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

Fraud email example:

From: "Cutomer Services" <onlae100winner@aim.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 05:15:28
Subject: Winning Announcement

ONLAE LOTTERIA
Calle Roberto Cortes 291-293
28011, Madrid, Spain.



REF Nº: ONL/72452319/06
BATCH Nº: 19/02415/HHM

ATTN : BENEFICIARY.

ONLAE GROUP OF LOTTERY AWARD NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the release today of the ONLAE LOTTERIA held on the 1st of March
2006.Your name was entered as a dependent client with reference
Nº:ONL/72452319/06 and batch Nº:19/02415/HHM. Should there be any discrepancy
in your name and address please contact ROYAL TRUST SECURITY COMPANY,S.A.

All names entered in the program were presented by our international
marketing department in conjunction with world residential white pages,
humanitarian organization, and the help of Embassies and chambers of
commerce of countries in Europe, Australia, North and South America,The
Pacific, Asia, Africa and the Middle East.Your name attached to ticket
number: 0078-522341-09, with serial number: 52326-01drew the lucky winning
numbers :17-42-48-50-53/1. Which subsequently won the lottery in the Second
category. You have therefore been approved for a winning payment of
€760,510.24Euros (SEVEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY THOUSAND, FIVE HUNDRED AND TEN
EUROS,TWENTY FOUR CENTI) in cash credited to file claims number:
ONL/72452319/06.This is from a total cash prize of € 4,563,061.44 (FOUR
MILLION,FIVE HUNDRED AND SIXTY THREE THOUSAND,SIXTY ONE EUROS AND FORTY FOUR CENTIMOS).
Shared among SIX international winners in this category.

All lucky winners were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
Thirty thousand names from around the world as part of our international
promotions which we conducted.Your fund is now deposited with a security company
insured in your name with an insurance bond policy coverage. Due to a mixed up
of names and addresses, we ask that you keep this award away from public notice until your claim has been processed and your fund remitted to you. As this is
part of our security measures to avoid double claiming or unwarranted taking
advantage of the situation by other participants.

To begin your claim, please contact Sr.Raul Menedez Foreign Services Manager
of ROYAL TRUST SECURITY COMPANY S.A .E-mail: wnncust@netscape.net, who are
your sole agent for the processing and remittance of your fund.

NOTE: All prize money must be claimed not later than 19th of May 2006.After
this date,the fund will be returned to the MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA Y HACIENDA as unclaimed.
We congratulate you and thank you for being a part of our international promotional program.

Sincerely,

MARIA LOPEZ GOMEZ

FOR

DR.EMILIO BATAN.
VICE PRESIDENT

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