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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:
  • "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!
• 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.
  • +34677726326 (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.
  • westernlotto77@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Alfred Marshal <westernlottosp+@aim.com>
Reply-To: westernlotto77@netscape.net
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2007 16:19:32 +0100
Subject: LUCKYLOTTO NOTIFICATION


NATIONAL MEGA LUCKYLOTTO INTER.
27/29 PRIMA PLAZA,
SERRANO LEON, P/CODE 24089
www.luckylotto.com

REF:LXIAQ34761-AQ.
REPLY EMAIL TO: westernlotto77@netscape.net

Dear Winner,

2007 DRAW RESULTS/ WINNING NOTICE

We announce with pleasure that you have emerged as one of the two winners of National Mega LUCKYLOTTO ESP ballot draws held in the month of MARCH 2007.

Be informed that your Email address is among 50,000 individuals/private companies Email addresses selected by our computer ballot system and have scaled through all three draws of the Lotto In line with all our Lottery Regulations, LUCKYLotto has just concluded its annual draws for the year 2007.

This is a computer ballot lottery in which email addresses were used. It is a promotional program aimed at encouraging internet users; therefore you do not need to buy ticket to enter for it. By our procedures, you were allocated
to lottery ticket number 96-1102-108. Ballot 1 and ballot 2 numbers are 1102/546 and 1102/733 respectively, with serial number AA5/120922.

From the results of the final draws, you have emerged as a Prime winner in the “A” category and therefore entitled to a winning payout amounting to Euro750,000.00(Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand Euro Only).This is from the total amount of Euro9,000,000.00 allocated to the two “B” category winners. Your prize money has been insured and credited in your name to file Ref. No.LXIAQ34761-AQ.

You are therefore to contact one of our finance Directors/ agents to immediately claim your prize money. Please find contact information below:

MR CHRISTOPHER CHIKA OR PATRICIA GARCIA
FINANCE DIRECTORS,
NATIONAL MEGA LUCKYLOTTO CLAIMING AGENCY.
SPAIN
TEL:+34-677-726-326
FAX :+34-967-961-358
REPLY EMAILTO :westernlotto77@netscape.net

Remember, you must make your claim before or on the 19th of March 2007 also you are to contact our claim agent /Finance Director immediately to avoid funds being returned as unclaimed. All corespondence to the agents should have this email sent along with it and also, your email address to which this email is sent should be clearly and boldly written in your response. You should also include your reference number. Also, should there be any change of your address, do inform our Finance Directors as soon as possible.

Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your winning information private and personal 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 by some participants.

Sincerely,

Mr Alfred Marshal
Promotions Director.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam