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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:

• 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")
  • "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 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.
  • +34646214835 (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.
  • raulephraim@excite.com

Fraud email example:

From: "WINDSET INTERNATIONAL LOTTO S.A" <raul_ephraim@yahoo.fr>
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:24:31 +0200
Subject: Windset Award Winning Notification-Congratulations





WINDSET INTERNATIONAL LOTTO S.A
FROM:GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED LOTTERY PROMOTERS.
CALLE ANTONIO 4B 12001,MADRID-SPAIN.
Tel/Fax:+34 940 466 965

FROM THE DESK OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT.

REF/EG/JK67542/06
BATCH/6546235/GAFK

RE:BONUS LOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION

Dear Lucky Winner,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded final draws of WINDSET INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY AWARD held on the 30th August, 2007. The online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 20,000 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet in appreciation of our annual summer visitors to Spain. No tickets were sold.

Your name attached to the ticket number 121089-03-5184-002-908 with serial number 9793-04539 drew the lucky numbers 2214-61-493-424-101 which consequently won the lottery in the 2nd category.

After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as one of two winners in the category "B" with the following:You as well as the other winner are therefore to receive a cash prize of 700,809:00 (Seven Hundred Thousand, Eight Hundred And Nine Euros Only) each from the total payout prize.Your prize awards has been insured with your e-mail address pending when your full names and address will be known to us, and thereafter,your winning fund will be transferred to you upon meeting our requirements, verifications and satisfactory report.

To begin your claim, please contact below your claim agent the foreign service manager of FORTUNA SEGURIDAD S.A
TEL: +34 646 214 835
FAX: +34 646 215 749
Email:raulephraim@excite.com
CONTACT PERSON: Sr. Raul Ephraim Jones.


And also be informed that 10% of your lottery winning belongs to (FIERRO GROUP PROMOTION COMPANY S,A) Because they are the company that bought your ticket and played the lottery on your name, NOTE this 10% will be remitted after you have received your winnings prize because the money is insured in your name already. This lottery was promoted and sponsored by Bill Gates, President of Microsoft, the world's largest software company in order to enhance and promote the use of Internet Explorer Users and Microsoft-wares around the globe. This promotional program takes place every three years. We hope with part of your winning you will take part in our end of year 50 million Euro International lottery

NOTE: All winnings must be claimed not later than the 19th September, 2007. After this date, all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake. Remember to quote your reference information in all correspondences. You are to keep all lottery informations away from the general public especially your reference and ticket numbers. This is important as a case of double claims will not be entertained.

Congratulations on be half of our managements.
Raul Jose Meñdez.
INTL.LOTTO COMMISSION

N.B: Any breach of confidentiality on the part of any of our winners will result to disqualification.

CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This message (including any attachments) is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is non-public, proprietary, privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law or may constitute as attorney work product. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please contact the sender and delete this message immediately.







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