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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.
• 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.
  • cashchange_securitas_sa@yahoo.es (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: euromillionea_sa@yahoo.es <euromillionea_sl@yahoo.es>
Reply-To: cashchange_securitas_sa@yahoo.es
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 14:49:00 +0100
Subject: FROM: INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT.


FROM: INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
CALLE GUZMAN ELBUENO 48, 28936
MADRID ESPAÑA
http://onlae.terra.es/indexp.htm
REF: LP/67/80/IPD
BATCH: EGGS-541-623-782
DATE: 14th Sept, 2006
Dear Winner,
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Euro millions Lottery
International award e-mail programs held on the 8th Sept , 2006.Your
E-mail address attached to ticket number PIA/3 908 321 675-KIO with
lucky main Números 01 - 10 - 12- 32- 33 Estrellas numbers 01, 08, which
consequently won in the 2nd category, you have therefore been
approved for a lump sum pay out of €406,808,43( four
hundred and six thousand,eight hundred and eight point fourty-three cents Only)
!!!CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Due to mix up of some numbers and names/programme abuse, we ask that
You keep your winning information confidential until your claims has
been
processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our security
protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program
by some participants. All participants were selected through a computer
ballot system drawn from over 600,000 companies and 150,000,000
individual email addresses and names from all over the world. We hope
with part of your winning you will take part in our end of week BOTE
€35 millions in the next Euromillion Internacional lottery.
This is an irish woman who won ,
ihttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4730113.stm
To file for
your claim, please contact our fiducial/Claim agent:
************************************************************************
OFFICE : CASH CHANGE SECURITAS S.A MADRID SPAIN
CONTACT : Snr Juan Carlos ( Insurance Officer)
TELEPHONE : +34 - 692 - 974 - 003 FAX: +34 - 692 - 974 - 004
E- MAIL : cashchange_securitas_sa@yahoo.es
************************************************************************
Remember, all winning must be claimed not later than 232rd of Sept,
2006.After this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next
stake.Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications
please remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all
correspondence. Furthermore, should there be any change of address do
inform our agent as soon as possible. Congratulations once more from
our members of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional
program.
Yours Sincerely,
Mrs Angélica Torres
Lottery Coordinator.
__________________________http://onlae.terra.es/indexp.htm__________________
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT CALLE GUZMAN ELBUENO 48, 28936 MADRID ESPAÑA

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