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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • " finance and securities, s.l" (no such agent exists)
• 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.
  • +34652063073 (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.
  • remittance5054@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • asessagentsegur@aol.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: euromillion <euromillion@gadball.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 04:47:35 -0700
Subject: CONGRATULATION.



CONGRATULATION.

ATTN: WINNER
EURO MILLION/PROMOTIONAL DEPARTMENT
Paseo De La Castillano
17-19, 28008 Madrid Spain.

 

We wish to congratulate you over your email success in our Euro  
million  computer balloting sweepstake loteria held on 28th of 
August  2007.  This  is  a  millennium scientific computer game
in which email   addresses   were   used. It is a  promotional
program  aimed at  encouraging  internet users,therefore yo u do
not need  to buy ticket to enter for it. You   have  been approved
forthe star prize &n bsp; of 700,000.00  Euro.(Seven   Hundred 
Thousand Euro) CONGRATULATIONS!!

 

To claim your winning prize you are to contact the appointed agent
as   soon as possible for the immediate release of your winnings
prize,


ASESORIS FINANCE AND SECURITIES, S.L
Contact Person: Dr. Martin Anderson
Con tact Tel: +34 652-063-073
Email:  remittance5054@aim.com

EMAIL:  asessagentsegur@aol.com


 

Batch No:SUTO/980/TWM/EU
Ticket No: WRNM/SMI/5990
Lucky No:10-23-44-72-80
Serial No: MUOTI/82536

 

You must contact the appoi nted agent with your Full Names, Contact& 
Telephone Numbers (Home, Office and Mobile Number and also Fax  
Number)viaemail to process the immediate payment of your prize.The  
certificate is  your legal prove/guarantee which will be submitted
to  the  bank for the  remittance  of your fund.

 

The Validity period of the winnings is for 12 working days hence
you   are  expected to make your claims immediately, any claim not
made   before  this date will be returned to the MINISTERIO DE
ECONOMIA Y   HACIENDA as   unclaimed.

Once again congratulations !!!

 

Best Regards,
MRS ANNA RUIZ

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam