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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.
• 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.
  • +34605196898 (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.
  • chaletsp2@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Susan Maris <SusanMaris1@web.de>
Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2007 20:42:24 +0200
Subject: Mrs.Susan Maris




Mrs.Susan Maris
Dear Winner,

REF NO: MSW/56B-672GH/ES
BATCH NO: 4583JL/WIN/IDS
LUCKY NO:10/23/44/72/80

PROMOTION DATE: of 2 April 2007

FROM DESK OF PROMOTION {LOTERIA SHOP AWARD EMAIL LOTTERY}YOUR EMAIL ID HAS WON €450,000,000.00(FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSA AND EUROS) in the first category
of our computer ballot email lottery.

No ticket was sold but it is to encourage internet users.To claim your winning, contact the paying agent office:

Mr.Jaime Sanchez
Chalet Financial Services
Emails:chaletsp2@aim.com
Tel:+34692473683 Fax:+34-605-196-898

Send the following to the claim departmen:Full names,Address,Age, Occupation,Phone/Fax no,Ref No,Batch No.

Note: You will be require to pay for the issuance of your legalization winning certificate only.The certificate is
your legal prove/guarantee.Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for believing on email
communication and also for being part of our promotion program.

All winnings must be claimed not later than 14days;

Sincerely Yours,
Mrs. Susan Maris
Español-Madrid.







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