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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
  • "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 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.
  • axainsurance@hotmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "xalicanteloto@terra.es" <xalicanteloto@terra.es>
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:58:48 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: CONGRATULATION AWARD FINAL NOTIFICATION


CONGRATULATION AWARD FINAL NOTIFICATION


EL GORDO SPANISH ALICANTE LOTERIA
LOTTERY S.A.
C/ CARRACA DE MAYOR 4-9
28038 MADRID – SPAIN
TEL: 00 34 686533726
FAX: 00 34 916083138
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/ PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
REF: OP/2551256003/04 BATCH: 000750013/OP

AWARD NOTIFICATION
We are pleased to inform you the released Results of the ELGORDO SPANISH ALICANTE LOTERIA WITH WEBSITE https://www.alicanteloteria.com/ INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAMME held on the 8TH APRIL. 2007 . and result come out on 10TH APRIL. 2007 by 11.45am. your name attached to the Ticket number 025 – 11-464-992 – 750 with Serial number 6 drew the lucky numbers 10-12-28-34-42 which consequently won the lottery in the 1ST Category.


You have therefore been approved for lump Sum pay out of €26.214.521,83(TWENTY SIX MILLION TWO HUNDRED AND FOURTHEEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND TWENTH ONE EUROS AND EIGHTY THREE CENTS) in cash credited to file Nº: NIS/05. This is from total cash Prize of €100,468,770.00 (ONE HUNDRED MILLION FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY EIGHT THOUSAND, SEVEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY DOLLARS) shared among the seventeen international winners in this Category.


Your Fund is now deposited with a Security Company insured in your name. Due to the mix up of numbers and names, we ask you to keep this Award top secret from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to your account as this is part of our security Protocol to avoid double claiming or unwarranted taking advantage of this programme by participants.


All our Beneficiary were selected through a Computer Ballot System drawn from 25,000 names from Europe,Australia, Asia, andAmerica as part of our INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAMME, which we conduct once every year. We hope that with the part of your prize, you will take part in our next Year high Stake of $ 1.3 billion International Lottery.


To begin your claim please contact your Agent DON ANTONIO RAUL Foreign Services Manager of AXA SEGUROS SECURITY COMPANY S.A with Email: axainsurance@hotmail.com
for processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice. Remember that all prize money must be claimed not later than 24TH JUNE .2007. After this date, all Funds will be returned to the Ministerio de Economia y Hacienda as unclaimed.


NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your Reference and Batch Number in every of your Correspondence with us or your Agent with office time from 11am to 16.30pm. And remember you have to pay 10% of your winning fund to your claims agent after the fund gets to you. Further more, should there be any change of your Address, do inform your claim Agent as soon as possible. Congratulations once again from all Members of our Department and thank you for being a part of our INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAMME.

SINCERELY,


DON ANTONIO MOYA VICE PRESIDENT





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