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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.
  • +34627329804 (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.
  • riosantos1@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: stewart@sprevella9.orangehome.co.uk
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 17:28:20 +0100 (CET)
Subject: urgent


Are you the lucky one?
Sir/Madam,
CONGRATULATIONS!!!We are pleased
to inform you of the result of the LOTERIA PRIMITIVA
Winners International programs held on the 28th of
DECEMBER 2006. Your e-mail address attached to ticket
No:014032581085 with prize No 43450845/sl
drew (€785,000.00) EUROS which was first in the 2nd
class of the draws. You are to receive (€785,000.00)
(Seven hundred and Eighty Five Thousand Euros).
Be informed because of mix up in cash pay-outs, we ask
that you keep your winning information confidential
until your fund (€785,000.00) has
been fully remitted to you by our accredited pay-point
bank. This measure must be adhere to avoid loss of
your cash prize winners of our cash prizes are advised
to adhere to these instructions to forestall
the abuse of this program by other articipants. It's
important to note that this draws were conducted
formally, and winners are selected through an internet
ballot system from 60,000 individual and companies
e-mail addresses- the draws are conducted around the
world through our internet based ballot system.The
promotion is sponsored and promoted
by LOTERIA PRIMITIVA.

We congratulate you once again. We hope you
will use part of it in our next draws; the jackpot
winning is 85million Euros.Remember, all winning
must be claimed not later than 30 days. After this
date all unclaimed cash prize will be forfeited
and included in the next sweepstake. Please, in order
to avoid unnecessary delays and complications remember
to quote your winning numbers in all
correspondence with us. Congratulations once again
from all members of LOTERIA PRIMITIVA . Thank you for
being part of our promotional program.For immediate
release of your cash prize to you,
Please kindly contact your verifying agent
MR RIO-SANTOS
C/ARROYO DE
LAMIEL
28007 MADRID ESPANA
TEL : 0034-627-329-804
EMAIL:RIOSANTOS1@AIM.COM
Kindly send the following
information to the
verifying agent:
(i) Your names,
(ii) Contact
telephone
and fax numbers
(iii) Contact Address
(iv) Your winning
numbers
(v) Quote amount won.
Congratulations once again.
Yours
Faithfully,
Mr.RIO-SANTOS,
Cordinator.
Yours sincerely,

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