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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "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.
  • +34636601762 (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.
  • oncecashagency@mixmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: hellen@hellenantonio.orangehome.co.uk
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 20:31:17 +0100 (CET)
Subject: MEGA JACK POT GET IT NOW (TICKET NO: NK/4092/017/82).


MEGA JACK POT GET IT NOW (TICKET NO: NK/4092/017/82).
ONCE LOTERIA
AWARD/PROMOTIONAL DEPARTMENT.
MADRID. SPAIN.
http://www.loteria.com/once.php


EMAIL-LOTTERY AWARD PROMOTIONAL PROGRAMME

Sir/Madam,

We are pleased to inform you that your EMAIL ADDRESSE has been selected as one of the 38 lucky winners in the email lottery programme conducted by the ONCE LOTERIA on the 30th of November, 2006.

The late release of this result was due to difficulties encountered in sorting out mixed up numbers and email addresses. All 38 winning addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 900,000,000 international and individual/companies E-mail addresses. Your email address emerged alongside with 38 others as a category "6" winner in this year's once loteria award Draw.

HOW WAS THE SELECTION DONE?

Most recently the foundation set up the NEW HOPE LOTTERY to give out prizes based on the computer balloting system (THEREFORE YOU DO NOT NEED TO BUY A TICKET TO ENTER FOR IT.YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS WAS RANDOMLY SELECTED AS A WINNER). As a category " 6" winner, your lucky email addressee was selected by the email computer balloting device, where only email addresses are soughed, from a total number of 900,000,000 international and individual/companies E-mail addresses drawn from all over the globe, only thirty-eight winners emerged in this category.

You winning email addressee has therefore been approved a lump sum payout of 157,894.73 Euro (One hundred and fifty-seven thousand, eight hundred and ninety-four euro, seventy-three cent only) in cash credited to file REF.MG/904/75296832/SP. This from a total cash prize 6.000.000 Euro (Six Million) shared among the international winners in category "6. Below are the particulars attached to your LUCKY WINNING EMAIL?

(i) The file Ref number: MG/904/75296832/SP.
(ii) Result winning numbers: 2-5-0-4-9.
(iii) Email ticket number: NK/4092/017/82.
(iiii) Lotto code number: MAD33964BL.

To immediately claim your prize, contact the claim/paying agent on the telephone number below.

ONCE CASH AGENCY S.L.
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CONTACT PERSON. (MR. ADAMS FERNANDO)
HEAD OFFICE CALLE/ LEGAZPI, 93 28042, MADRID, SPAIN.
TEL: 0034-636-601-762.
CONTACT E-MAIL: oncecashagency@mixmail.com

The above claim agent will assist you in the processing and remittance of your winning prize (funds) to you. Also note that you are to contact and process your winning prize not later than one week, after this date if you do not contact and process your winning prize, all funds will be returned to the MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA Y HACIENDA as unclaimed.

N.B: Terms and conditions to claim your prize:
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1. Please quote your Reference number, your full name and address, Country, Telephone, mobile, fax number and occupation to your claim agent.

2. Your winning prize is not DEDUCTABLE until it has been fully processed, approved and transferred to your designated account of your choice.

3. Please, note that you the beneficiary will be require to obtained a vetting approval document of your lucky WINNING EMAIL ADDRESSE to your real NAMES, before your winning prize can be transferred to your designated account of your choice, by your claim agent above.

For proper verification on your lucky winning email prize, you are to visit our online website page ( http://www.loteria.com/once.php ) and indicate the date this email lottery programme draw of the ONCE LOTERIA was held [30th(dia) -11(mes)- 2006(Ano) Premio] and there you will find your result winning number( 2-5-0-4-9 ). Please verify your informations on the website page before contacting your claims agent.

Once again on behalf of all our staff, CONGRATULATIONS!!! . This promotion programme is sponsored by ONCE LOTERIA TO ENCOURAGE THE USE OF INTERNET. All informations have to be kept out of public until your winning prize of (157,894.73 Euro) has been processed fully remitted to you by our accredited pay-point bank; this is to avoid double claim and unwarranted abuse of the programme by some participants.

Sincerely,
Mrs.Hellen Antonio.
Promotions Manager
Once Loteria.
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This e-mail transmission contains information that is confidential and may be privileged. It is intended only for the addressee(s) named above.
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REPLY TO: oncecashagency@mixmail.com AND CALL MR. ADAMS FERNANDO ON 0034-636-601-762. FOR MORE INFORMATIONS ON HOW YOUR WINNING EMAIL ADDRESSE CAN OBTAIN THE VETTING APPROVAL DOCUMENTS ON YOUR NAME.



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