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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.
• 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.
  • +34652655286 (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.
  • lottpri55@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: hemas hoyo <k.7din@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <lottpri55@aim.com>
Date: Sat, 19 May 2007 15:26:43 +0200
Subject: Attention


Are you the lucky one?
Sir/Madam,
CONGRATULATIONS!!!We are pleased to inform you of the result of the LOTERIA PRIMITIVA Winners International programs held on the 19th ofMay 2007. Your e-mail address attached to ticketNo:78543998 with prize No 0097765/sl drew (€785,000.00) Euros which was first in the 2ndclass of the draws. You are to receive (€785,000.00)(Seven hundred and Eighty Five Thousand Euros).
Be informed because of mix up in cash pay-outs, we askthat you keep your winning information confidentialuntil your fund (€785,000.00) has been fully remitted to you by our accredited pay-pointbank. This measure must be adhere to avoid loss ofyour cash prize winners of our cash prizes are advisedto adhere to these instructions to forestall the abuse of this program by other articipants. It'simportant to note that this draws were conductedformally, and winners are selected through an internetballot system from 60,000 individual and companiese-mail addresses- the draws are conducted around theworld through our internet based ballot system.Thepromotion is sponsored and promoted by LOTERIA PRIMITIVA. We congratulate you once again. We hope you will use part of it in our next draws; the jackpotwinning is 65million Euros.Remember, all winningmust be claimed not later than 30 days. After thisdate all unclaimed cash prize will be forfeited and included in the next sweepstake. Please, in orderto avoid unnecessary delays and complications rememberto quote your winning numbers in all correspondence with us. Congratulations once againfrom all members of LOTERIA PRIMITIVA . Thank you forbeing part of our promotional program.For immediaterelease of your cash prize to you,
Please kindly contact your verifying agent
MR Gomez-SanzC/ARROYO DE LAMIEL28007 MADRID ESPANATEL : 0034-652-655-286 EMAIL:lottpri55@aim.com
Kindly send the following information to the verifying agent:(i) Your names,(ii) Contact telephone and fax numbers(iii) Contact Address(iv) Your winning numbers(v) Quote amount won.Congratulations once again.Yours Faithfully,
Mr.Victor-GioCordinator. Yours sincerely,

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