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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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:
  • "from: the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "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 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.
  • mainlandtrusts@yahoo.es (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "euro__info@terra.es" <euro__info@terra.es>
Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 18:31:50 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: CONGRATULATION!!!



CONGRATULATION!!!
From: "SPANISH AWARDS COMMISSION"
EMAIL: mainlandtrusts@yahoo.es
Subject:YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS WON THE LOTTERY AWARD 2007
Date:FRIDAY, May 25, 2007
FROM: THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.


REFERENCE Nº: ESM/WIN/008/05/10/MA
Batch. Nº: EULO/2907/444/908/06.
Ticket No: WRNM/SMI/5990
Lucky No: 10-23-44-50-37
Serial No: MUOTI/82536

AWARD NOTIFICATION

Euro Milliones Lottery of Spanish International
Lottery Program wishes to inform you the results of the E-mail accounts ballot lottery program by the Spanish International Lottery Program held on May 25, 2007. Your email account was selected as a winner of €760,000.00 (Seven Hundred And Sixty Thousand Euros Only).

This result is now made available to you and your
email account attached to Ticket No: (WRNM/SMI/5990) in the Category B bonus ball 10, 18, 22, 35, 28, 35, and bonus ball 43. Participants were selected through a computerized ballot system drawn from company and individual email account holders.

We advise that you keep your winning information
confidential until your claims is processed and your money released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claim and undue abuse of this program. Please kindly contact your claims agent with the following details to expedite the processing of your prize winning.

1.Full name
2.address
3.Country of Residence
4.Tel and fax number
5.Occupation
6.Sex
7.Age
8.Marital status
9.E-Mail address
10.Amount won

To begin your claim, please contact our Claim Agent
at the International Claim Department immediately with the following address as below.

All winnings must be claimed not later than two weeks
from the date of receipt of this mail after which the prize-winning shall be treated as Unclaimed.

Mr.Martin John,
ONWARD SECUROS S.L,
C/HONDURAS,
102 25105 MADRID SPAIN,
Email: mainlandtrusts@yahoo.es

Note: In order to avoid unnecessary delays; Please
remember to quote your Reference and Batch numbers in all correspondence. Congratulations on your being a lucky winner!

Sincerely yours,
Mrs.Marie Benito
Lottery Co-ordinator











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