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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
  • "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.
  • +34665049702 (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.
  • riocobos20@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: hamah@koujhamah.orangehome.co.uk
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 16:45:51 +0100 (CET)
Subject: GOOD LUCK


INTERNATIONAL LOTTO COMMISSION
Romano NO19 Planta 5
28011 Madrid, Spain.
Tel/FAX: (+34) 940-468-105

FROM THE DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT.
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD.
BATCH NO: NN/446635/JP
REFERENCE NO: ES/ILC//3466219/07
ATTENTION: STAKE-WINNER


AWARD NOTIFICATION.
This is to inform you on the released of the LOTERIA PRIMITIVA INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME held on the 27TH OF January. 2007 and the result came out on the 8th February, 2007 . Your E-mail address attached to ticket number 6548-15-356-089 with serial number 9764-63 drew the lucky numbers 12-41-45-51-55-60 which consequently won the lottery.You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of € 615,810.00 (SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN THOUSAND, EIGHT HUNDRED AND TEN EUROS ONLY) in cash credited to file with REF. NO. ES/ILC/3466219/07 and BATCH NO. NN/446635/JP.This is from a total cash prize of €10,468,770 (TEN MILLION, FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-EIGHT THOUSAND, SEVEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY EUROS ONLY) Shared among 17 (Seventeen) international winners in this category. CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Your fund is now deposited with a security company insured in your name. Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to your account as this is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unwarranted taking of an advantage of this programme by participants.
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 25,000 names from Asia, Australia, Europe, North America and South America as part of our International promotions programme, which we conduct once every year. We hope your lucky name will draw a bigger cash prize in the next years highstake €1.3 BILLION inter. lottery.

To begin your claim, please contact your claims agent MR. RIO COBOS, the foreign services Manager of GROUPAMA SEGUROS S.A on TEL:+34 665 049 702, FAX:+34 665 049 687 EMAIL: riocobos20@aim.com for the processing and remittance of your winning prize money to a designated account of your choice. Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than 28th February. 2007, after this date all funds will be returned to the MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA Y HACIENDA as unclaimed. And also be informed that 5% of your Lottery Winning will be paid to GROUPAMA SEGUROS S. A. Because they are your claims agent. This (5%) will be remitted after you have received your money because this money is already insured in your name.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every correspondence with us or your agent. Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible.Enclosed with this letter is also a payment processing form which you should fill it completely and send it back by Fax-+34 665 049 687 for immediate processing of your claims.
Congratulations!! once again from all members of our staffs and thank you for being a part of our International promotions programme.

Sincerely,
DR. HAMAHA KOUJ
VICE PRESIDENT, LOTTERY AWARD BOARD

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