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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "foreign service manager" (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)
• 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.
  • internationalaward@adexec.com
  • divineseguroes@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Lotto Commission <intlot38@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2007 01:22:44 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!! YOUR EMAIL HAS WON 915, 810.00 EUROS



INTERNATIONAL LOTTO COMMISSION CALLE Romano N°19 Planta 2 28008 Madrid, Spain internationalaward@adexec.com FROM THE DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENTINTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD REFERENCE Nº: XX/0999/171ESPBATCH:1211504/MIUATTN: REF Nº: XX/0999/171ESP AWARD NOTIFICATIONThis is to inform you of the release of the LA PRIMITIVA LOTTERY PROMOTIONS PROGRAM NEW YEAR HIGHSTAKE held on the 21st of JULY, 2007. Due to the mix up of numbers and names, the results were later released on the 1st August, 2007. Your name was entered as an alternative number attached to Batch number: 12115-04/MIU, with Reference number: XX/0999/171ESP drew the lucky numbers 9-13-21-30-31-44, which consequently won the lottery in the 3rd category. You have therefore been approved a lump sum payment of 915, 810.00 (NINE HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN THOUSAND, EIGHT HUNDRED AND TEN EURO ONLY) in cash. This is from a total cash prize of 13.725.150.00, EURO shared among the (Fifteen international winners in this category). CONGRATULATIONS!!! Your fund is now deposited with our corresponding bank BANCO SANTANDER MADRID SPAIN insured in your name. Due to false practices, we ask that you keep your award information strictly from public notice, until your claim has been processed and money remitted to your possession as this is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unwarranted abuse of this program by unscrupulous individuals. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from (ONE Million) names from Asia, America, Africa, Europe, and South Pacific, as part of our International promotion program. We hope your lucky name will draw a bigger cash prize in the subsequent programs ahead. To begin your claims, please contact your claims agent, Don Luis Mark,The foreign service manager of DIVINE SEGUROS S.A. Tel: +346-1571-1231, Fax: +349-1101-1323Email: divineseguroes@yahoo.com For the processing and remittance of your prize winning money to a designated choice of yours. Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than 25TH day of August, 2007. Any claim, not made before this date will be returned to the MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA Y HACIENDA as unclaimed fund. And also be informed that 10% of your Winning belongs to SAVANA SEGUROS S.A. as part of their commission for acting on your behalf. Your claim agent will direct you further on the administrative requirement to enable the bank to release your fund to the designated choice of yours. NOTE: That your original award letter has been sent to DIVINE SEGUROS S.A. In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every correspondence with your agent company. Furthermore, should there be any change of address, do inform your claims agency company as soon as possible as the original copy of your award letter has been forwarded to their company for security purposes.Congratulations once again Sincerely,ANTONIO GARCIA PERALVICE PRESIDENT, LOTTERY AWARD BOARD
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