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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:

• 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.
  • +34676284745 (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.
  • santexagencia@aim.com

Fraud email example:

From: infodeskespa inter <infodeskesp2@web.de>
Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2007 21:00:34 +0200
Subject: URGENT WINNING NOTIFICATION




URGENT WINNING NOTIFICATION
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD...
THE FREE LOTTO COMPANY SA HEAD OFFICE
SPAIN.


WINNING NOTIFICATION
Attn: Winner,


We wish to congratulate you over your email success in our computer
balloting held on 21st September, 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 you do not need
to buy ticket to enter for it. You have been approved f or the star
prize of €950:000.00(Nine Hundred And Fifty Thousand Euro Only) .


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



SANTEX SECURITY AGENCY
MR. Thompson Bora
Avenida Del Cid 51 Madrid , Spain
E-mail:santexagencia@aim.com
TEL: +34 676284745


(¡) Ref No: EMES/WIN/007/05/10/MB
(¡¡) Batch No: EULO/2707/444/908/07
(¡¡¡) Ticket No: 01-1974
(iv) Lucky No: 10-23-44-72-80
(v) Serial No: MUOTI/82536




You must contact the appointed agent with your Full Names, Contact
Telephone Numbers (Home, Office and Mobile Number and also Fax Number)
via email to process the immediate payment of your prize. The Validity
period of the winnings is for 30 working days hence you are expected
to make your claims immediately.

Once again congratulations!!!

Sincerely,
Mrs. ANDRIAN MARTINS GIOVANI
ONLINE LOTTERY CO-ORDINATOR




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