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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.
  • +34691084546 (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.
  • r_a_u_lgonzalez@yahoo.es (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: ELISABETH RUIS <elisabethruis020@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2007 14:32:29 +0200
Subject: winning notification






WINNING NOTIFICATION.Online draw | Ref Number: EUM 1308-07 | Fri, 31 August 2007. 21:30 CET *** THIS IS AN AUTOMATED MESSAGE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL ADDRESS ***







Announcement!This is a formal notification of the just concluded final draws of the euro millions online promotion program held on Fri, 31 August 2007 21:30 CET


Draw The online cyber draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 30,000,000 email addresses of individuals and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer selection from the web. After this automated computer ballot, your email address emerged as one of the six lucky winners in 2nd category of 494,054.44 Euros.
Ref Number: EUM 1308-07Batch Number: 5185-0Ticket Number: 02-8402Serial Number: 148-16331614-241Winning Number: 06 18 22 23 37 Estrellas 05 06
ClaimBear in mind that prizes will strictly be remitted to winners that officially file in for their claim within the given time frame. To begin your claim, contact your claim agent, Don. Raul Gonzalez, Foreign Operations Manager, SANTA LUCIA SEGUROS S.A. On TEL: +34 691 084 546 or e-mail r_a_u_lgonzalez@yahoo.es. Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than 21 days after this date all funds will be returned to Euro Million Treasury as unclaimed. Non Spanish citizens must pay government tax. You are to complete the informations below and forward it to your claim agent;

SURNAME:GIVEN NAMES:CONTACT ADDRESS:DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH:
OCCUPATION:
EMAIL ADDRESS:MOBILE NO:
TEL NO:FAX NO:
REF NO: BATCH NO:TICKET NO: SERIAL NO:WINNING NO:Your prize has been insured and will be transferred to you upon meeting the requirements of the gaming board authority. You are advised to keep your winning details strictly to yourself and not share it with any third party. Thank you for being part of our program and on behalf of all our staffs, congratulations!Yours Faithfully,Elisabeth Ruis.


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