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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:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• 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.
  • +34658261046 (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.
  • euromlsa_claimagent002@aliceadsl.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Ola Martinez <Ola_Martinez01@web.de>
Date: Fri, 02 May 2008 15:28:17 +0200
Subject: 2008/Email Award Winner Confirmation Espana


Euro Millones Loteria S.A
Apartado de Correos 48,
28230 Las Rozas,
Madrid, España.
02/05/08
Attn: Winner, *****NOTIFICATION OF AWARD WINNING PRIZE*****
Finally today, the result of winners of the EURO MILLONES LOTERIA E-mail program held on the 26th of April 2008 was announced. Your e-mail address attached to TICKET No: 03A124 with REFERENCE No: B653-6590 drew STAR No: 7018-0189-7054 which consequently won in the 2ND CATEGORY, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of €975,000.00cents (Nine Hundred and Seventy Five Thousand Euro). !!!!CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

The online draws was conducted by a random selection of email addresses from an exclusive list of 30,031 E-mail addresses of individuals and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet. As such no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation, identification and privacy purposes.
Contact the claim agent immediately via email or telephone with the information below for more information oh how to claim your prize. Euro Millones Loteria-Claim Processing Agent Name: Enviado Castano CruzEmail Address: euromlsa_claimagent002@aliceadsl.fr [mailto:euromlsa_claimagent002@aliceadsl.fr]Telephone: +34 658 261 046 You are to send the information below to the CLAIM PROCESSING AGENT via email for the confirmation of your winning.1. Your full names
2. Your address
3. Telephone/fax numbers
4. Occupation/age 5. Amount won
6. Reference Number
7. Security File Number
8. Ticket Number 9. Reconfirm Email Address
10. Date Notified Your SECURITY FILE NUMBER IS ( SF9870/0090/011 -- EML ) and this should be kept confidential by you at all times.
Yours Sincerely,
Ola Martinez
Loteria Coordinator Note:
********DO NOT DISCLOSE YOUR WINNING INFORMATION TO ANYONE TO AVOID DOUBLE CLAIMS*********






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