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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:
  • "claim 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.
  • +34692807844 (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.
  • info_globalsecuritiesagency911@yahoo.es (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Maria Costa" <euro_million12345@yahoo.es> (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 15:58:10 +0200
Subject: Winning Award Final Notification (Congratulation¡¡¡)

INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS:
EURO MILLIONS ESPAÑA
AWARD/PROMOTIONAL DEPARTMENT
P O Box 1010 MADRID SPAIN,
(Customer Services)

EMAIL-LOTTERY AWARD PROMOTIONAL PROGRAMM
Dear Lucky Winner,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual final draws of EURO MILLION international Lottery programs. The online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 21,000 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet, no tickets were sold. After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as one of two winners in the Category \\\"A\\\" You are therefore been approve to caim the sum of €980,812.79 (Nine Hundred And Eighty Thousand Eight Hundred And Twelve Euros Seventy Nine Cent Only).
Most recently the foundation set up the NEW HOPE LOTTO to give out prizes based on the computer ballot system(THEREFORE YOU DO NOT NEED TO BUY A TICKET TO ENTER FOR IT.YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS WAS RANDOMLY SELECTED AS A WINNER).
The following particulars are attached to your lotto payment order:
(i)The file Ref number: PR/04679/ASS
(ii)Result winning numbers:8-16-19-43-45-1-4
(iii)Email ticket number:754/22/76
To immediately claim your prize,contact the claim/paying agent on the telephone number below.

EURO MILLIONS AGENCY (GLOBAL LINK SECURITY AGENCY MADRID SPAIN)
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Mr.Jose Bono Fednandez
Calle Colon 1(28972).Madrid,Spain.
TEL/FAX:0034-692-807-844
EMAIL TO:info_globalsecuritiesagency911@yahoo.es
The above claim agent will assist you in the processing and remittance of your prize funds to you,note that you are to cantact within two days After this date if you do not contact and process your winning prize, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.
Once again on behalf of all our staff,CONGRATULATIONS!!!.The Euro Millions lottery promo Awards is proudly sponsored by the Microsoft Corporation, the Intel Group,Toshiba,Dell Computers, Mckintosh and a conglomeration of other international IT companies. The Euro Millions lottery internet draw is held quarterly every year and is so organized to encourage the use of the internet and computers worldwide. We are proud to say that over 200 Million Euros are won annually in more than 150 countries worldwide.
NOTE: All informations have to be kept out of public until you have received your winning prize,this is to avoid double claim and unwarranted abuse of the programme by some participants.
Sincerely,
Maria Costa.
Promotions Manager
Euro Millions

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This e-mail transmission contains information that is confidential and may be privileged.It is intended only for the addressee(s) named above.
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REPLY TO: info_globalsecuritiesagency911@yahoo.es

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• What can you do when you receive 419 spam