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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "lottery winners international e-mail programs"
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fiduciary 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.
  • +34638193099 (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.
  • infoeurolink@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: GRAND PRIZE DRAW TICKET FREE LOTTERY <euromillion212@yahoo.es>
Reply-To: infoeurolink@aim.com
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 17:29:35 +0100
Subject: IMPORTANT NOTICE


FROM: MRS. SONIA GOMEZ.
TICKET FREE/ONLINE E-MAIL ADDRESS WINNINGS
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
EURO MILLIONS SPANISH LOTTERY
REFERENCE: 67/80/IPD
BATCH: EGGS-541-623-782

Sir/Madam

RE: CHRISTMAS GRAND PRIZE DRAW WINNING NOTIFICATION.



Congratulations!

It is my pleasure to inform you of the result of the Euro Millions
Spanish Lottery Winners International E-mail programs which held on 15TH
DECEMBER

However, I am delighted to formerly inform you that you are the winner
of the Final Grand Prize Draw which result where release on the, 22ND
DECEMBER, 2006 . Your E-mail address attached to ticket number
653-908-321-675 with serial number 345-790-241-671 drew five lucky star numbers
34-32-90-43-32 won in the 2nd category. You have therefore been
approved for a lump pay out of the sum of 550,000.00Euro. (Five Hundred and
Fifty Thousand Euros)

Consequent upon the above, you are hereby advised to keep your winning
information confidential until your claims have been processed and
subsequent remittance of your money. This is part of our security protocol
to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.

All the participants in this Grand Prize Draw were selected through a
computer ballot system drawn from over 100,000 companies and 50,000,000
individual email addresses and names from all over the world. This
Lottery/ Grand Prize Draw was authorized, supported and sponsored by the
Spanish-European Lottery Board in order to enhance and promote the use of
Internet Explorer Users and Microsoft-wares around the globe. This
promotional program takes place every three year.

In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please kindly
follow these simply instructions:

I. Contact our fiduciary agent:
Name: Dr. Hugo Pollo.
(EUROLINK CLEARING HOUSE ESPANA)
Tel: 0034-638-193-099
Email: infoeurolink@aim.com

II. Quote your reference and batch numbers in all your correspondence.
Ref. Number: 67/80/IPD
Batch Number: EGGS-541-623-782

III. All winnings must be claimed not later than one month from today
after which all unclaimed funds would be included in the next stake.

Finally, should there be any change of address do inform our agent as
soon as possible.

Congratulations once again from all the members of our staff and thank
you for being part of our email account users promotional program.

Yours faithfully,

MRS. SONIA GOMEZ.


Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.

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