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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "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 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.
  • claimdept@pnetmail.co.za (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: juliette harrison <lotterylottery_lottery@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 04:19:10 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Congratulations!


CARLOS GONZALEZ Nº 17 PLTA 28004
PLOT MIDDLE ROAD MADRID SEPANISH:
FROM THE DESK OF THE VICE-PRESIDENT:
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT:
REF NO: EGL/429331247/04
BATCH: NO: 72/50685/MMH

ATTENTION!

DEAR BONEFIED WINNER!

EL GORDO DE LA PRIMITIVA AWARD FINAL NOTIFICATION WE ARE PLEASED TO INFORM
YOU OF THE RELEASE TODAY 13TH JULY, THE RESULT OF THE EL GORDO DE LA PRIMITIVA
LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS PROGRAMME HELD ON THE 1ST OF DECEMBER,
2005. YOUR NAME WAS ENTERED AS A DEPENDENT CLIENT WITH REFERENCE NUMBER:
EGL/429331247/04 AND THE BATCH NUMBER:72/50685/MMH.SHOULD THERE BE ANY DISCREPANCY
IN YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE CONTACT RIVER PLATE SEGUROS S.A, MADRID,
AND ESPANA. YOUR NAME ATTECHED TO TICKET NUMBER: 0016-359142-07 WITH SERIAL
NUMBER: 52201-61 DREW THE LUCKY NUMBER: 14-26-40-42-48 WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY
WON THE LOTTERY IN THE THIRD CATEGORY.

YOU HAVE THEREFORE BEEN APPROVED FOR A WINNINGS PAYMENT OF $800.000.00(EIGHT
HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS) IN CASH CREDITED TO FILE CLAIMS NUMBER: EGL/429331247/04.THIS
IS FROM A TOTAL CASH PRIZE SHARED AMONG THE THIRTY ONE INTERNATIONAL WINNERS
IN THIS CATEGORAY.

CONGRATULATIONS!

ALL PARTICIPANTS WERE SELECTED THROUGH A COMPUTER BALLOT SYSTEM DRAWN FROM
25,000 (TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND) NAME FROM ASIA, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, MIDDLE-EAST,
EUROPE, AMERICA AND NORT AMERICA AS PART OF OUR INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS
PROGRAMME WHICH WE CONDUCT ONCE EVERY YEAR. YOUR CHECK HAS BEEN INSURED
INTO SEGAL COURIER COMPANY, OUR CORRESPONDING PAYING OFFICE WEST AFRICA,
DEPOSITED ON YOUR NAME WITH BOND POLICY COVARAGE FOR MOUNTHLY PREMIUM, DUE
TO THE MIX-UP OF SOME NAMES AND ADDRESS, WE ASK THAT YOU KEEP THIS AWARD
PRIZE OUT FROM PUBLIC NOTICE, UNTIL YOUR CLAIM HAS BEEN PROCESSED AND YOUR
CHECK HAS RELEASE WITH THE TRACKING NUMBER TO YOU. YOU ADVICE TO FILL UP
THESE UNDERLISTED INFORMATIONS BELOW, TO ENABLE US START WITH THE PROCESSING
OF YOUR FILE AND DOCUMENT HERE IN
OUR OFFICE:

REFERENCE NUMBER:__________________________
TELE NUMBER:_______________________________
FULL NAME:_________________________________
AGE:_______________________________________
SEX:_______________________________________
RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:_______________________
NATIONALITY:_______________________________
OCCUPATION:________________________________
POST HELD:_________________________________
TEL (S):___________________________________
FAX:_______________________________________

THIS IS PART OF OUR SECURITY MEASURES TO AVOID DOUBLE CLAIMING OF AWARD
PRIZE HERE OR UNWANRRANTED TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE SITUATION BY OTHER PARTICIPANTS.
TO BEGIN YOUR LOTTERY CLAIM PLEASE CONTACT YOUR CLAIM AGENT, FOR THE PROCEDURE
AND REMITTANCE OF YOUR WINNING PRIZE MONEY.

MR. WILSON DONALD
E-MAIL:CLAIMDEPT@PNETMAIL.CO.ZA
POST HELD: CLAIM AGENT
PHONE:/FAX: + 233 39 451 45

NOTE: ALL PRIZE MONEY MUST BE CLAIMED NOT LATTER THAN 31st AUGUST 2006.ABOVE
THESE DATE REQEUST, ALL FUNDS WILL BE RETURNED TO THE INISTERIO DE ECONOMIA
HACIENDA COMPANY AS UNCLAIMED. IN ORDER TO AVOID UNNECESSARY DELAYS AND
COMPLICATIONS, PLEASE REMEMBER TO QUOTE REFERENCE AND BATCH NUMBERS IN EVERY
CORRESPONDENCE WITH US OR YOUR CLAIMS AGENT (MR.WILSON). FURTHERMORE, SHOULD
THERE BE ANY CHANGE OF YOUR ADDRESS, DO INFORM YOUR CLAIMS AGENT AS SOON
AS POSSIBLE.

CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN!

SINCERELY,
MS. JULIETTE HARRISON KHAN
PROMOTIONAL MANAGER.
CARLOS GONZALEZ Nº 17 PLTA 28004 MADRID, SPAIN.
PHONE/FAX: + 34 659 228 447 OCT/45008675
I WAIT PATIENTLY HEARING FROM YOU.



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