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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")
  • ",000,000" (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 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.
  • +34680658644 (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.
  • infoclient@mixmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • infoclienteuros@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "inxfomxx1@terra.es" <inxfomxx1@terra.es>
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 08:10:17 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS YOU ARE A WINNER!!!



EUROMILLONES ESPANA INTL
EMAIL BALLOT PROGRAM
de oporto 19,45600
Calle alcala Madrid,Spain.
AY/1-15-17-25-45-2-8.
=20
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CONGRATULATIONS YOU ARE A WINNER!!!
=20
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The Euro millones International has setup an email random lotto promoti=
onal programme to celebrate and acknowledge there 65 years of existence and=
to encourage the use of internet world wide for academic and business purs=
uits. To grace this successful existence of Euro millones. They have decid=
ed to give out prize randomly, which was conducted at the international cor=
porate office complex in Spain (8th June 2007).Also there was a promotional=
programme held here in spain on the 28th of cotober 2006 where different p=
articpants from all over the world purchased a ticket to enter for it, but =
due to our COMPUTER TICKET ERROR, nobody won the lucky prize, so therefore =
the euromiliones espana intl relazied so much funds from this jackpot and t=
he only way we can use to compensate those who had partcipated is via email=
, which we are actually using this medium as a new method to give away luck=
y prize to just 12 lucky email addresses.=20
=20
The late release was due to difficulties in sorting out email addresses. NO=
TICKETS WERE SOLD OUT, and your lucky email addresse was randomly selected=
, as a Star Cash prize of 1.298.404, 07 euro (One million two hundred and n=
inety eight thousand, four hundred and four euro, seven cent).
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CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

HOW DID YOU WIN??? HOW DID THEY GET MY EMAIL ADDRESS???=20
The selection process was carried out through a random selection in our com=
puterized email selection system from a database of over 1,000,000 email ad=
dresses drawn from all the continents of the world, which your email was am=
ong the first 12 lucky winners. Please be informed that your winning prize =
has been insured to your winning number AY/1-15-17-25-45-2-8 in a suspense =
account. To file for your claim contact the appointed agent on the telephon=
e number and email given below=20
=20
EURO MILLONES S.L.
MR.VINCENTE SANCHEZ
MADRID, SPAIN
TEL:+34-680-658-644
EMAIL: infoclient@mixmail.com =20
infoclienteuros@gmail.com
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Steps to claim your prize=20
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1. Quote your winning number, your full name, Address, Country, Telephone, =
Mobile , Fax number and occupation via email to enable the process of your =
winning.=20
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2. Prize is not deductable until your winnings has been processed, approved=
and transferred to you by your claim agent above.=20
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3.You the beneficiary of the winning email would be responsible for the VET=
T/APPROVAL DOCUMENT CHARGES (FEES) of your lucky WINNING EMAIL ADDRESSE CHA=
NGED to your FULL NAMES.=20
=20

We wish you the best of luck as you spend your good fortune.
=20

Sincerely,
Rizo Jose. =
=20
Promotion Manger.
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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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NOTE: REPLY TO infoclient@mixmail.com AND infoclienteuros@gmail.com AND =
ALSO CALL MR. VINCENTE SANCHEZ ON 0034-680-658-644, FOR MORE INFORMATIONS=
ON HOW YOUR WINNING EMAIL ADDRESSE CAN OBTAIN THE VETTING APPROVAL DOCUME=
NTS ON YOUR NAME. YOU ARE TO KEEP ALL INFORMATIONS FROM PUBLIC AS WE WILL N=
OT ENTERTAIN CASES OF MULTIPLE CLAIMS. "BE WARNED".=20
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ight =C3=82=C2=A92006 The EUROMILIONES SPANISH LOTTERY S.L...
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