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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claim 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.
  • jacklinwest20006@yahoo.it (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • claimbanksl1@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: jacklin west <jacklinwest20006@yahoo.it>
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 16:59:47 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: KINDLY ACKNOWLEDGE.


Ho cambiato indirizzo!Puoi ora scrivermi a questo indirizzo: jacklinwest20006@yahoo.it

LOTERIA PRIMITIVA

AWARD/PROMOTIONAL DEPARTMENT

VALENCIA.SPAIN.

http://loteria.com/primitiva.php



We are please to announce you as one of the 12 lucky winners in the email

lottery programme draw of the LOTERIA PRIMITIVA .All 12 winning addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 100,000,000 international emails Your email address emerged along sidewith 12 others as a category 6 winner in this year's loteria primitiva award Draw.


Most recently the foundation set up the NEW HOPE LOTTERY to give out prizes

based on the computer ballot system(THEREFORE YOU DO NOT NEED TO BUY A TICKET TO ENTER FOR IT.YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS WAS RANDOMLY SELECTED AS A WINNER).



Consequently,you have therefore been approved a MEGA JACK POT of € 1,427,159.00 euro (One million,four hundred and twenty seven thousand,one hundred and fifty-nine euro)only.


The following particulars are attached to your lotto payment order:

(i) Result winning numbers 6-14-30-33-38-45-3-3

(ii) email ticket number: FL754/22/76

(iii) Lotto code number: PDP98643JK

(iv) The file Ref number: LV/07/02955166/SU

Please,note that you will be require to notarized and obtained a vetting

approval before your winning prize can be transfered.To immediately claim your

prize,contact the claim/paying Bank below.

LOTERIA TRUST AGENCY S.L

==========================================

MR PAUL VANFRANT

C/ARROYO DE LAMIEL

28007 MADRID ESPANA

WEBSITE:WWW.CAJAMADRID.ES

TEL:0034646468264

EMAIL:claimbanksl1@netscape.net

The above claim agent will assist you in the processing and remittance of your

prize funds to you,note not later than one week After this date if you do not

contact and process your winning prize, all funds will be returned as

unclaimed.call the above number for more details.

N.B:Procedures to claiming your prize:

********************************************

1.Please quote your Reference number in all correspondence with the claims

officer.

2.Indicate your full name and address,Country,Telephone,mobile and fax

number and occupation.

Once again on behalf of all our staff,CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Sincerely,

JACKLIN WEST.

Promotions Manager

The Loteria Primitiva

http://loteria.com/primitiva.php



- jacklin west

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