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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 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:
  • "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 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.
  • +34657176624 (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.
  • globallinkdss@diplomats.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Sandra Blanco" <spinterlottery_services@yahoo.es> (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 16:15:05 +0200
Subject: Winnin Award Final Notifiction (contact your claim Agent)

FROM: PROMOTIONS DEPARTMENT
SPANISH INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY BV
CALLE CALLAO 55
C.P 28921
MADRID SPAIN
PRIZE WINNING NOTIFICATION
PRIZE CATEGORY: "B"
REFERENCE NO: NIL-B-3120-01101980-SPBV
EMAIL TAG NO: NIL-B-15-01-05
We are happy to inform you that the recipient email address has been
selected as one of the lucky email addresses in the category "B" of the
online lotto conducted by our company SPANISH INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
BV here in Madrid. CONGRATULATIONS! The cyber-lotto was conducted by a
first of its kind automated computer balloting system, where by email
addresses (25,000 email addresses), were extracted from all continents of
the world. A draw was held in different categories and winners from
different parts of the world emerged and are entitled to various cash
prizes depending on their different categories. Thus, you/your company with
this email address, attached to Email tag number: NIL-B-15-01-05 and a
Reference number: NIL-B-3120-01101980-SPBV in the Category B, is entitled
to a lump payout of € 950 880.00 (Nine hundred and Fifty thousand eight hundred and eighty euros only ).
As a category B winner, selected by computer balloting system where
only email addresses were sorted, from a total number of 25,000 addresses
drawn from all over the globe via an automated computer ballot of our
International Promotions Program, SEVEN winners emerged in this category
and therefore each are to receive payouts of €950,880.00 (Nine Hundred And Fifty Thousand Eight Hundred And Eighty Euros) from the total of €6.656.16 (SIX MILLION,SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY SIX THOUSAND SIXTEEN CENT EUROS).
To immediately claim your prize, please contact our Category "B"
financial agents GLOBAL LINK DIPLOMATIC & FINANCE COMPANY, below are the contact information of their financial director:
Mr.JOSE BONO FEDNANDEZ
Financial Director
GLOBAL LINK DIPLOMATIC & FINANCE COMPANY
Tel:+34 657 176 624
Fax:+34 940 466 083
E-mail:globallinkdss@diplomats.com
Provide Prize reference number-NIL-B-3120-01101980-SPBV and winning
Email tag number-NIL-B-15-01-05 for confirmation. In your best interest(s),
you must initiate contact within two weeks of receipt of this correspondence. GLOBAL LINK DIPLOMATIC & FINANCE COMPANY is to handle all matters. with regards to claiming of your prize money. You are also advised to send a copy of this email, to your claims agent Mr. Jose Bono Fednandez, when contacting him.
You may be required to provide any of the above information during the
process of collecting your prize. We congratulate you once again and it
is our hope that you participate in any of our international programs
in the nearest future.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Sandra Blanco
Promotions Manager
SPANISH INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY BV
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The SPANISH INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY BV Awards is proudly sponsored by some interested multinational companies yearly as a medium to promote their products.The spanish international lottery internet draw is held once in a year and is so organized to encourage the use of the internet and computers worldwide.We are proud to say that over 200 Million Euros are won annually in more than 150 countries worldwide.
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• What can you do when you receive 419 spam