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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "from: the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • +34664159492 (Spain, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: julie van hans <espanamundoeuromillones07@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <espaamundoeuromilliones@yahoo.es>
Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 16:31:27 +0200
Subject: AWARD NOTIFICATION/ FINAL NOTICE



ESPAÑA MUNDO EURO MILLONES S.A CORDOBA NO 21 PLANTA 2-A 28204 MADRID -SPAIN.
FROM: THE DESK OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRICE AWARD DEPARTMENT. REF Nº: EGS/2251256003/02 BATCH Nº:14/0017/1PD RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION/ FINAL NOTICE ESPAÑA MUNDO EURO MILLONES S.A wishes to inform youthe results of the E-mail address ballot lotteryinternational program by Great Britain and Spain heldon Saturday 1st May, 2007. Your email accounthas been picked as a winner of €615,810.00 (SIXHUNDRED AND FIFTEEN THOUSAND, EIGHT HUNDRED AND TENEUROS ONLY) This results is now released to you on 14th May,2007 and your email address attached in the Match 6bonus ball 7, 13, 31, 43, 45, 47 and bonus ball 23 participants were selected through a computer ballotsystem drawn from Microsoft users from company andindividual email addresses users. This is part of our security protocol to avoid doubleclaiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Beinformed that your winnings are to be processed forclearance by an affiliate security company LA-ORIENTALSEGORUS S.A., which is based here in the Spain as yourwinnings was deposited with them. For the release ofyour winning, kindly contact the office of your claimsagents in the ESPAÑA MUNDO EURO MILLONES S.A HeadQuarters Mr. Martin Ortega on Tel: +34-664-159-492,Fax:+34-911-814-263. You are also advised to contactyour claim's agent via email: laoriental2007@gmail.comYou are to quote your lucky number for confirmation onyour winning and submit your information in the formbelow: LA-ORIENTAL SEGORUS S.A. MADRID SPAIN WINNERS IDENTIFICATION FORM BATCH: Nº:14/0017/1PD EGS/2251256003/02 "PLEASECOMPLETE FORM AND SEND BACK" 1. FULL NAME: ____________________ 2. GENDER: _________AGE:________ 3. MARITAL STATUS: _______________ 4. MAILING ADDRESS: ______________ NATIONALITY: __________________OCCUPATION: _____________PH ONE AND FAX NUMBER: ________ PR ESENT LOCATION: ______________ all winning must be claimed not later than 2ndJune 2007. After this date all unclaimed funds willbe returned to European Union Treasury as unclaimed.Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays andcomplications please remember to quote your referencenumber in all correspondence. Congratulations from the staff and thank you for beingpart of email account users program. Yours Sincerely,Mrs. Julie Van Hans,Executive.(Euro Lottery Intern.) Dr. P. Swier, Mr. Gerald Goodman (Manager ForeignOperations), Mr. Franklyn Van Der Weijden (ManagerDomestic Banking Operations), Dr. James Williams(Director International Credit Department), Mrs.Sandra Murphy (Executive), Mr. Michael Cole(Executive), Mr. Stephen Boer (Chairman).Copyright © 2007 ESPAÑA MUNDO EURO MILLONES S.A MRS JULIE VAN HANS.
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