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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)
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "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.
  • +447045707972 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • santa_2007_claims@yahoo.it (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: ELGORDO LOTERIA <elgordoloteria19@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: <santalottclaims@aim.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2007 11:17:30 +0000
Subject: YOU ARE A WINNER IN THE 2007 EMAIL LOTTERY PROGRAM !!!









EL-GORDO LOTTERY DE LA PRIMITIVA AVENIDA DE LA CRUZ 1 PISO 6G 28923 MADRID ESPAÑA. DATE:7TH APRIL, 2007.
FROM: THE DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD... BATCH: EGGS-774-005-111 REFERENCE:15/13/EYY

AWARD NOTIFICATION.

This is to inform you on the release of the EL-GORDO LOTTERY DE LA PRIMITIVA held on the 1st Feb 2007 in Spain while claims shall be made in England. The result was released on the 2nd of Feb 2007.Your email address was attached to ticket number 190-055-345-435 with serial number 111-947-214 which drew lucky numbers 98-87-67-82-47, consequently won the lottery in the 1st category. You have therefore been awarded a lump of 5,500,000.00(FIVE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND EURO ONLY) cash credited to file with REF: N EGS/175/858/888 This is from 55,000,000 (FIFTY FIVE MILLION EURO) in cash among the 100 participants finalist playing 100 full tickets in which 10 winnerswas selected. CONGRATULATIONS!!! You are to contact Santa Lucia Security Company in the United Kingdom on how to claim your prize with your winning details using contact below ,All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 25,000 names and screened to 100 e-mails which participated in final lottery from Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, North and South America, Middle East and Africa . This programme is sponsored by INTERNET EXPLORER / WORLD INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY ORGANISATION TO PROMOTE and ENHANCE the use of SOFT WARES IN THE GOBAL WORLD.
We hope your lucky e-mail address will draw a bigger cash prize in the subsequent programs. To begin your lottery claims, please contact your claims agent,

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DR JOHN BAPTISTA santa_2007_claims@yahoo.it
TELEPHONE NUMBER:+44-7045-707-972SANTA LUCIA SECURITY COMPANY
37B NEW CAVENDISH STREET LONDON W1G 8JR UNITED KINGDOM
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You are required to present your information of identity to show you are the user of this email address and whom to claim award, either your country passport or any other valid identity is required. Remember, all winnings must be processed not later than one month from the day you receive this notification. Any requirement not met before this date,funds will be returned to the ELGORDO LOTERIA Remember to quote your reference and batch numbers ( BATCH: EGGS-774-005-111 REFERENCE: 15/13/EYY) in every of your response to your claim agent. Further more, should there be any change of address, inform your claim agent as soon as possible.A copy of your lucky winning ticket and all other informations will be sent to you by your claim agent when your award has been processed and ready for transfer ,
Your claims agent is DR John Baptista.
YOU ARE TO CONTACT YOUR SECURITY COMPANY WITH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATIONS:
BATCH AND REFERENCE NUMBER: WINNING EMAIL ADDRESS: YOUR NAME: YOUR ADDRESS: TELEPHONE NUMBER: FAX NUMBER: COUNTRY: A SCAN COPY OF IDENTITY :
Once again from all members of our staff CONGRATULATIONS for being a part of our International promotions program. NOTE:winners below eighteen years ( -18yrs ) aredisqualified from this programme.

We wish you good fortunes. Sincerely, MRS JOANNA YUDA .

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