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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:

• 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.
  • +34635961167 (Spain, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: EL.GORDO.DE.LA.PRIMITIVA
Reply-To: mutualtrusth@madrid, com@vmx70.multikabel.net
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 16:19:12 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS,PLEASE DO CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT



LOTERIAS Y APUESTAS DEL ESTADO
Piso 36, calle Carlos Ortega
28002, Madrid, Spain.
TEL: +34- 652-069-794

REF Nº: EGL/ 619331247/ 03
BATCH Nº: 72/50685/MMH


ATTN : BENEFICIARY.

EL GORDO DE LA PRIMITIVA AWARD NOTIFICATION
We are pleased to inform you of the release today of the EL GORDO DE LA PRIMITIVA LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS PROGRAMME held on the 29th of March 2006.Your name was entered by our international marketing department in conjunction with world residential white pages, humanitarian organizations,and the help of chambers of commerce of countries in Europe,Australia, North and South America, The Pacific, Asia, Africa and the Middle East, as a dependent client with reference number: EGL/619331247/03 and batch number: 72/50685/MMH.Should there be any discrepancy in your name and address please contact MUTUAL TRUST SECURITY COMPANY S. A.
Your name attached to ticket number: 0016-359142-07, with serial number: 52201-61 drew the lucky winning numbers : 14-26-29-32-42-48. Which subsequently won the lottery in the Second category. You have therefore been approved for a winning payment of Euros 415,810.24 (FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN THOUSAND, EIGHT HUNDRED AND TEN EUROS, TWENTY FOUR CENTIMOS) in cash credited to file claims number: EGL/619331247/ 03. This is from a total cash prize of 4,573,912,64 (FOUR MILLION,FIVE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-THREE THOUSAND,NINE HUNDRED AND TWELVE EUROS AND SIXTY-FOUR CENTIMOS). Shared among ELEVEN international winners in this category.
All lucky winners were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from Nineteen 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 Snr. CARLOS FERNANDEZ Foreign Services Manager of MUTUAL TRUST SECURITY COMPANY S.A .On TEL: +34-635 961 167, FAX: +34-695 113 719 (10am-7pm Monday-Friday,12noon-4pm Saturdays, Spanish time). They are your sole agent for the processing and remittance of your fund. Two (2) certificates are to be issued to y ou by the Local Government Tax Authority and Ministry of Interior, to back up your winnings. Your agent will direct you further on the administrative requirement to enable the bank release your fund to the designated bank of your choice.
NOTE: All prize money must be claimed not later than 7th of July 2006.After this date,the fund will
be returned to the MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA Y HACIENDA as unclaimed.Congratulations once again, and thank you for being a part of our international promotional programme.

Sincerely,

DR.ANTONIO GOMEZ
VICE PRESIDENT

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