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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:
  • "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 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.
  • +34653380208 (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.
  • primitivaspa@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: LA PRIMITIVA <grodoespana@netscape.net>
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 14:09:40 +0200
Subject: GANADOR(LUCKY WINNER)


FROM: THE DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT.
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD..
BATCH: IPD/15/096/PTNL. REFERENCE: MLI/5361-ILGI0509/45 CONGRATULATIONS!
This is to inform you of the release of the EL-GORDO DE LA PRIMITIVA
LOTTERY held on the 27TH JULY 2006, and results were released on the
29TH JULY 2006.
Your email addres was attached to ticket number
085-12876077-09 with serial number 51390-0 that drew the lucky numbers
of 03-05-12-14-28-38, which consequently won the lottery in the 1st
category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay of
1.600.000.00 Euros ( ONE MILLION SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND EUROS )in cash
credited to file with REF: N?.EGS/3662367114/13.This is from a total
cash prize of Euros 48,000,000.00 shared among the thirty international
winners in this category.
CONGRATULATIONS!!
Your fund is now secured and insured in your email address name. Due to
mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award from
public notice until your claims has been processed and the money
remitted to your account as this is part of our security protocol to
avoid double claiming of unwarranted taking advantage of this program by
participants as it has happened in the past.
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn
from 25,000 names from Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, North and
South America, Middle East and Africa as part of our International
Promotions Program.
We hope your lucky name will draw a bigger cash prize in the subsequent
programs.
To begin your lottery claims, please contact your claims agent below
MR.FELICIANO LOPEZ, DIRECTOR OF FOREIGN OPERATIONS MADRID SPAIN
E-Mail: primitivaspa@netscape.net
TeL:0034-653-380-208
Fax:0034-653-380-208
Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than 28th AUGUST
2006.Claims that are not made before the above date will be returned to
the MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA Y HACIENDA. And also be informed that 10% of
your lottery winning belongs to (IBERO PROMOTION COMPANY S,A.) Because
they are the company that bought your ticket and played the lottery on
your email address name, NOTE this 10% will be remitted after you have
received your winnings prize because the money is insured in your email
address name already.
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every
correspondence with us or your claim agent. send to your agent your
Telephone & Fax number, your full name and residential address including
your international passport or other valid identification proof.
The processing of your payment will start immediately and your agent
must send you fund processing form, which you must complete and return
to them.
Furthermore, should there be any change of address, please do inform
your claim agent as soon as possible.
A copy of your lucky Prize winning certificate and insurance will be
sent to you by your claim agent prior to the transfer of your fund by
our paying bank, CONGRATULATION!!! Once again from all members of our
staff and thank you for being a part of our International promotions
program.
we wish you continued good fortunes.
Sincerely,
MONICA WALLACE.

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