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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:

• 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.
  • +34679936028 (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.
  • lotteryclaim1@eresmas.com

Fraud email example:

From: LOTERIA PRIMITIVA POWERBALL LOTTO <lotteryclaim1@zwallet.com>
Date: Sun, 02 Oct 2005 14:15:04 +0200
Subject: CONSOLATION PRIZE WINNER NOTICE


LOTERIA PRIMITIVA POWERBALL LOTTO
BALL LOTTO -wheel E-game 2005,
C/BENTAZON PRINCIPEPIO Nº:112,28002 MADRID - ESPAÑA
http://loteria.com/primitiva.php

Date: 01-10-2005
Ref Nr: PBL/CN/6654/CP,

Dear Consultation Prize Winner,

RE: CONSOLATION PRIZE WINNER NOTICE

Europe/ America and Asia private international e-games organizers and co-sponsors, LOTERIA PRIMITIVA POWERBALL LOTTO Group International, officially bring to your notice of the final draw result of the 12th August -2005 POWERBALL LOTTO -wheel E-game which was conducted at our international corporate office complex in The Madrid Spain.

Most recently this foundation set up the NEW LOTTERY SCHEME to give out prizes based on COMPUTER BALLOT SYSTEM. By doing this the foundation seek to encourage the use of Internet for academic and business pursuits. It major aim is to promote music, theater, art, literature, projects in the social and political arena with a focus on health, as well as science, research, and higher education.

We wish to congratulate and inform you on the selection of your email coupon number which was selected among the 45 lucky consultation prize winners Your email ID identified with coupon No. PBL2348974321 and was selected by our E-games Random Selection System (ERSS) with entries from the 50,000 different email addresses enrolled for the E-game.

Your email ID was included among the 50,000 different email addresses submitted by our partner international email provider companies. You have won a consultation cash prize of € 800.809.00 (EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND NINE EURO ONLY). The POWERBALL LOTTO Group. BV, have approved a payout of your consultation cash prize which will be remunerated directly to you by the official Payment Agency Board. Our DUE PROCESS UNIT (DPU) will render to you complete assistance and provide additional information and processes for the claims of your consultation prize.

For due processing of your winning claim. Please contact the DPU Information Officer, Mr. Lewis Cruz who has been assigned to assist you.

TEL: +34 679 936 028
FAX: +34 650 266 532
lotteryclaim1@eresmas.com

Or get back to us to enable us proceed for the processing and release of your won prize via our paying bank.

Once again congratulations from all our staffs on your consultation prize winning, we hope you will partake our forth coming POWERBALL LOTTO -wheel Email-games.

You are hereby advised to reconfirm your Full Contact Information for verification with information contained in our computer database as well as other relevant information in the format stated below so that we will instruct the bank for immediate contact to you for further remittance advice to your local account.

The Requested Information is to ensure that no error is made and it should be forwarded in the manner stated below:
Your Full Name: ________________________________________________________________________________
You’re Complete Address (Physical Address with Zip Code not P.O.BOX): __________________________________
Name of City of Residence: _______________________________________________________________________
Direct Telephone Number: __________________________________ Fax Number ___________________________
Mobile Number: ___________________________________Email:________________________________________

Once again congratulations from all our staffs on your consultation prize winning, we hope you will partake our forth coming LOTERIA PRIMITIVA POWERBALL LOTTO -wheel Email-games.

Thank you and I sincerely remain
Mrs. Mary Alberto

In accordance with the LOTERIA PRIMITIVA POWERBALL LOTTO -wheel E-games policy and regulations, this notification is dispatched directly to only the 45 lucky consultation prize Winners. This notification also contains information that is proprietary, privileged or confidential or otherwise legally exempt from disclosure. If you are not the right recipient whose fax number attached to the lucky numbers along with the winning information’s you are not authorized to read, print, retain, copy or disseminate this notice or any part of it.

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