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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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.
• 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.
  • paymentofficevia1@yahoo.es (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "LOTTERIA PRIMITIVA PROMOTIONS" <paymentofficevia1@yahoo.es> (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 12:07:46 +0200
Subject: congratulations !!!

FROM:THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF: LP/26510460037/07 BATCH: 24/00319/IPD

This is to inform you of the release of our 2008 E-MAIL PROMOTIONS in which e-mail addresses are picked randomly by software powered by the Internet. Eighteen thousand email addresses were selected and you are lucky to be amongst them therefore making you one of winners of the sum of ¤1,500 ,000 euro (ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND EUROS) in this category and you are to contact our Financial Controller with the information below for clearance. You are to call their office as you are sending your information to them.

LOTTERIA PRIMITIVA PROMOTIONS
DON ANTONIO LOPEZ.
Tel: +34- 663996902.
paymentofficevia1@yahoo.es <mailto:paymentofficevia1@yahoo.es>

In respect to claims, you are to forward the following details to
( paymentofficevia1@yahoo.es <mailto:paymentofficevia1@yahoo.es> ) information above for clearance to enable him to clear your file for immediate payment .

1. FILE NUMBER:
2. BATCH NUMBER:
3. REFERENCE NUMBER:
4. AMOUNT WON:
5a. FULL NAME :( MR/MRS)
b TEL/FAX NUMBER (Office, Home and Mobile )
6. CITY/COUNTRY:
7 ADDRESS :( HOME AND OFFICE)
8 OCCUPATION/ORGANIZATION:
9. POSITION:
10. DATE OF BIRTH:
11. PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS
Congratulation once again.

MRS. MARIA SANCHEZ :
CALL FOR CONFIRMATION:
DON ANTONIO LOPEZ.
Tel: +34- 663996902
paymentofficevia1@yahoo.es <mailto:paymentofficevia1@yahoo.es>

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam