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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)
• 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.
  • winpromotion1@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: informer micro <informer@rmer3.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 22:51:04 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Antonio Gomez


FROM THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS AWARD DEPARTMENT

Ref: FER/7454/63061/01
Batch:JOS/7863/214/06
Winning No:580/LOP/745
Attn:winner,
We happily announce to you the draw of the El-Gordo De La Primitiva Lottery
International Navidad draw Spain held on the 22th of Aug, 2006 in Madrid Spain.
Your email address was attached to ticket number 12324277 serial number
6663817262 This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 2-922-23-24-30 bonus
number which consequently won the lottery in the second category.
You hereby have been approved lump sum pay of €1,500,000.00 (ONE
MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND EUROS) file ref: FER/7644/74061/04
from the total cash prize of €15,000,000.00 shared amongst ten lucky
winners,based on their category.
All participants "email address" were selected through a computer
balloting system drawn form Nine hundred thousand names from
Canada,Australia,United States,Asia,Europe, Middle East, Africa
and Oceanic as part of our international promotions program which
is conducted annually.
This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by some multinational companies
as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities
where they have operational base.
To process your claims you are hereby advice to contact the appointed
agents below with your Full Name, Contact Home and Office
Address Tel & Fax Number for easy communication.
MR.FRANK ROBERT
Cimec Consult S.A SPAIN
EMAIL:winpromotion1@aim.com
Please quote your reference, batch and winning number
which can be found on the top left corner of this notification as well as your
full names and address to help locate your file easily.
For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information
confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize released
to you.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid dual claiming and unwarranted
taking advantage of this program by non-participant or unofficial personnel.
Note, all winners must legalise their winning documents in the Ministry of Justice
before they can receive their winning prize, and all prizes must be claimed before
16th of Dec 2006 otherwise it will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually put in
for the next stake.
Congratulations once again on your winnings!
Best Regards
Antonio Gomez
Co-ordinator
EL-GORDO DE LA PRIMITIVA LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL SPAIN.
www.loteria.com

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