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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")
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "cashier's check" (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. )
• 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.
  • meetdavid_lopez@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: DAVID LOPEZ <meetdavidlopez_spain@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 13:55:57 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE WON 500,000euros!!!!!!!!!!!!!






SPAINISH LOTTERY INCOPERATION.
GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED!!!BARCELONA INTERNATIONAL LOTTERYIS REGISTERED UNDER THE DATA
PROTECTION ACT OF SPAIN
( Registration NO. Z720633X ).




FC BARCELONA LOTTERY DEPARTMENT The Barcelona Football Club Arístides Maillol,s/n08028 BarcelonaSPAIN Dear Winner, WINNING NOTIFICATION The management of Barcelona football club of Spain is glad to announce to the world the Fans Support Promotion,giving away of the sum of Twenty Million Euros(20M) to Forty lucky email address owners all over the world especially America,Europe, Russia, Australia and Africa where we have a large number of fans. This promotion is in appreciation of our International Support in the UEFA Champions League Finals 2006, held In Paris France On May 17 and the Spanish La Liga Title Glory achieved in the same year. It is also inresponse for corresponding capital profit in the stock market which was far beyond our projected quarterly earnings.
Please be informed that all winners in this program have been selected randomly through a computer ballot system drawn from over 500,000 companies and individual e-mail addresses database. Your email addresshappened to be one of the lucky winners of five hundred thousand pounds (500.000.00Euros) among the Forty email addressess chosen. For all our international winners the value of the amount comes to ($628,780.00 USD) six Hundred and twentyeigth thousand, seven hundred and eighty UnitedStates Dollars. In other to claim your 500,000.00Euros prize, you will have to fill the form below and send it back to us for verification and then you will be informed on how your Cashier's Check for 500,000.00Euros has already been deposited with your email contact.


Eddy Nestor Emy Hallington
''I did not belive it not until i contacted ''Only heaven knows how i felt
the claims agent and got my lottery when i got the news''.
prize in two weeks, so much for a fan''.

PROCESSING INFORMATION
1.FULL NAME: ------------------------------------------------___2.ADDRESS: -----------------------------------------------------------3.SEX: ----------------------------------------------------------------------4.AGE: ------------------------------------------------------------------------5.MARITAL STATUS: -----------------------------------------------------6.OCCUPATION: --------------------------------------------------------------7.E-MAIL ADDRESS: ------------------------------------------------------------8.TELEPHONE: ----------------------------------------------------------------------9.AMOUNT WON: --------------------------------------------------------------------10.COUNTRY: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------11.ACCOUNT NUMBER & BANK NAME : ---------------------------------------------







In The Action Barcelona Fan Club


To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent with the informations requested above send to:

Mr. David Lopez
Rigional Claims Agent For Barcelona
Lottery Department
email: meetdavid_lopez@yahoo.com



Please you are adviced to complete the form and sendback to us for prompt collection. You are automatically disqualifiedif you are below 18 years of age.Any breach of confidentiality on the partof the winners will result to disqualification. This E-mail message(including attachments, if any)is intended for the use of theindividual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain Informationthat is privileged, proprietary,confidential and exempted from disclosure.If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that anydissemination,distribution or copying of this communication is strictlyprohibited. Sincerely,Evra KingExecutive Co-ordinator,FC BARCELONA LOTTERY DEPARTMENT.
PLEASE CONSIDER YOUR COMMENTS BEFORE SUBMITTING. YOUR FEEDBACK WILL BE SENT TO YOU FROM YOUR AGENT.

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent with the informations requested above send to:

Mr. David Lopez
Rigional Claims Agent For Barcelona
Lottery Department
email: meetdavid_lopez@yahoo.com

© 2007 Barcelona football club. All Rights Reserved.
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