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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.
• 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.
  • +34691955648 (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.
  • cajaahorrosbanco@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • infocajabankweb@mixmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "infoct01@terra.es" <infoct01@terra.es>
Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 15:32:45 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: Congratulations on your award!!!


Congratulations on your award!!!

EUROMILIONES ESPANA INTL.
Desk of Approval/Game
Gaming Board Department
MADRID, SPAIN.

TICKET NO: ML/56894/180/70
FILE REF NUMBERS: ZB/451/28798372/MK

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Sir/Madam,

We are pleased to inform you that your EMAIL ADDRESSE has been selected as one of the (6) SIX LUCKY STAR PRIZE WINNER in the email lottery programme conducted by the EUROMILIONES lotto International Promotion (ELP) that was held on the 2nd of February 2007. The late release of this result was due to difficulties encountered in sorting out mixed up numbers and email addresses.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket No: ML/56894/180/70. Result winning numbers (14-23-27-30-36). And Lotto code number: ESP21584MAD, Drew Euro 514,292.28 which was 2 category of the draws. You are to receive 514,292.28 Euro (Five hundred and fourteen thousand, two hundred and ninety two euros, twenty eight cents only) in cash credited to FILE REF: ZB/451/28798372/MK.

Please be informed that due to mix up in cash pay-outs, we ask you to keep your winning Information confidential until your fund (514,292.28 Euro) has been fully remitted to you by our accredited pay-point bank. This measure must be adhered to in order to avoid the loss of your cash prizes, Prize-winners of our cash prizes are advised to adhere to these instructions to forestall the abuse of this program by other participants.

It's important to note that this draws were conducted formally, and winners are selected through a computer balloting system from 950,000,000 individual and companies E-mail addresses, hence, the draws are conducted around the world through our computer balloting system.

The promotion is sponsored and promoted by EUROMILIONES SPANISH LOTTERY. We congratulate you once again. We hope you will use part of it in our Next draws; the jackpot winning is 20 million Euros. Remember, all Winning must be claimed not later than one week, after this date if you do not contact and process your winning prize, all funds will be returned to the MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA Y HACIENDA as unclaimed.

Congratulations once again from all members of EUROMILIONES SPANISH LOTTERY. Thank you for being part of our promotional program. For immediate release of your cash prize to you, please kindly contact our processing Department/paying bank with the following information for onward forwarding to the Claim/paying bank:

N.B: Terms and conditions to claiming your prize:
********************************************************
1. Please quote your Reference number in all correspondence with the Claim/paying bank.

2. Indicate your full name and address, Country, Telephone, mobile and fax number and occupation.

3. Your winning prize is not DEDUCTABLE until it has been fully processed, approved and
transferred to your designated account of your choice by the Claim/paying bank.

To immediately claim your prize, contact the claim/paying bank on the telephone number & email below.

CAJA AHORROS BANCO
=================================
CONTACT PERSON. (MR. JOHN PABLO).
MADRID, SPAIN.
TEL: 0034-691-955-648.
CONTACT E-MAIL: cajaahorrosbanco@aim.com OR infocajabankweb@mixmail.com

And Congratulations once again.

Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Angel Sanchez Canovas.
Promotions Manager.
EUROMILIONES INTL.





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