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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.
  • +34664428337 (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.
  • hallmarkfsinc@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Mrs Maria Fernandez <milliongames1@aol.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 21:25:26 +0200
Subject: SUPER SORTEO

SUPERSORTEO MILLONES ESPAÑOL S.L.
Av. Comunidad de Madrid,
37-41, Las Rozas
28008 Madrid, Spain
www.supersorteo.com

Ref: Nº: SS894381-171
Batch Nº: 326/O6
Winning Nº: 15 23 34 40 -1227


We happily announce to the beneficiary of this e-mail address the draw of the SUPERSORTEO
MILLONES ESPAÑOL LOTTERY e-mail online Sweepstakes International program held 9th October,
2006. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 06-1970 drew the lucky star number: (1-2) Bonus
Ball which subsequently won you as the e-mail beneficiary the lottery in the 2nd category. You have
therefore been approved to claim a total sum of EUR €615,810.000. (Six Hundred And fifteen Thousand,
Eight Hundred And Ten Euros. Thir) credited to Ref: Nº: SS894381-171 and Batch Nº: 326/06 .

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through
computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions,associations, and corporate bodies that
are listed online. This promotion takes place weekly. Please note that your lucky winning number falls
within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In view of
this, your EUR € 615,810.000. (Six Hundred And Fifteen Thousand, Eight Hundred And Ten Euros.)
would be process for claim to you by our registered claim agent.

Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as
soon as your contact is receive by them. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning
informations confidential until your claim is processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our
precautionary measures to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program, please be
warned.

To file your claim, please contact our registered claims agent:with your full names, your batch and ref
numbers, your recent address, your tel/fax numbers and your lucky numbers for immediate processing of
your winning.

*********************************************************************
MR. JOSE WILLIAMS
HALLMARK FINANCE & SECURITIES INC
AVENIDA DE EUROPA 75
28046, Madrid Spain
Direct Tel: +34-66-44-28-337
E.mail: hallmarkfsinc@aim.com

*********************************************************************
Please, note that winning prize must be claimed within three weeks of this notification, after this period all
unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake. Remember to quote your reference and batch
numbers in all correspondence with your claim agent.

Once again congratulations from all our members and staff of SUPERSORTEO MILLONES ESPAÑOL
S.L.

Best regards,

Mrs Fernandez Maria.
Online co-ordinator for SUPERSORTEO MILLONES ESPAÑOL S.L.,
Sweepstakes International Program.

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