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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:
  • "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.
  • remaxplanet2007@aol.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: betty nene <infomailer002@web.de>
Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2007 18:22:03 +0200
Subject: Your E-mail Has Won A Lottery Prize.


*

Internet Lottery Award 2007.*

Calle Ruz De Mons, 4 - 2, 28002,

Madrid, Spain.

Dear, Winner.

We wish to congratulate you over your e-mail address success in our computer balloting held on 15th of March. 2007. This is a Scientific Computer Game in which email addresses were used. It is a promotional program aimed at encouraging internet users; Meaning, you do not need to buy ticket to enter for it. Your email account have been picked as one of the ten winning email address in 2007.Therefore you have been approve for the star prize of EUR750,000.00 (Seven Hundred And Fifty Thousand euros Only).

With the underlisted winning details:-

Ref N0:-ES/008/05/SPA

Batch NO:-EU/000/080/02.

All participants were selected through a computer balloting system, This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some multinational internet companies in spain to promote the use of internet around the world.

please contact your claims agent :- *

Mr. Ramon David.

REMAX NETWORK AND FINANCIAL COMPANY

Tel:+34- 605- 408- 925 or +34- 657-783-170

E-mail: remaxplanet2007@aol.com *

Please quote your reference, batch numbers as well as your full name, address, telephone, fax and mobile number . *

Mrs. Betty Nene

(Lottery coordinator.)*

ANY MAIL RECIEVED OF THIS SUCH WITH ANY OTHER TRADE MARK OR ADDRESS SHOULD BE FOWARDED TO YOUR CLAIMS AGENT IMMEDIATELY, THIS WILL HELP US TO FIGHT INTERNET LOTTERY SCAM, AND LOTTERY IMPOSTERS.



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