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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:
  • "certified bank draft" (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 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.
  • +34634072201 (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.
  • groupocaixa@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • benjboardman@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: EL CAIXA GROUPO <elcaixa.groupo@web.de>
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:17:33 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-15?Q?________________________________________YOUR_E-MAIL_AD?=
=?iso-8859-15?Q?DRESS_HAS_MADE_IT_!!!!!!?=




Lottery Award Winning Dept,

El Caixa Groupo, S.L

MADRID-SPAIN

=20

Dear *Beneficiary*,*

=20

We happily notify you of the draw of the Email Lottery Ballot -Euromillion =
International Sweepstakes program held on the 23rd of July, 2008 in a Lotte=
ry E-mails International Promotions Programmes.Your email address attached =
to our Lottery Ticket order, had the following details:(A) Ticket Nr. 70945=
IJT;

(B) Lucky Nr. BQS17508;

(C) Reference Nr. 0932BXR404;

(D) Batch Nr.MVUK1860. which consequently won you this lottery in the 1st c=
ategory.*

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of *Seven H undred an=
d Fifty Thousand Euro only (750,000.000 Euros ) *in Cer tified Bank Draft i=
ssued in your favour, and credited to your File reference number as quoted =
above.A total of 900,000 email addresses were entered for the Email Lottery=
Ballot .All email addresses entered for the game were submitted by our par=
tners; International email service providers from over 140 countries that a=
re listed, online and were thereafter randomly selected systematically thro=
ugh our Electronic Random Selection System (ERSS).The payment authority of =
your prize - *750,000.000 Euros* *only*,in Certified Bank Draft issued in y=
our favour is already deposited and insured in your favour with our Paying =
Bank pending your claim and will be issued to effect immediate payment/swif=
t transfer in the mode you will prefer and nominate, upon satisfactory repo=
rt on your identity verification and validation recommendation by our Claim=
s Department. Due to the mixup of certain names, you are advised to keep yo=
ur winning information confidential until your claim has bee n processed an=
d your money paid to you.=20

All winnings must be claimed as soon as possible. Becuase, all unclaimed fu=
nds will be withdrawn.

=20

To file for your claim, please contact our lottery Claims Departmennt

Mr, BENJAMIN BOARDMAN*

EL CAIXA GROUPO S.L

C/ San Juan 21, 41026

MADRID- SPAIN

TEL: +34-634-072-201=20

Emails:groupocaixa@gmail.com

benjboardman@gmail.com*

=20

To claim your prize money,you are required to provide the below information=
s,*

1.FULL NAMES:

2.SEX :

3.AGE :

4.TELEPHONE NUMBERS:=20

5.NATIONALITY:

6.BATCH NO, REFERENCE NO,TICKET NO.*

=20

Congratulations once more.

Faithfully yours,*

Vincent Antonio Blaz*

Public Relation Officer.


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