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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claims 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.
  • +34687062006 (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.
  • laprimitiva2000@yahoo.es (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: OFFICE <laprimitivaspain@netscape.net>
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 21:17:11 +0200
Subject: CONTACT MR. JOSE BONO


SWEEPSTAKE PROMOTION.
CALLE/ ACALA EL-BUENO,
54420 1169 MADRID-SPAIN

FROM: THE DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
REF: LP/26510460037/02 BATCH: 24/00319/IPD

SUB: AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION

WE ARE PLEASED TO INFORM YOU OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE WINNERS OF LOTTERIA PRIMITIVA SWEEPSTAKES/INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS YOUR E-MAIL ATTACHED TO TICKET NO: 00-1218-90 SERIAL NO:134734 LUCKY NO: 7-12-26-31-34-43 ( DE 6 ) WHICH CONSEQUENTLY WON THE LOTTERY IN THE DE6 CATEGORY.

THIS PROGRAM WAS HELD ON 24TH-05- 2006.YOU HAVE THEREFORE BEEN APPROVED FOR A LUMP SUM PAYOUT OF €568,786.33 CENT (FIVE HUNDRED AND SIXTY EIGHT THOUSAND, SEVEN HUNDREDAND EIGHTY SIX EUROS THIRTY THREE CENTS ONLY ) CASH CREDITED TO FILE REFERENCE NO:LP/183031333540. THIS IS FROM THE TOTAL PRICE MONEY OF €11,511,500.00 EUROS SHARED AMONG LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL WINNERS IN ALL CATEGORIES.

ALL PARTICIPANTS WERE SELECTED THROUGH COMPUTER BALLOT SYSTERM DRAWN FROM 34,000 E-MAIL FROM ASIA, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA AS PART OF OUR INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS PROGRAM WHICH WE CONDUCT ONCE EVERY YEAR.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

YOUR FUND IS NOW DEPOSITED WITH A BANK INSURED TO YOUR NAME. DUE TO MIXED UP OF SOME NUMBERS AND NAMES, WE ASK THAT YOU KEEP THIS AWARD STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL FROM PUBLIC NOTICE UNTIL YOUR CLAIM HAS BEEN PROCESSED AND YOUR MONEY REMITTED TO YOUR ACCOUNT. THIS IS PART OF OUR SECURITY ADVICE TO AVOID DOUBLE CLAIMING OR UNSCRUPULOUS ACTS BY PARTICIPANTS OF THIS PROGRAM.

TOCLAIM YOUR PRIZE CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT BEING OUR OPERATION MANAGER WITH THIS INFORMATIONS BELOW:

CONTACT PERSON : MR. JOSE BONO LOTTERIA PRIMITIVA OPERATIONS MANAGER.
20 - 24 CALLE VANDARAS S.A MADRID SPAIN.

E.MAIL: agentjosegrey@walla.com OR laprimitiva2000@yahoo.es
TEL: +34-687-062-006 FOR THE PROCESSING AND REMITTANCE OF YOUR PRIZE MONEY TO ANY DESIGNATED ACCOUNT OF YOUR CHOICE. REMEMBER ALL PRIZE MONEY MUST BE CLAIMED NOT LATER THAN 16 DAYS.

AFTER THIS DATE ALL FUNDS WILL BE RETURNED TO THE MINISTRY AS UNCLAIMED PRIZE.

NOTE: IN ORDER TO AVOID UNNECESSARY DELAYS AND COMPLICATIONS, PLEASE
REMEMBER TO QUOTE YOUR REFERANCE AND BATCH NUMBERS INCLUDING YOUR (CONTACT TELEPHONE NUMBER) IN EVERY CORRESPONDENCE WITH YOUR AGENT.
FURTHER, SHOULD THERE BE ANY CHANGE OF ADDRESS DO INFORM YOUR CLAIMS AGENT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

THIS LOTTERY WAS PROMOTED AND SPONSORED BY ASSOCIATION OF SOFTWARE
PRODUCERS IN SPAIN.CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN FROM ALL MEMBERS OF OUR STAFF AND THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF OUR PROMOTIONS PROGRAM.

BEST REGARDS,
MRS. SANDRA ANNA GOMEZ
(VICE PRESIDENT)
(LOTTERIA PRIMITIVA SWEEPSTAKES

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