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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "deadline" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• 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.
  • +34691136931 (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.
  • antoniogonzalez@myway.com

Fraud email example:

From: "antoniogonzaz07@terra.es" <antoniogonzaz07@terra.es>
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 20:53:14 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION!!!






APARTADO DE CORREO Nº1021
Meloy Grupo Seguros,s.l.
28412 MADRID,
(LOTTERY COORDINATOR)
ESPAÑA.
Email :antoniogonzalez@myway.com
Tel: +34-691-136-931
Fax: +34-692-892-307



CONGRATULATIONS!!!
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded Microsoft Outlook Award Lotteries inconjunction with Euro Millones Loterias s.l,held on the 12th January. 2007.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket #:83429/2 with prize #:2/WMO555/1 drew €1,000,000.00 which was first in the 2nd class of the draws was among the 5 Lucky winners around the world.However the results were released on 2nd March, 2007 and your email
was attached to ticket number (83429/2) and ballot number (MO:55269/3). The online draws was conducted by a random selection of email addresses from an exclusive list of 60,000 E-mail addresses of individuals and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet. However, no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy.The selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized email selection machine (TOPAZ) .
You are to receive €1,000,000.00 (One Million Euros) each. Because of mix up in cash payouts, we ask that you keep your winning
information confidential until your money (€1,000,000.00) has been fully remitted to you by our accredited pay-point bank.
This measure must be adhere to avoid loss of your cash prize - winners of our cash prizes are advised to adhere to these instructions to forestall the abuse of this program by other participants.The promotion is sponsored and promoted by WORLD MICROSOFT OUTLOOK PROGRAMM.
We congratulate you once again. We hope you will use part of it in our next draws; the Jackpot winning is 10 million Euros.
Remember, all winning must be claimed not later than 20 days. After this date all unclaimed cash prize will be forfeited and included
in the next sweepstake.Please, in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications remember to quote personal and winning numbers in all correspondence with us.
Congratulations once again from all members of Internet Microsoft Lotteries.
Thank you for being part of our promotional program.
For immediate release of your cash prize,please kindly contact your claims agent Don. Antonio Gonzalez of MELOY GRUPO SEGUROS S.L,Madrid,)
Send them the following Information Through the Email Address or by fax.
Congratulations once again.

REGARDS,
Mrs Emily Lopez
(Lottery Coordinator)
Microsoft/Euro Millones Award Lucky Winner..



RELEASE ORDER FORM.
THE BENEFICIARY OF THE STATED FUNDS MUST COMPLETE THIS FORM IN CAPITAL LETTERS. THE BENEFICIARY IS ALSO ADVISED TO FAX THIS COMPLETED FORM, ALONG WITH PHOTOCOPY OF AN IDENTITY TO MELOY GRUPO SEGUROS S.L, FOR FURTHER VERIFICATION. YOU WILL BE CONTACTED IMMEDIATELY AFTER PROPER VERIFICATION OF YOUR DATAILS,
ON THE TRANSFER PROCESS.

BENEFICIARY’S NAME:MR/MRS................................................................LAST NAME............................................................

HOME ADDRESS:................................................................................................................................................................

..................................................................................................................................................................................

STATE/ZIP CODE...............................................

PLACE OF BIRTH:.........................................................DATE OF BIRTH.............................................................................

CONFIDENTIAL (TELEPHONE) Nº:..............................................................FAX Nº:...............................................................

OCCUPATION.................................................................................................................................

MARITTALSTATUS.........................................................................................................................

REFERENCE Nº:..................................................................BATCH Nº:.................................................................................

TICKET Nº:...........................................................................SECURITY FILE Nº:.....................................................................

NEXT OF KIN:
NAME:MR/MRS:....................................................................LAST NAME:...............................................................................

HOME ADDRESS.....................................................................................................................................................................

MARK PAYMENT PROCESS PREFERRED: BY CERTIFIED CHEQUE.................OR BANK TRANSFER.................

IF BY CERTIFIED CHEQUE, ADDRESS WHERE IT SHOULD BE SENT

TO:...........................................................................................................................................................................................

.....................................................................................................................................................................................

IF BY BANK TRANSFER:
BANK NAME AND ADDRESS.....................................................................................................................................................

........................................................................................................................................................................................

BANK ACCOUNT AND ROUTING Nº:............................................................../............................................................................

AMOUNT WON:...................................................PROGRAMME DEADLINE DATE:......................................................................

DECLARATION:I............................................................................................. HEREBY DECLARE THAT, THE ABOVE DATA ARE

TRUE, AND IN CASE OF FALSIFICATION, I SHALL LOSE CLAIMS TO MY TOTAL FUNDS. IN CASE OF ANY UNFORSEEN
CIRCUMSTANCE, MY NEXT OF KIN HAS THE RIGHT TO CLAIM ON MY BEHALF THE TOTAL FUNDS. MY AUTHORISE SOLE REPRESENTATIVE CLAIMING AGENT, SHALL ACT ON MY BEHALF IN FACILITATING THE TRANSFER OF MY TOTAL FUNDS TO ME.

DATE...............................................SIGNATION................................................






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