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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:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. Never ever send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally. )
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • ",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)
  • "00,000.00" (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 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.
  • +34671264193 (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.
  • royalworld_consultant@yahoo.es (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Jeffery Ruben <royalworld_consultant@yahoo.es>
Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2007 20:05:33 +0100 (CET)
Subject: ROYAL SPANISH SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY


ROYAL SPANISH SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
REF: RSSL/61-ILGI0509/45
BATCH:RSSL/15/096/WRCS
DATE:17/11/2007
RE: WINNING FINAL NOTIFICATION
Dear Morton Donald McGinty,

This is to inform you of the release of the Royal Spanish Sweepstakes Lottery Email Promotional Program held on the 25th Octorber 2007, this result was initially delayed due to mix up of email addresses, the results were finally released on the 17th November 2007, and your email attached to Ticket number 212005600545188 with Serial number: 4888/02, which drew the Luckynumbers 41-6-76-13-45-8,which consequently won the lottery in the Second category of the year 2007.You are therefore approved for a lump sum payout of €1,000,000.00 (ONE MILLION EUROS ONLY) in cash accredited to file reference number: KPC/9080333308/03 this is from a total cash prize of €19,000,000.00 (NINTEEN MILLION EUROS ONLY) Shared among the nineteen international winners in this category.
Your fund is now deposited in a security company with your prize money insured in your email. Due to mix up of some email addresses, we ask that you keep this award from public notice until your claim has been processed and money remitted to your account as this is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unwarranted abuse of this program by participants as it has happened in the past.
All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 companies,this promotion takes place annually.We hope your lucky email address will draw a bigger cash prize in the next high stake promotion agenda of €30,000,000.00 (THIRTY MILLION EUROS).
To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:
Mr Jeffery Ruben
World Royal Consultancy And Securities Madrid Spain.
Tel:+34-671-264-193
Email:royalworld_consultant@yahoo.es

For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice.Remember,You are to contact our agents by email and within a week of receiving this notice.After this date, all funds will be returned to the MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA Y HACIENDA as unclaimed.For further processing an d remittance of your winning funds you are fill and forward to our claim agent the
completed processing verification form below.

(1)NAME OF BENEFICIARY
(2)ADDRESS
(3)TELEPHONE
(4)DATE OF BIRTH
(5)OCCUPATION
(6)NATIONALITY
(7)COUNTRY
(8)TICKET NO
(9)SCAN COPY OF IDENTITY(International passport or drivers licence or any otheridentity). To avoid unnecessary delays and complications,please quote your reference/batch numbers in any correspondences with us as your assigned claim agent.Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program.

Yours Sincerely,
Marcus Alberto
Lottery Director



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