DE PUERTA DEL SOL 78 *
*MADRID, SPAIN. *
*TEL:** **0034-617-105-218** *
*REPLY TO: **oncecentre2007@mixmail.com*
****
**
*The above claim agent will assist you in the processing and remittance of
your winning prize (funds) to you. Also note that you are to contact and
process your winning prize not later than five working days, after this date
if you do not contact and process your winning prize, all funds will be
returned to the **MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA Y HACIENDA* *as unclaimed.*
* *
* N.B: Terms and conditions to claim your prize: *
* ********************************************** *
*1. Please quote your Reference number, your full name and address, Country,
Telephone, mobile, fax number and occupation to your claim agent. *
* *
*2. Your winning prize is not DEDUCTABLE until it has been fully processed,
approved and transferred to your designated account of your choice, by your
claim agent above. *
* *
*3. You the beneficiary of the winning email would be responsible for the*
*VETT/APPROVAL DOCUMENT CHARGES (FEES) of your lucky WINNING EMAIL ADDRESSE
changed to your FULL NAMES.*
**
**
*N.B: For proper verification on your lucky winning email prize, you are to
visit our online website page (** http://www.loteria.com/once.php** ) and
indicate the date this email lottery programme draw of the ONCE SPANISH
LOTTERY was held [30th(dia) -11(mes)- 2006(Ano)] and there you will find
your result **Reference Number (25049-S38). Please verify your information's
on the website page before contacting your claims agent and keep all lotto
information from public to avoid double claims!!!!*
* *
*Sincerely, ***
*Anita Diego.*
*Promotions Manager*
*ONCE SPANISH LOTTO PROMO **.*

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