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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:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "million dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "dear beneficiary," (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
• 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.
  • +34671138138 (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.
  • mandalexseguros@consultant.com
  • mandalexsegurossa@walla.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: eurga@eurgaesp.orangehome.co.uk
Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 21:28:08 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: AWARD





Free Lotto Headquarters:
Customer Service/Award Dept.
www.freelotto.com

Email Winning Notification

Ref No:FI/570/05ES
Batch No:6377-05730


Dear Beneficiary,
We happily announce to you the draw of the Free Lotto International programs held on the 26th April, 2007. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 564 75600545/188 with Serial number 5388/06 drew the lucky numbers:31-6-26-13-35-7, which subsequently won you the lottery in the 3rd category. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of US$1,500,000.00 (One Million, Five Hundred Thousand Dollars) in cash credited to file
KPC/9080118308/02/FLC. This is from a total cash prize of US$25 Million dollars shared amongst the lucky winners in this grand category.


This year's Lottery Program Jackpot (LPJ) is the largest ever for Free Lottery. The estimated $125 million jackpot would be the sixth-biggest in free lotto history. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in our play coupon. In view of this, your US$1,500,000.00 (One Million, Five Hundred Thousand Dollars) would be released to you by our affiliate Bank while our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your prize soon as you make contact with them. All participants were selected randomly from 'World Wide Web' sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 companies.


This promotion takes place periodically. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed. This is a part of our pre cautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements. To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent with the below details for processing of your claims.
*******************************************************************
Name: Mr. David Anderson
Mandalex Seguros S.A
mandalexseguros@consultant.com
mandalexsegurossa@walla.com


TEL 0034-671-138-138


FULL NAME:
AGE:
SEX:
ADDRESS:
COUNTRY:
STATE:
FAX:
PHONE NUMBER:
MARITAL STATUS:
OCCUPATION:
COMPANY'S NAME (IF ANY)
REF NUMBER:
BATCH NUMBER:
AMOUNT WON;




Note that all claims process and clearance procedures must be duly completed
early to avoid impersonation arising to the issue of double claim. To avoid
unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your reference/batch
numbers while contacting our fiduciary agent.
Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of FREE LOTTO.
Yours Faithfully,
Mr. Mario Perez
(Lottery Co-ordinator)
_______________________________________________________________ ________
The Free Lotto Awards is proudly sponsored by the Microsoft Corporation,
the Intel Group,

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam