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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:
  • ",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 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.
  • infolallas@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: european service european <euroservice4@web.de>
Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2007 14:31:34 +0100
Subject: EURO MILLIONS SPANISH LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL.




EURO MILLIONS SPANISH LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL.
FROM: INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
THIRD CATEGORY NOMINEE
E-MAIL INTERNATIONAL DRAW

REFERENCE:67/80/ESP
BATCH: ESP-541-623-782

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Euromillonloteria
International Prize award Winners that was announced today 2nd of november=

2007.

Your email address have been selected as one of the lucky
winningaddress,therefore you have been approved for a lump sum payout of
997.248.26 Euro.(Nine Hundred and Ninety Seven thousand,Two Hundred And Fo=
rty Eight Euros,Twenty Six Cents only) in the 3rd
category winners. Your email address attached to a Ticket numbers
653-908-321-675 with Serial No: 345-790-241-671

Congratulations

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn
from over 20,000 company and 30,000,000 individual email addresses and nam=
es
from all over the world drawn from Europe. America, Asia, Australia, New
Zealand, Middle-East, parts of Africa, North and South America.


To file for your claim, please contact our claim-processing agent with
the contact information below:

********************************************
DR.TINO VALACH
(LIBERTY SECURITY COMPANY)
CLAIM PROCESSING DEPARTMENT
Tel: +34650705716=20
Email: INFOLALLAS@AIM.COM
************************************************

We expect you to provide them with the information below for the
processing of your winning documents.

1 FULL NAMES:..........................................
2 AGE: ................................................
3 OCCUPATION :.........................................
4 SEX:.................................................
5 PHONES AND FAX NUMBERS:..............................
6 COUNTRY OF RESIDENT:.................................
7 AMOUNT WON:..........................................
8 REFRENCE NUMBERS.....................................
9 BATCH NUMBERS........................................
10 YOUR WINNING EMAIL ADDRESS...........................
11 ADDRESS:.............................................=20


Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform your claims a=
gent as soon apossible.Congratulations once more from our members and staf=
f thank you for being part of our promotional program.
Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.
Sincerely yours,
MRS,SONIA JOSE
............................................DISCLAIMER....................=
.................................................
This message is confidential. It may also be privileged or otherwise prote=
cted by work product immunity or other legal rules. If you have received i=
t please let us know by reply it from your system; you should not copy it =
or disclose its contents to anyone. All messages sent to and from liberty =
Security Company may be monitored to ensure compliance with internal polic=
ies and to protect your winning from the Euro Million Spanish Lottery Awar=
d Promotion E-MAIL INTERNATIONAL DRAW.The contents of any email addressed =
to our clients are subject to our usual terms of business; anything which =
does not relate to the official business of the firm is neither given nor =
endorsed by it.


Once again on behalf of all our staffs congratulations as we expect you
to make good use of the funds.



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