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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "deadline" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• 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.
  • row_anderson@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "Award Notification" <awardnotification@spanishlotery.com>
Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2005 02:23:39 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS! (WINNER IN THE 5TH CATEGORY)

CCLASS B" OG8965829
INTERNATIONAL LOTTO CO-OPERATION S.A
APARTADO CORREOS NO 361,
AYENIDA DE ANDALUCIA NO 1,
29080 MALAG ESPANA.
FROM INTERNATIONAL CLAIMS DEPARTMENT,
PRIZE AWARD SECTION.
REF NO: LT/7914290166/CTV
BATCH: LM/51390-0/WGP

Website: www.spanishlottery.biz.ly

ATTN: WINNER

AWARD LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATION.

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today, 1st of October 2005 winners of the FAMOUS SPANISH INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTION PROGRAMME FOR THE YEAR 2004 held on the 20TH OF August 2005.You were entered dependently by ANDALUZ VISTA MARRETING S.L. You were attached to ticket number 022-7157-0566-843; with serial number 8062-87 drew the lucky numbers 13-15-22-37-39-43, and consequently won the lottery in the 5th category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of US$1,000,000.00 [One Million US dollars] credited to file REF NO.:NM/BC 921245/KY13. Please note that your lucky winning number will be posted in any of our Security Finance correspondence offices in Germany,Holland,London,India,Ghana as indicated in your play coupon.

In view of this, your fund would be released to you convinently by our payment office where you will be adequately paid by cash or wire transfer. Should there be any discrepancy in your name and address, please do contact your claim agent with a copy of your correct data for correction. This is from total prize of US$700,400,000.00 shared among the seventeen international winners in this category. All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Website through their email addresses with a computer drawn system which their email was extracted from over 100,000 companies in the world. This promotion takes place annually. All participants were selected through their email addresses and a computer ballot system was drawn from 15 million email addresses from Australia, New Zealand, America, Europe and North America and Africa and Asia as part of International Promotions Program.
CONGRATULATIONS!

Your fund is now deposited with your serial number and batch number in all our offices in Germany,Holland,London,India,Ghana correspondence payout Centre and Insurance Company with your reference name.
Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award strictly secret from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to your account. Please be informed that your above winning prize fund has been insured under insurance fund  policy on monthly extended premium with your file and ticket,  for security transfer to you WHICH MEANS YOU MUST CLAIM YOUR FUND IMMEDIATELY TO AVOID CHARGES .As this is part of our security measure to Avoid double claiming or unwarranted taking advantage of the situation by other participants or impersonators. The deadline date of this notice is 10th of October 2005 by which lottery winning prize will be marked unclaimed and remitted back to the account of “SPANISH MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA Y ILACIENDA" as unclaimed.

To begin your claim, please contact your claim agent

ROWLAND ANDERSON, your FOREIGN SERVICE AGENCY/CONSULTANT.
E-mail: row_anderson@yahoo.co.uk
For due processing and remittance of your prize. They are the security company responsible for the processing and transfer of your winning to you, after the completion of all formalities because you are a winner outside E.M.U {European  monetary union}.Your security file number is M-42136-1154/H2 {Keep  confidential}.
Congratulations once again from all staff members of the center for international claims.

Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than 10th of October 2005.After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed. NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of your correspondences
with your agent. Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible. To begin with the processing of your Award prize you are provided the under listed.

Reference ......................

Batch  number:...................

Full name:........................

Age:..................................

Sex:..................................

Residential...........................

Nationality:..........................

Occupation:...........................

Post held:............................

Tel(s):..............................

Fax:................................

Amount Won..........................

Furthermore, should there be any change of your address,do inform your claims agent as soon as possible.Congratulations again from all our staffs
and thank you for being part of our promotions program.We will be awaiting
a response from you as soon as you recieve this email so as to comence with the processing of your prize immediately when you submit the requested information.

Yours Faithfully,
Miltons Edlow. THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
FAMOUS SPANISH INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY .

N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to disqualification.

FOR MORE INFRMATION ABOUT YOUR WINNING

VISIT: www.spanishlottery.biz.ly
 

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