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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.
• 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.
  • +34699186912 (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.
  • dynasecc@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: FREE LOTERIA NATIONAL SP <freelotosp@netscape.net>
Reply-To: dynasecc@netscape.net
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 18:20:42 +0100
Subject: AWARD NOTIFICATION


Free Loteria nacional SP
Calle Galileo, 32-4
Madrid Branch, Spain.
website:www.freelotto.com


RE:WINNING NOTIFICATION .
We are pleased to announce you as third category winner of this years annual Free loteria nacional Award.
All winning addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 50,000,000 international emails. Consequently,you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of 250,000.00euros(Two hundred and fifty thousand euros only).
The following particulars were attached to your lotto payment order
(i)Lucky numbers:
1-33-97-29-64-22
(ii) Ticket number:
11,17,31,35,36,50
(iii) Batch Number:
ND/19734231
(iv) Lottery Ref Number:
ES6075b0119 and
(v) Serial Number: ES-
435-6778-88

Your security file number is ES4657973465ED. Please contact the underlisted claims officer as soon as possible for the immediate release of your winnings
Name:Mr.Felix Gomez
DYNAMIC SECURITY COMPANY
Email:dynasecc@netscape.net
TEL: +34 699 186 912
After the acknowlegement of the receipt of this winning notification you would be sent a lottery claims/Apraisal form to fill and submit to our lawyer who will carry out the legalisation of the transfer of your winning.Do not forget to quote your reference number in all correspondence.
Once again on behalf of all our staffs we are wishing you a big CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Yours sincerely,
Mrs. Suzan Carlos.
For Claims Officer,
The Lotto Company,Spain.

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