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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:

• The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "international lottery programme" (no such lottery exists)
• 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.
  • +34634685594 (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.
  • sagencia@aim.com
  • 3dsagencia@aim.com
  • 3dsum.agencia@gmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: SPANISH EURO MILLIONE LOTTERY <info.winner10101@web.de>
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:02:50 +0200
Subject: SPANISH EURO MILLION LOTTERY DRAW 2008 !!!!


SPANISH EURO MILLION LOTTERY,
ONLINE SWEEPSTAKES
MADRID
SPAIN This is to inform you that you have been selected for a cash Prize o=
f 550,000 .26 Euros
(FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND EURO,TWENTY-SIX CENTS) in cash from the t=
hunderball section of the Spanish International Lottery Programme held her=
e in Madrid,Spain held on 15Th August 2008 which results came on the 20th =
of August 2008 due to mixup of email addresses. The selection process was =
carried out through random selection in our computerised=20
email selection system from a database of over 800.000 email addresses dra=
wn from=20
all the continents of the world which your email emerged as one of the fir=
st ten (10)=20
lucky winners. To file for your claim, please contact the director of awar=
ds:
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The SEML Foundation,=20
claims department
Contact Person: Mr.Lorenzo RajoyContact Email: sagencia@aim.com [http://us=
.mc387.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose=3Fto=3Dsagencia@aim.com] or sum.agencia@gmail=
.com [http://us.mc387.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose=3Fto=3Dsum.agencia@gmail.com]
Office Tel : +34 634-685-594
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
Provide him with the information below: 1.Name:...........................=
.....................2.Address:...........................................=
..3.Marital Status:....................................4.Occupation:......=
..................................5.Age:..................................=
..................6.Sex:..................................................=
..7.Nationality:..........................................8.Country Of Res=
idence:.........................9.Telephone Number:.......................=
......10.Fax Number:......................................11.Email Address=
:...................................12.Amount won.........................=
............. We strongly advised your keep your winning details very conf=
idential pending when your winning prize has been paid to avoid multiple c=
laimings due to the earlier mis up.
Yours faithfully, MRS .SUZZANEO TORRESOnline coordinator for=20
SPANISH EURO MILLION LOTTERY



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