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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:
  • "clearance certificate" (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
  • "fiduciary 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.
  • sitconsultantsa@aol.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: jsilva_legalassistance@web.de
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 19:04:01 +0200
Subject: CONFIRM AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE
















EURO MILLIONES EMAIL INTERNET LOTTERY AWARD 2007-CONGRATULATION FOR YOUR SUCCESSFUL SELECTION!!!
EURO MILLIONES INTERNET LOTTERYCONGRATULATIONS!YOU WON
SIX HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY EUROS!

We are pleased to inform you today 03th April 2007 that you are one of the 10 lucky w inners in the Euro Millones Lottery INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAMME ,Played with Email Address on the 5th of Feb.Due to the mixture of names and address the result was released on the 29th Mar 2007. All 10 winning addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 50,000,000 international email addresses. Your email address emerged alongside 9 others as a category 2 winner in the Euro Millones Lottery Draw.Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a total pay of(SIX HUNDRED AND T WENTY THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY EUROS (620,260.00 EUROS).The following particulars are attached to your lotto payment order: (I) Batch No: TTOW/2007/TAC
(ii) Ticket No: 777 -312 -009
(iii) Lucky No: 01-10-22-33-54
(iv) Ref No: WUMT/XX43/9000/LAEC
(V) Serial No: MMUEU/U423/875
This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomorate of some multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the commmunities where they have operational base. Further more your details(e-mail address) falls within our Spain office. Your prize of SIX HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY EUROS (620,260.00 EUROS) will be released to you from this regional branch office in SPAIN.
We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes for 2 ,000,000.00 EUROS international draw. HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:Be informed that the appointed agent will be required to swear an Affidavits of Lotto Claim and also obtain Approval Legal Clearance Certificate from the Court here in Spain which is in accordance with the European Union Financial Act 2004 on payment of International Lottery Winners.Please be aware that the PAYING BANK will Effect Payment Swiftly upon satisfactory Report, Verifications and validation provided by this fiduciary agent. Please quote your Reference number in all correspondence with the claims officer To begin your claims, kindly contact our fiduciary agent company . SITIOS ESPANA CONSULTANT S.ACONTACT PERSON : Snr. JUAN DOMINGOEMAIL: sitconsultantsa@aol.com 1.FULL NAME2.COUNTRY OF ORIGIN3 .PRESENT ADDRESS (FULL MAILING ADDRESS)4.SEX5.DATE OF BIRTH6. AGE 7.OCCUPATION8.TELEPHONE NUMBER9.FAX NUMBER(VERY IMPORTANT)10
.MARITAL STATUS As soon as you contact the him,he will advise you on what to do in order to get your prize money.Congratulations once more!! For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information co nfidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwa rranted taking advantage of this programme by non-participant or unofficial personnel. Yours Sincerely, [http://mail.yahoo.com/config/login?/__javascript_:Zoom(290075)]
Dr Christain Davids LOTTO CO-ORDINATOR.



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