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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "national lottery promotion" (no such lottery exists)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fiduciary 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.
  • +34656276595 (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.
  • microtrustfg@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: laura miguel <miguelmicro@web.de>
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:02:04 +0100
Subject: <kein Betreff>





MEGA INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTION-SPAIN.


REFF:M.S.X./43217/00/77/98.
BATCH: 13/086/FR/ES.

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We are pleased to inform you of the result of the of the Mega InterNaciona=
l Lottery programs held on the 18th of march 2008. Your e-mailaddress atta=
ched to ticket number 241918906-675 with gameNumber 54568 drew lucky numbe=
rs 16,11,52,33,44,42 which consequently won.You have therefore been approv=
ed for a lump sum pay out of 150,000.00 Euro.(One Hundred and Fifty Thousa=
nd) CONGRATULATIONS!!

All participants were selected through a computer
ballot system drawn from over 100.000.00 company and
1.000.000.00 individual email addresses and names from
Middel East, Asia, Africa, Canada, Europe North and
south Amer ica, Oc eani a and around the world. To file
for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent;


Mr.COLLINS R.JUAN
MARK MARION AGENCY
Tel: +34-656-276-595
Emails: microtrustfg@aim.com [mailto:microtrustfg@aim.com].

Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that
you keep your Winning information confidential until
your claims have been processed. This is part of our
security protocol to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program by some participant.

Please, note that you will be required to pay for the
issuance of your winning certificate. Be notify also
that all winnings must be claimed not later than 30th
14th april 2008. After this date all unclaimed winnings
will be null and void. In order to avoid unnecessary
delays and complications remember to quote your
reference number and batch numbers in all
correspondence. Furthermore, should there be any
change of address do inf orm o ur agents as soon as
possible.

Congratulations once more and thank you for being part
of our promotional program.

Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically
disqualified.

Sincerely yours,

Miss:Lola Teodora.
Winning Co-ordinator.


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