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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:
  • "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.
  • +34649596314 (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.
  • cajalottory@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "once loterial" <otoprimitiva212@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: cajalottory@aim.com
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:38:04 +0000
Subject: please contact the claim agent

PROMO RESULT
ONCE LOTERIA Promotion SL,
28044, Madrid Spain.
Office: Vart Claim Agency
Mr. Fredridk Walter,
Address: P.O. Box 3051 3500GA Bailen 31 28005 Madrid Spain.
Tel.: +34-649596314
Email: cajalottory@aim.com
**********************************************

Dear Winner.

Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice the result of once promo
Award promotion. We are happy to inform you that your email address have
emerged as winner of one Hundred and fifty thousand Euros (150,000.00)
Euros.


Find below your promotion date, Reference and Batch numbers. Remember to
quote these numbers in your correspondence with your claims agent

Mr.Fredrick Walter.

REFERENCE NUMBER: LSLUK/2031/8156/06
BATCH NUMBER: 15/051/IPD/ES
Lucky Number: 2-5-0-4-9
CLAIMS REQURIEMENTS:
1.Name in full
2.Address
3.Nationality
4.Age
5.Sex
6.Occupation
7Phone/Fax
8.Present Country

Please note that you will be required to pay for the insurance of your legal
back up legalization/notarization document in court.

NOTE: All winnings must be claimed not later than 14 days,Anybody under the
age of 18 is automatically disqualified

Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part
of our promotions program.

Sincerely Yours,

Mrs.MARIA ALONSO
THE PROMOTION COORDINATOR.
http://loteria.com/once.php

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