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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 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.
  • +34692967211 (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.
  • fedincoy11@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: berma@bberma.orangehome.co.uk
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2006 12:31:34 +0100 (CET)
Subject: helina gomez


THE DESK OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
CALLE COLONE-28080 MADRID-SPAIN
AWARD NOTIFICATION/ FINAL NOTICE.
We are delighted to notify you of the result of the
Berma international programs held on 5 NOV,2006.
Your email address were attached to one of the ten
Winning Ticket numbers (4565-333-59-870).You have
therefore been approved fora lump sum pay outof 250,000.00
(Two Hundred FiftyThousand Euro)in cash credited to file
reference no EPSL /67680345/XAL/77
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
All participants were selected through a computer
Ballot system from our sponsor’s databases, including
Over 5,000 companies and 20,000 individual E-mail
Addresses and names submitted by our agents drawn
from Asia, Africa, Europe, North And South America,
Oceania and around the world. To file for your urgent
claim, please contact our affiliate agent.
CELIKEY INSURANCE COMPANY
Mr CARLOS CANCAN
TELL:0034-692-967-211
Email: fedincoy11@netscape.net
It is part of our security protocol to avoid double
claiming and to minimize identification difficulties
advise you to keep this information confidential until
your claim is processed successfully and to avoid
Unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants
NOTE: All prize must be claimed before the 22 of Dec.
After this date,allfunds will be returned to the
MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA Y HACIENDA as unclaimed Fund
In Order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications
Remember to quote your ticket,batch and ref numbers
in all correspondence. Furthermore, should there be
any change of address do inform our agents as soon as
possible.
Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.
Yours sincerely,
Mis helina gomez
For Claims Officer
The Lotto Company, Spain .

Anti-fraud resources:

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