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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.
  • +2348025930006 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
  • +23418974548 (Nigeria, landline)
• 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.
  • survex_courierservice@yahoo.it (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • survex_courier@verizonmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Donald Moore <claim_agent65@yahoo.no>
Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2007 08:24:18 +0100 (CET)
Subject: You Emerged Our Winner


Attn: Winner.

We wish to congratulate you over your email success in ONCE PROMO program held on 2nd of March 2007. This is a millennium scientific computer game in which email addresses were used.

It is a promotional program aimed at encouraging internet users; therefore you do not need to buy ticket to enter for it. You have been approve for the star prize of 550.000.00 Euro.(Five Hundred and Fifty Thousand Euros) CONGRATULATIONS!!To claim your winning prize you are to contact theappointed agent as soon as possible for the immediate release of your winnings:

COMPENSATION HEAD OFFICER
SURVEX COURIER SERVICES.
CONTACT AGENT: Rev Dr Ogbonna Darrydon
TEL: 234-80259-30006
TEL: 234-1-897-4548
TEL: 234-1-8913012
Fax:1-501-647-039
Email:winners.com@comcast.net
Email:www.survex.com@comcast.net
Email:survex_courierservice@yahoo.it
Email:survex_courier@verizonmail.com

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
8Fax
9.Present Country

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. JOSE MARIA
THE PROMOTION COORDINATOR.
ONCE SPANISH LOTTO PROMO


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