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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")
• 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.
  • zenithconsult@netscape.net

Fraud email example:

From: "euro million" <euro_million92@msn.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 04:21:05 +0000
Subject: PRICE WINING AWARD NOTIFICATION

EUROMILLIONES ESPAÑOL S.L.
Av. Comunidad de Madrid,
37-41, Las Rozas
28008 Madrid,
España.

Ref: Nº: ES/EUR00985/05SP.
Batch Nº: ESP/0002005BCG.

LOTTERY PRICE WINING AWARD NOTIFICATION .

Dear Sir/Ma.

We happily announce to you the beneficiary to this email address the draw of
the EUROMILLIONES ESPAÑOL S.L.e-mail online Christmas International
Sweepstakes program held on Friday 23td December 2005. Your e-mail address
attached to ticket number 15-31-36-37-42 drew the lucky star number: (1-7)
Bonus ball which subsequently won the email beneficiary in the 2nd category.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of EUR € 1,107,020.12.
(One Million, One Hundred And Seven Thousand, Twenty Euros. Twelve Cents) in
cash credited to Ref: Nº: ES/EUR00985/05SP and Batch Nº: ESP/0002005BCG.

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World
Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000
unions,associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online.

In view of this, your EUR € 1,107,020.12. (One Million, One Hundred And
Seven Thousand, Twenty Euros. Twelve Cents) would be process for claim to
you by our registered affiliated claims agents for non-resident winners,
sole representative in asisting you to file and claim your winning fund.

Our European registered agent which covers your geographica location will
immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as
soon as your contact is receive by them. For security reasons, you are
advised to keep your winning information confidential until your claim is
processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our precautionary
measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program, any
bridge of confidentiality on the part of winner will lead to
disqualification, please be warn.

To file your claim, please contact our registered affiliated claims agent:

Mr. David A. Luis.
ZENITH CONSULT S.A.
Edificio Castilla, Nº 058
28008, Madrid.
España.
E.mail:.. zenithconsult@netscape.net

Remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in all correspondence
with your claim agent.

Once again congratulations from all our members and staff of EUROMILLIONES
ESPAÑOL S.L.

Best regards,

Perez Manuel De La Rosa.
Promotion Director.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam