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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:
  • "el gordo " (can only win this lottery if you bought a ticket)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "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 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.
  • +34652659133 (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.
  • vensergseguros@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Elgordo Primitiva <egdsatellite38@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <vensergseguros@aim.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:52:05 +0200
Subject: You are choosen



EL GORDO PRIMITIVA
INTER SATELLITE SOFTWARE PROMO
SUITE 200 PLAZA CASTILLA
AVDA. DE SOL
www.loterias.com
28/6/07

Dear Winner,
This is to inform you that your TICKET NUMBER: 021-107-166 with SERIAL NUMBER: ELP/8 drew the LUCKY NUMBERS: 4,15,19,38,47 in the 1st Category on this promotion.
Congratulations, you have just won yourself the sum of Eur. 611,487.80 (Six Hundred and Eleven Thousand, Four Hundred and Eighty Seven Euros, Eighty Cents only), which is from a total cash Eur. 3,057,439.06 (Three Million, Fifty Seven Thousand, Four Hundred and Thirty Nine Euros, Six Cents only) that was shared among the 5 Lucky Winners in this category of Satellite Software E-mail Lottery conducted on the 17th of JUNE 2007.

Note that all e-mail addresses were picked randomly by Internet Software powered by above mentioned organization, whereby your email address was amongst those chosen in this quarter; Therefore, you are to contact our Claims Agent for immediate processing and claim.

CLAIMS AGENT
VENSER GRUPO SEGUROS S.LMR. POLDER INIESTATel/Fax+34-652-659-133
Email: vensergseguros@aim.com

You are to forward the following details to our aforementioned Agent to enable him clear your file for immediate payment: 1. Full Names:________________________________________________
2. Address:__________________________________________________
3. Age: ___________ 4. Sex:___________________________________
5. Marital Status:______________ 6. Occupation: _________________
7. Phone numbers: __________________ 8. Fax number:____________
9. Country: ___________________ Nationality:____________________

Yours faithfully,
Tamara R. Fernandez
(Online Coordinator)

N.B: You can confirm your winning by visiting our online result website www.loterias.com and click on EL GORDO LA PRIMITIVA, then click on date of play 17th June 2007 for your prize breakdown.
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