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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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)
  • "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.
  • +34699616466 (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.
  • laestrellaageny@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: info dept <info@o552.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 17:11:50 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: RE AWARD FINAL NOTIFICA.



FROM THE DESK OF MANAGING DIRECTOR
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRICE AWARD DEPT.
REF SERIAL NUMBER:GBE/2002300545/04
BATCH NO: E/256545/04

RE AWARD FINAL NOTIFICA.
This is to inform you on the release of the LA PRIMITIVA LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS PROGRAM held on the 27th OF JULY 2006 as part of our yearly bonanza. Your name attached to a ticket number 01–6076 with ref serial number 18-34-25-17-03-02 which drew the lucky winning number 04-22-09-24-30-41-20 which consequently won the lottery in the 3rd category. CONGRATULATIONS!!!
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of €615,810.00 (Six Hundred and Fifteen Thousand, Eight Hundred tenc Euros Only) in cash.
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from names from Australia, Asia,Africa, Middle East, North and South America and Europe, as part of our yearly International Promotions Program, which is conducted twice a year.

Our yearly programs trusted by millions around the world changes life of winners. ALL TICKETS ARE BOUGHT AND PLAYED FOR INTERNATIONAL CITIZENS BY GOVERNMENT APPROVED, LICENCED AND AUTHORIZED AGENTS OR COMPANY (IBERIA PROMOTION).

Your fund is now deposited with Bay Bank and insured with your ticket number. Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to your account as this is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unwarranted taking of an advantage of this program by participants.

We hope that your lucky name will draw a bigger cash prize in the next years highs take EURO 1.3 BILLION inter. lottery.
Note that this year program is largely promoted and sponsored by a group of philanthropist,industrialists and some other big multi-national firms who wish to be anonymous from OUR SPONSORS.


To begin your lottery claims please contact your agent, FRED MARINO foreign operations department of Bay bank Madrid Spain on the contact information as stated below.for processing and remittance of your money to the designated account of your choice

Tel: +34 699 616 466
Fax:+34 653 216 444
Contact perosn: FRED MARINO.
Email :laestrellaageny@aim.com
Telephone lines are open between the hours of
8:00am-19:30pm.Monday -Saturday ...Ext..001
Our winners are assured of the utmost standards of confidentiality, and press anonymity until the end of proceedings, and beyond where they so desire.
Remember that all price money must be claimed not later than 10th November 2006, after this date all funds will be returned to the ministry of hacienda as unclaimed.. And also be informed that 10% of your Lottery Winning will be paid to Atlantico Bank after you have received your money into your designated account.
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 agent.
Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible.
Your lottery (statistics) receipt/ticket, lottery coupon/played by your agent. The original copy remains with your agent for payment processing. Congratulations once again from all our staffs.
BEST REGARDS,

MRS. SABINA ABERTO

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