419 scam: carlos devez <carlosdevez@yahoo.com.ar> abuse

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

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:

The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
- "lottery winners international e-mail programs" (no such lottery exists)
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- ",500,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "online_promo@ozu.es" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- "online_promo@ozu.es" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
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.
- +34693572703 (Spain, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: carlos devez <carlosdevez@yahoo.com.ar>
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 18:17:55 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: abuse

from:"report@schmidl24.de"

Your Email ID won 1,500,000.00 Euros
DOWNLOAD ATTACHMENT FOR DETAILS.

Sec.onlinepromo

The EUROMILLION Hotball Lotto
REFERENCE #:87/825/TRH
BATCH #: MEG-749-873-439
Sir/Madam,
Being officially assigned to select winners across the
globe, the management is pleased to inform you of the result of the
Hot Lotto EUROMILLION Lottery Winners International E-mail programs held on the
29th JUNE,2009 and result was released on the 10th AUGUST 2009. Your
E-mail address attached to ticket number 653-908-321-675 with serial main
number 528-127-196 drew lucky star numbers 25-78-54-36-49 which
consequently won in the 2nd category, you have therefore been approved for
a lump sum pay out 1.5 000,000.00 Euros (One Million,five hundred thousand Euros )
with REFERENCE No.:87/825/TRH and BATCH #: MEG-749-873-439.
Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your
winning information confidential until your claims have been
processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our security
protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by
some participants. All participants were selected through a
computer ballot system drawn from over 100,000 company and 50,000,000
individual email addresses and names from all over the world.
This lottery was promoted and sponsored by Software companies in
order to enhance and promote the use of Internet Explorer Users and
Microsoft-wares around the globe.
To file for your claim, please contact our service manager:
DR. ANDREW WOOLLEY
FOREIGN OPERATION DEPARTMENT,
GRUPO BILBAO SECURITY COMPANY S.L.
Tel: +34-693-572-703
Fax: +1-801-858-5741
Email: online_promo@ozu.es
(1).YOUR NAMES..............
(2).CONTACT ADDRESS.........
(3).TEL/ NUMBERS.........
(4).OCCUPATION.........
(5).COUNTRY .........
(6).AGE/SEX.................
(7)EMAIL ID.............
Sincerely,
Mrs Helen Wickson
International Online Co-ordinator
All response should be sent via Email: online_promo@ozu.es

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