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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:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claim 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.
  • +34676756576 (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.
  • worldryconsult@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • worldroyconsut@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: royalspanishs@aol.com
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 15:57:24 +0100
Subject: AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION 2006(CONGRATULATION, CONTACT YOUR CLAIM AGENT URGENT)!!!


ROYAL SPANISH SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
REF: RSSL/61-ILGI0509/45
BATCH:RSSL/15/096/WRCS
DATE:21/11/2006
RE: WINNING FINAL NOTIFICATION
Dear Winner,
This is to inform you of the release of the Royal Spanish Sweepstakes Lottery
Email Promotional Program held on the 1st August 2006, this resultwas initially
delayed due to mix up of email addresses, the results were finally released on
the 31st October 2006, and your email attached to Ticket number: 212005600545
188 with Serial number: 4888/02, which drew the Luckynumbers: 41-6-76-13-45-8,
which consequently won the lottery in the Second category of the year 2006. You
are therefore approved for a lump sum payout of €1,000,000.00 (ONE MILLION EUROS
ONLY) in cash accredited to filereference number: KPC/9080333308/03 this is from a total cash prize of
€19,000,000.00 (NINTEEN MILLION EUROS ONLY) Shared among the nineteen
international winners in this category.Your fund is now deposited in a security
company with your prize money insured in your email. Due to mix up of some email
addresses, we ask that you keep this award from public notice until your claim
has been processed and money remitted to your account as this is part of our

security protocolto avoid double claiming or unwarranted abuse of this program by participants as it has happened in the past. All participants were selected randomly from World
Wide Web site through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000
companies,this promotion takes place annually.We hope your lucky email address
will draw a bigger cash prize in the next
high stake promotion agenda of €30,000,000.00 (THIRTY MILLION EUROS).
To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:
Mr Jeff Carlos
World Royal Consultancy And Securities Madrid Spain.
Tel:+34-676-756-576
Email: worldryconsult@netscape.net or worldroyconsut@aim.com
For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of
your choice.Remember,You are to contact our agents by email and within a week of
receiving this notice.After this date, all funds will be returned to the
MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA Y HACIENDA as unclaimed.For further processing and
remittance of your winning funds you are fill and forward to our claim agent the
completed processing verification form below.
(1)NAME OF BENEFICIARY
(2)ADDRESS
(3)TELEPHONE
(4)DATE OF BIRTH
(5)OCCUPATION
(6)NATIONALITY
(7)COUNTRY
(8)TICKET NO
(9)SCAN COPY OF IDENTITY(International passport or drivers licence or any other
identity).
To avoid unnecessary delays and complications,please quote your reference/batch
numbers in any correspondences with us as your assigned claim
agent.Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program.
Yours Sincerely,
Wilfred Alberto
Lottery Director

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