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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.
  • infoconer06@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Emily Simon" <euromillion-lotaria@myway.com>
Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 16:49:41 +0200
Subject: LOTTO AWARD NOTIFICATION (CONTACT YOUR CLAIM AGENT)


Euromillion Lotaria Español
Paseo De La Castellana 15-89
28008, Madrid-Spain.
REF. NUMBER: SP/2808893/06
BATCH NUMBER: 68/052/XXPAD

RE: PRIZE AWARD FINAL NOTIFICATION
We wish to congratulate you over your e-mail success in our Computer Balloting Sweepstake held on 27th of April, 2006. This is a Millennium Scientific Computer Game(MSCG) in which e-mail addresses were used. It is a promotional program aimed at encouraging internet users; therefore you do not need to buy ticket to enter for it. Your email address attached to star ticket number 085-17878844 with serial numbers 3449-05 drew the lucky numbers 7-15-29-85-95-98 which consequently won the lottery in the 3rd category.
Therefore, you have been approved for the star prize of Six hundred and sixty seven thousand, two hundred and forty eight euros (€667,248.00).CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Your fund has been deposited and insured in your name for immediate claim. Due to the mixed up of numbers and names in this office we ask that you keep this award from the public notice until your claims has been processed and your fund remitted to your designated account, to avoid double claim and unwarranted taking advantage of this program by participants, this is our security protocol.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 55,000 names from Asia, Australia, Middle East, Europe, United State of America,Canada,South-America and Africa, as part of our international promotion programs which we conduct once every two years. We hope that your lucky name will draw a bigger cash prize in the subsequent programs.

To begin your lottery claim, please contact your agent Mr. Frank Hermarton (Foreign Operation Manager), through the above contact information.

Paramount Trust Agency.
Mr. Frank Hermarton
Foreign Operation Manager
London-UK.
E-mail: infoconer06@aim.com

Remember, all winning must be claimed not later than 31st of July,2006. Please note, in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, remember to quote your reference number and batch number in all correspondence. Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our agent as soon as possible. Once again congratulations.
Best regards,
Mrs. Emily Simon,
Lottery Co-ordinator.
Euromillion Loteria Español All other right reserved. COD-EX-SA-DE GS-(Madrid-Spain).

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