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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "international lottery programme" (no such lottery exists)
• 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.
  • +34693243283 (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.
  • maprezek@aim.com
  • @yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-15?Q?=C1GUEDA_ABERT?= <aguedaabert@web.de>
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 13:59:06 +0200
Subject: AWARD NOTIFICATION: FINAL NOTICE




FROM THE DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARDS =
DEPARTMENT PRIMITIVA INTERNATIONAL SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY COPORATION.=20
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=20
AWARD NOTIFICATION: FINAL NOTICE
=20
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We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 15th OCT. 2007=
from the primitiva International Lottery Programme with the following inf=
ormation:=20
Date: 23/11/2006
Ref: 575061725
Batch: 8056490902/188
Winning no: KB8701/LPRC.
This is fully based on an electronic selection of winners using their e-ma=
il addresses. Your email address was attached to ticket number; 575061725 =
8056490902 serial number 6741137002 this batch draws the lucky numbers as =
follows: 11-13-26-34-44-48 bonus number 17, which consequently won the lot=
tery in the second category.
You hereby have been approved a prize of 550 000 00 (FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFT=
Y THOUSAND EURO) in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW 47509/02 from the total c=
ash prize shared amongst eight lucky winners in this category. All partici=
pants were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from One hun=
dred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada, Australia, United States, Asia=
, Europe, Middle East and Africa as part of our international promotions p=
rogram which is conducted annually.
Further more your details (e-mail address) falls within our European repre=
sentative office in SPAIN.=20
=20
HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE: Simply contact our Fiducially Agent, MR WILLIAMS =
JOANS. At; (maprezek@aim.com [mailto:maprezek@aim.com]) to file for your c=
laim.=20
Please quote your Date of draw, Reference Number, Batch Number and Winning=
Number, which can be found on the top-left corner of this message. Also, =
you should give in your telephone number to help locate your file easily. =
For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information confi=
dential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize has b=
een released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double=
claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this programme by non-partic=
ipant or unofficial personnel.
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Note: all winnings MUST be claimed befor 24th Oct. 2007 , Any claim not ma=
de before this date will be returned to the MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA Y HACIE=
NDA as unclaimed.=20

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Congratulations once again on your winning!
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ALSO ENSURE YOU TYPE THE EMAIL ADDRESS CORRECTLY TO ENSURE SAFE & QUICK MA=
IL DELIVERY/RESPONSE. ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF WINNERS=
WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.
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Best Regards.
DR. EDWARD LEE.
=20
PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT AT: [maprezek=
@yahoo.com)
Tel: +34 693 243 283



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