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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.
  • cashchange_securitas_sa@yahoo.es (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • euromilliones_sa@yahoo.es (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: euromilliones_sa@yahoo.es <euromilliones_sl@yahoo.es>
Reply-To: cashchange_securitas_sa@yahoo.es
Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 21:03:32 +0200
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION / FINAL NOTICE.


AWARD NOTIFICATION FINAL NOTICE.
ATTN:
Dear Sir,
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Euro-Millions Lottery Winners, an International E-mail program held on the 5th May 2006. And your E-mail address fall to the ticket number 813-502-121-006 with serial main numbers 05--10-17-22-33 with Estrellas numbers 5-7 which consequently won in the 1st category of this program, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of € 6.452.983,00. (Six million four hundred and fifty-two thousand nine hundred and eighty-three Euros). Reference number ESP/0027/5195-EU/06 and your batch number LP-ESP-EU-122/006-MD41.
Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your winning information confidential until your claims has been processed and the money remitted into your account. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 100,000 companies and 50,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all over the world. This lottery was promoted and sponsored by European countries, and the world's largest software company in order to enhance and promote the use of Internet Explorer Users and Microsoft-wares around the globe. This promotional program takes place every year.
We hope that, with part of your winning, you will take part in our end of year 150 million Euromillones International lottery. To file for your claim, please contact our fiducially agent: Mr. Carlos Alberto. (CASH CHANGE SECURITAS ESPANA) (Promotion Agent, Leasing, Commission Agent, Sole representative & Security Services) TEL: 34-653 536 799 Email:(cashchange_securitas_sa@yahoo.es) for immediate release of your winning prize. Remember, all winning must be claimed not later than a week from this day of notification. After this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake. Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence.
Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our agent as soon as possible. Congratulations once more from our members and staff, we say thank you for being part of our promotional program.
Congratulations once again from the EURO MILLONES family.
E-mail: euromilliones_sa@yahoo.es
Sincerely,
Alfonso Martinez
International Promotions Manager
For: EURO MILLONES
____________________________http://onlae.terra.es______________________________
L.A.E.- Lotteries y Apuestas del Estado - Euro Millones, Spanish Official Lottery Agency

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