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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)
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• 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.
  • +34664159492 (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.
  • laoriental2007@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: julie van hans <espanamundoeuromillones043@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <laoriental2007@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 14:31:40 +0200
Subject: ***SPAM*** AWARD NOTIFICATION/ FINAL NOTICE



ESPAÑA MUNDO EURO MILLONES S.A CORDOBA NO 21 PLANTA 2-A 28204 MADRID -SPAIN. FROM: THE DESK OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRICE AWARD DEPARTMENT. REF Nº: EGS/2251256003/02 BATCH Nº:14/0017/1PD

RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION/ FINAL NOTICE

ESPAÑA MUNDO EURO MILLONES S.A wishes to inform you the results of the E-mail address ballot lottery international program by Great Britain and Spain held on Saturday 29th September, 2007. Your email account has been picked as a winner of €615,810.00 (SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN THOUSAND, EIGHT HUNDRED AND TEN EUROS ONLY)
This result is now released to you on 4th October, 2007 and your email address attached in the Match 6 bonus ball 7, 13, 31, 43, 45, 47 and bonus ball 23 participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from Microsoft users from company and individual email addresses users.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Be informed that your winnings are to be processed for clearance by an affiliate security company LA-ORIENTAL SEGORUS S.A., which is based here in the Spain as your
Winnings was deposited with them. For the release of your winning, kindly contact the office of your claims agents in the ESPAÑA MUNDO EURO MILLONES S.A Head Quarters Mr. Martin Ortega on Tel: +34-664-159-492, Fax:+34-911-814-263. You are also advised to contact your claim's agent via email: laoriental2007@gmail.com, you are to quote your lucky number for confirmation on your winning and submit your information in the form below.

LA-ORIENTAL SEGORUS S.A.
MADRID SPAIN
WINNERS IDENTIFICATION FORM

BATCH: Nº:14/0017/1PD EGS/2251256003/02

"PLEASECOMPLETE FORM AND SEND BACK"

1. FULL NAME: ____________________ 2. GENDER: _________AGE:________ 3. MARITAL STATUS: _______________ 4. MAILING ADDRESS: ______________ NATIONALITY: __________________OCCUPATION: _____________PH ONE AND FAX NUMBER: ________ PR ESENT LOCATION: ______________

All winning must be claimed not later than 27th October 2007. After this date all unclaimed funds will be returned to European Union Treasury as unclaimed. Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your reference number in all correspondence.
Congratulations from the staff and thank you for being part of email account users program. Yours Sincerely,Mrs. Julie Van Hans,Executive.(Euro Lottery Intern.)
Dr. P. Swier, Mr. Gerald Goodman (Manager Foreign Operations), Mr. Franklyn Van Der Weijden (Manager Domestic Banking Operations), Dr. James Williams (Director International Credit Department), Mrs. Sandra Murphy (Executive), Mr. Michael Cole (Executive), Mr. Stephen Boer (Chairman). Copyright © 2007 ESPAÑA MUNDO EURO MILLONES S.A MRS JULIE VAN HANS.
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