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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:
  • "fiduciary 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 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.
  • moneyballsagency@safe-mail.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "mariadiazlopez1@terra.es" <mariadiazlopez1@terra.es>
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 18:28:25 +0100 (MET)
Subject: CONTACT YOUR FIDUCIARY CLAIMS AGENT


The National Moneyballs Lottery
www.moneyballs.com
(Customer Services)
WINNING NOTIFICATION:
Ref: AFX/26510460037/06
Batch: 24/00319/IPD

ATTN: Winner

We happily announce to you the draw (#1024) of the NATIONAL MONEYBALLS LOTTERY ESPAÑA, on-line Sweepstakes International program held on 24Th February, 2007. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers, which subsequently won you the lottery in the 1st category i.e match 7 plus bonus. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of $1,000,000( One Million United State Dollars) in cash credited to file AES/26510460037/06.

This is from a total cash prize of 10million Dollars shared amongst the (10) lucky winners in this category i.e Match 7 plus bonus. All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed on-line. This promotion takes place once in a year .

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your $1000,000.00 ( One Million Dollars) would be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe. Our European agents will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact them.

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claim is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned. To file for your claim, please contact our claims agent:-

Overseas Claims Unit Spain Lottery Fiduciary Agent Santa Lucia Seguros S.A.Madrid, Spain. Dr. Edward Anderson Tel: 00 34 659 653 272 Fax: 00 34 646 737 903 E-mail: moneyballsagency@Safe-mail.net

Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him. You are advised to establish urgent contact with the particulars presented above citing the batch and reference numbers to this letter. Our winners are assured of the utmost standards of confidentiality, and press anonymity until the end of proceedings, and beyond where they so desire. Be further advised to maintain the strictest level of confidentiality until the end of proceedings to circumvent problems associated with fraudulent claims. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.

Good luck from me and members of staff of the Spanish National Moneyballs Lottery.

Yours Sincerely,

Mrs. Maria Diaz Lopez
On-line coordinator for
NATIONAL MONEYBALLS LOTTERY ESPAÑA





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