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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 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.
  • aimsegu@aol.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Green Awards" <awardsgreen@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:58:39 +0200
Subject: GREEN AWARDS


GREEN AWARDS
CALLE/ SAN PEDRO, 45.PL 7/PT 17
28860 MADRID, SPAIN.


Q- Nº (NC-233-47/ ES-458)

CASH AWARD NOTIFICATION


THE GREEN AWARDS hereby notify you that you have been chosen by the board of
trustees as one of the final recipients of a cash Grant/Donation. The Green
awards supported by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Zayed
International Prize for the Environment, The Greenpeace organization and the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was conceived with the
objective of Integrated Rural Development Programme, environmental
protection against global warming and personal education on business
development that improves the environment.

The Green awards in conjunction with these world bodies are giving out a
yearly donation of 7.2 million Euros. These specific Donations/Grants will
be awarded to 17 lucky recipients worldwide for their personal business
development and Integrated Rural Development against global warming.

Based on the dependent selection exercise of email address world wide, you
were selected among the recipients to receive the award sum of € 415, 810.00
(Four hundred and eighteen thousand eight hundred and ninety eight euros)
from the Green awards in accordance with the enabling act of establishment.

To begin your claim, please complete the attached form, including the
photocopy of your identification, and fax to AIM SEGUROS S.L. They will be
directing you on what to do for the processing and remittance of your funds,
the contact person is DR. CARLOS M. ALVARO, Foreign operation Manager AIM
SEGUROS S.L. On Tel: + 34-679 120 205. E-mail: aimsegu@aol.com

All information is strictly confidential and will only be used for the
purpose to which it is been requested, as there have been many cases of
unqualified claim, Your Qualification number is (NC-233-47/ES-458) and
routing code number (27-06011-07 GES) and must be quoted in all
correspondence.

Endeavor to email your information as written below immediately to
aimsegu@aol.com.
FULL NAMES:
ADDRESS:
NATIONALITY:
TEL:
FAX:
EMAIL ADDRESS:
AGE:
MARITAL STATUS:
OCCUPATION:
Qulification Number:
Routing code number:
AMOUNT:
BANKING INFORMATION: BANK NAME...A/C No... IBAN CODE...SWIFT CODE...AND
BANK ADDRESS.

Finally, all funds should be claimed by their respective beneficiaries, no
later two months after notification. Failure to do so will mean cancellation
of that beneficiary and its donation will then be reserved for next award
that is coming up on the 10th September 2009.

On behalf of the Board kindly accept our warmest congratulations.

Yours Sincerely


ANTONIA GARCIA (MRS.)

Warning: You are to keep this whole information confidential until you have
been able to collect your fund.



UNEP partner Green Awards 2008

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