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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:

• 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)

Fraud email example:

From: laura miguel <lauramigguel@web.de>
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:03:16 +0100
Subject: Dear Internet User.




Dear Internet User.

MICROSOFT E-MAIL PROMOTION OFFICE.
CALLE LA LUNA 45,
COIGO POSTAL 21145
MADRID-ESPAÑA.

We have provided you a great news that will change your life.Microsoft
chairman.Mr Bill Gates,has decided to promote internet users this year.

This promotion was held in madrid spain.Your e mail address came a
lucky winner of the sum of 170,000.00 euro.With a ticket numbers:
01,05,22,45,88,batch numbers: 15558 and reference number: ES/NP/CC/08.

Contact your appointed agent.Mr.Julian Alonso on the
contact informations below.For your claim to be proccess you are
advised to take to every instruction of your agent.Mr.Julian
Alonso.Contact him with the follow:
**********************************************************************

Batch numbers:
Reference numbers:
Ticket numbers:
Your full name:
Address:
Country:
Tel/Fax numbers:
Winning email address.
Alternative email address(Optional):
**********************************************************************

FINANCE DEPARTMENT

Mr.Julian Alonso.
Mrs.Raquel Moreno
Tel/Fax: +34-656-276-595
E mail: publicfinancedpt@ozu.es [mailto:publicfinancedpt@ozu.es]
**********************************************************************

Any one below the age of 18 is authomatically disqualified.


Wishing you happy new year
Coordinator
Laurita Eduardo Miguel(MS)
**********************************************************************






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