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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:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "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 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.
  • infogrupobilbao@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "lottapuestas" <lottapuestas@ekolay.net>
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:04:53 +0200
Subject: *****SPAM***** SPANISH INTERNATIONAL E-MAIL AWARD PROMOTION


Spam detection software, running on the system "server2.Xuna.nl", has
identified this incoming email as possible spam. The original message
has been attached to this so you can view it (if it isn't spam) or label
similar future email. If you have any questions, see
the administrator of that system for details.

Content preview: LOTERIAS Y APUESTAS DEL ESTADO Apartado de coreos 129, =
28085,
Madrid Spain. Tel: 003,461,855,6762 Fax:003,491,101,1783 Attention: Lu=
cky
Winner, Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice the result o=
f SPANISH
INTERNATIONAL E-MAIL AWARD PROMOTION 2007. .We are happy to inform you=
that
your email address have emerged a winner of SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN TH=
OUSAND
EIGHT HUNDRED AND TEN EUROS (615,810.00)Euros. Your fund is now deposi=
ted
at security company with insurance policy coverage insured in your E-m=
ail.
NOTE: to file for your claim, please contact your claim Agent company =
below
on email,fax or telephone. foreign services manager Mr. Fednando Gomez=
GRUPO
BILBAO SECURITY COMPANY S.L. HEADOFFICE AVD.de la FLORIDA N=C2=BA 185,=
28023MADRID.
BRANCH OFFICE: PLAZA INDEPENDENCIA N=C2=BA 2, 12OO1 CASTELLON,ESPA=C3=91=
A. Tel: 003,465,336,9102.
Fax:003,462,528,3139. Email : infogrupobilbao@aim.com Find below your =
promotion
date, Reference and Batch numbers. Remember to quote these numbers in =
your
correspondence with your claims agent. And also, send them the complet=
e information
listed below, becauese, there is a payment form which the(GRUPO BILBAO=
SECURITY
COMPANY S.L.) we have to fill on your behalf. (Mr. Fednando Gomez) PRO=
MOTION
DATE: 2th Of. NOVEMBER 2007. REFERENCE NUMBER: PAS/34841284397/7LE BAT=
CH
NUMBER: ES/1305/07/EU LUCKY NUMBER: 18-24-28-33-37-45 TICKET NUMBER: 12=
/564/578
SERIAL NUMBER: 7216-05 1. Name in full 2. Address 3. Nationality 4. Ag=
e 5.
Sex 6. Occupation 7. Telephone, Mobile and Fax 8. Present Country 9. A=
mount
won. [...]=20

Content analysis details: (6.7 points, 5.0 required)

pts rule name description
---- ---------------------- ---------------------------------------------=
-----
1.8 SUBJ_ALL_CAPS Subject is all capitals
1.6 MISSING_HEADERS Missing To: header
0.0 HTML_MESSAGE BODY: HTML included in message
1.8 MIME_QP_LONG_LINE RAW: Quoted-printable line longer than 76 cha=
rs
1.0 KAM_LOTTO2 Highly Likely to be a e-Lotto Scam Email
0.5 KAM_LOTTO1 Likely to be a e-Lotto Scam Email

The original message was not completely plain text, and may be unsafe to
open with some email clients; in particular, it may contain a virus,
or confirm that your address can receive spam. If you wish to view
it, it may be safer to save it to a file and open it with an editor.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam