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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "clearance certificate" (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
  • "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.
  • +34646214734 (Spain, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: Ndyko Gonmalez <combo_lttry@walla.com>
Reply-To: ndyk@europe.com
Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 21:43:25 +0200
Subject: Final Notisfication




EL COMBO LOTERIA ESPAÑA
INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
PROMOTIONAL PROGRAMS
Avda. PIO XII 4-24 C.P. 280011 Madrid Spain.


Dear Sir/Madam,
We are pleased to inform you today15th Mayl 2006, that you are one of
the 10 lucky winners in the EL COMBO LOTTERY ESPAÑA INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTION PROGRAMME , Played with Email Address on the 11th of March, due to
the mixture of names and address the result was released on the 18th
March 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 1 winner in the EL COMBO
Lottery Draw.
Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of
€223,683.00(TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY THREE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTY EIGTH EUROS ONLY)The following particulars are attached to your lotto payment order:
(I) Batch No:EGS/255/256003/06
(ii) Ticket No:83160-0
(iii) Lucky No: 6,10,21,23,34,37.
(iv) Ref No: 14/0017/IPD
(V) Serial No: 325-0332-8503
The EL COMBO LOTTERY PROGRAME 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 TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY THREE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTY EIGTH 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 ANTONIO JOSE the Foreign Operation Manager of OCASCO GLOBAL SEGUROS S.A
TEL:+34 646 214 734. E-mail:ocasco@ozu.es
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, Age, Country, Occupation, 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 appointed agent will be required to swear an
Affidavits of Lotto Claim and also obtain Approval Legal Clearance
Certificate from the Court here in Spain which is in accordance with the
European Union Financial Act 2004 on payment of International Lottery
Winners.
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!!!
Sincerely
MR. NDYKO GONMALEZ
Promotional Director
EL COMBO Lottery.

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