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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:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "cashier's check" (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
• 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.
  • fcb_arcinelopez2008@yahoo.es (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "BARCELONA LOTTERY INC" <barcaprom1@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 14:51:34 +0100
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION (READ THIS IMMEDIATELY)


SPAINISH LOTTERY INCOPERATION.
GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED!!!
BARCELONA INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
IS REGISTERED UNDER THE DATA
PROTECTION ACT OF SPAIN
( Registration NO. Z720633X )



The Barcelona Football Club
Arístides Maillol,s/n
08028 Barcelona



Dear Winner,

WINNING
NOTIFICATION

The management of Barcelona football club of Spain is glad to announce to
the world the Fans Support Promotion,giving away of the sum of Twenty
Million Euros(20M) to Forty lucky email address owners all over the world
especially America,Europe,Russia,Australia and Africa where we have a large
number of fans. This promotion is in appreciation of our International
Support in the UEFA Champions League Finals 2006, held In Paris France On
May 17 and the Spanish La Liga Title Glory achieved in the same year. It is
also in response for corresponding capital profit in the stock market which
was far beyond our projected quarterly earnings.


Please be informed that all winners in this program have been selected
randomly through a computer ballot system drawn from over 500,000 companies
and individual e-mail addresses database. Your email address happened to be
one of the lucky winners of One Million Euros (One Million Euros) among the
Forty email address chosen. For all our international winners the value of
the amount comes to ($1,222,090 USD) One Million,Two Hundred and Twenty Two
Thousand and Ninthy United States Dollars. In other to claim your One
Million Euros prize, you will have to fill the form below and send it back
to us for verification and then you will be informed on how your Cashier's
Check for One Million Euros has already been deposited with your email
contact.


Please, Kindly provide us with the following information for the preparation
of your certificate of award which is one of the required proof of claim;


Full name:
Address:
Age:
Sex:
Nationality:
Home Telephone #
Office Telephone #
Mobile Telephone #
Fax #
E-mail address:
Marital Status:
Occupation:


To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent with the
informations requested above send to:
Mr. Arcine David Lopez
Regional Claims Agent For Barcelona
Lottery Department
email: fcb_arcinelopez2008@yahoo.es
Phone:+34652636974
Website:www.fanclubbarcelona.nl


Please you are adviced to complete the form and send back to us for prompt
collection. You are automatically disqualified if you are below 18 years of
age. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to
disqualification. This E-mail message (including attachments,if any)is
intended for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed
and may contain Information that is privileged, proprietary,confidential and
exempted from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, you are
notified that any dissemination,distribution or copying of this
communication is strictly prohibited.
Sincerely,

Evra King
Executive Co-ordinator's
FC BARCELONA LOTTERY DEPARTMENT.

PLEASE CONSIDER YOUR COMMENTS BEFORE SUBMITTING. YOUR FEEDBACK WILL BE SENT
TO YOU FROM YOUR AGENT.

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