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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "lottery winners international e-mail programs" (no such lottery exists)
• 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.
  • +34692563575 (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.
  • infovitenclaims@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: EURO MILLION SPANISH LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL. <euromillotto@netscape.net>
Reply-To: infovitenclaims@aim.com
Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 12:47:57 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!.


EURO MILLION SPANISH LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL.
C/DE ESPAÑA 82, PLANTA 4-1, C.P.28903, MADRID-SPAIN.
FROM: INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
RE:WINNING NOTIFICATION/FINAL NOTICE.
REFERENCE Nº: ELC/288/100.
BATCH Nº:420/766/MSSD.
DATE...24/05/2007.

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Euro millions Spanish Lottery Winners International E-mail programs held on the 11TH OF MAY 2007, and the results were released on the 22ND OF MAY, 2007.Your E-mail address attached to ticket number 229-188-611-982 with serial main number 112-522-337-620 drew lucky star numbers 22-35-40-61-92, which consequently won in the 2ND category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of €1.000.000{ONE MILLION EUROS} in cash credited to file with Reference Nº: ELC/288/100 and Batch Nº:420/766/MSSD.This is from a total cash prize of €12,000,000 (TWELVE MILLION EUROS) shared among the 12{Twelve} international winners in this category. CONGRATULATIONS!!!.
Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your winning information confidential until your claims have been processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this programme by non- participants.
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 80,000 companies and 60,000 individual email addresses from all over the world. This lottery was promoted and sponsored by Spanish European Lottery Board, in order to enhance and promote the use of Internet Explorer Users and Microsoft-wares around the globe, therefore you do not need to buy ticket to enter for it. This promotional program takes place every year.
To file for your claims, please contact our Fiducial Agent:
DR.THOMAS REY MARTINEZ,
(VITEN SECURITY COMPANY,S.A.)
TEL: 0034-692-563-575
Email: infovitenclaims@aim.com
Remember, all winning must be claimed not later than 2weeks (14days) on receipt of this notification. After this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake.
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in all correspondence with us or your agent.Furthermore, should there be any change of your address do inform our agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of Euro Million Lottery Programme.

Sincerely,
MRS COMFORT JOSE.
(Lottery-Co-ordinator).

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This message is confidential. It may also be privileged or otherwise protected by work product immunity or other legal rules. If you have received it please let us know by reply from your system; you should not copy it or disclose its contents to anyone. All messages sent to and from Euro Million Lottery Company España may be monitored to ensure compliance with internal policies and to protect your winning from the Euro Million Spanish Lottery Award Promotions.
The contents of any email addressed to our clients are subject to our usual terms of business; anything which does not relate to the official business of the firm is neither given nor endorsed by it.

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