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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "fiduciary 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 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.
  • +34651047021 (Spain, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • venoxoffice@aim.com

Fraud email example:

From: Euro Million <winner02@web.de>
Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 00:23:10 +0200
Subject: Congratulations!!! Your E-mail Has Won A Lottery Prize.


*

From The Desk Of Vice President
Euro Millions Lottery.
MADRID - SPAIN*.
www.loteria.com

Attn: Beneficiary.

We are please to announce you as one of the 10 lucky winners in the
Euro Millones Lottery International Email Address draw on the 5th of
May 2006. due to the mixture of names and address the result was released on the 8th May 2006. All 10 winning addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 50,000,000 international email addresses. Your email address emerged alongside 9 others as a category 2 winner in this year's Annual Euro Millones Lottery Draw.

Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of
*€950,000:00 (Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand Euro Only)*.The following

particulars are attached to your lotto payment order:*

(I) Batch No: WTWU/3030/INSD
(ii) Ref No: MGMT/1770/5800/EUES
(iii) Lucky No: 06-19-25-39-44
(iv) Ticket No: 245-242-065*

The Euro Millones Lottery Program is proudly sponsored by international IT companies.
The Euro Millones Lottery Program internet draw is held once in a year
and is so organized to encourage the use of the internet and computers
worldwide.

We are proud to say that over 200 Million Euros are won
annually in more than 150 countries worldwide.

To claim your winning prize you are to contact the appointed agent as
soon as possible for the immediate release of your winnings.*

Mr. James D. Cole
VENOX SECURITY & FINANCAIL NETWORK
TEL: +34-651-047-021
E-mail: venoxoffice@aim.com*

N.B:Steps to claiming your prize;

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

2. You must contact the appointed agent with your Full Names, Contact
Telephone Numbers (Home, Office and Mobile Number and also Fax Number)
via email to process the immediate payment of your prize.

3. Be informed that the Beneficairy has to obtain an *Affidavit *from the Ministry of Justice which is in accordance with the *European Union Financial Commission Act 2004 *on payment of International Lottery Winners to enable your appointed agent obtain the *Local Government Tax certificate receipt *here in Spain before the assigned paying bank can effect payment.

Please be aware that the PAYING BANK will Effect Payment Swiftly upon
satisfactory Report, Verifications and validation provided by this
Fiduciary Agent.

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you.

Once again congratulations!!!

Best regards,
Mrs. Rosemod Raul.

(Vice-President)



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