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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:
  • "fiduciary 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.
  • +34675363794 (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.
  • frenados@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: lopez marta <bono_lotosp090@web.de>
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 14:13:27 +0200
Subject: PRIMA NOTICES AWARD




PRIMA NOTICES AWARD
NATIONAL LOTERIAS
PRIMA AWARD,
AVD SANTO N0 42 ,90820
MADRID SPAIN.
Ref: ES909/701-44DP53/22
Batch:DF001-622-SL 710
PRIMA NOTIFICATION AWARD
Dear Winner,
We are pleased to notify you the draw of the Prima National, Loterias program held on 30th of March 2007. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:4410-5402-57033 with Serial number 5527/B34 drew the lucky numbers: 705-21-785-040-BN-7 (bonus no.), which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category as match 5 plus bonus. You have theref ore been approved to claim a total sum of 580,000.00 (Five Hundred And Eighty Thousand Euros) in cash credited to file PLU/702079350/605. This is from a total cash prize of 1,200,000 euros shared amongst the first four (3 ) lucky winners in this category as Match 5 plus bonus.

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 250,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes place once in year. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon.

In view of this, your 580,000,00 (Five Hundred And Eighty Thousand Euros)could be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe. Our agent will immediately commence the process to acilitate therelease of your funds as soon as you contact him. For security reas o ns, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claim is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.

This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned, that all claim well not been more then 20Days. To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent: Congratulation.....
MR. JUAN ANTONIO
TEL:+34-675-363-794
Email: frenados@netscape.net [mailto:frenados@netscape.net]
Yours faithfully,
MRS. MARRI JOSE
Online Coordinator For
PRIMA LOTERY (PLP)





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