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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear beneficiary," (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
• 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.
  • segurusbilbao@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: justice gonter <justicefred@web.de>
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 19:38:57 +0200
Subject: NOTIFICATION













EURO MILLIONE NATIONAL AWARD PROGRAM 2007 - CONGRATULATION FOR YOUR SUCCESSFUL SELECTION!!!

YOU WON

SIX HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND SIXT Y EUROS!
/
Dear Beneficiary,
///
/We are delighted to inform you about just concluded Euro Millione National draws of its Second periodical promotional program./ /T//his promotional program is a conjoined effort of microsoft international and the United Nation under the Auspices of Euro Millione Lottery Board./// /Hence, we congratulate you over your email success in our computer balloting held on 1st July //2007//. This is a promotional program aimed at encouraging internet users; meaning, you do not need to buy ticket to enter for it. You/Your company email account have been picked as one of the ten winning email address in 2007, on the second category Draw.
//Therefore you have been approved of the Star Prize /of 620,260.00 (Six Hundred And Twenty Thousand, Two Hundred and Sixty Euros Zero Cents). Equivalent in USD $842,715. ///With the under listed winning details:- /// /Ref No:-NRSL/2007/JUL.
Ticket No:- TWMT/1800/806
Lucky No:- 09-16-18-25-32 + 02-09 //Batch No: - MUO TI/ 82536 /// /All individual and cooperate email addresses were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand, //E-mail addresses from Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions program which i s conducted annually. This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some multi internati onal companies to promote Euro Millione Lott ery Company, use of internet around the world, and with the Aim and support to the Under priviledges. //Please// contact the Agent assigned in your Zone with the required information for immediate release of your price: // 1.FULL NAME..... 2.COUNTRY OF ORIGIN..... 3 .PRESENT ADDRESS(FULLMAILINGADDRESS)....... 4.SEX....... 5.DATE OF BIRTH........ 6. AGE........ 7.OCCUPATION........ &nbs p; 8.TELE PHONE NUMBER.......... 9.FAX NUMBER........... /// /CLAIM AGENT :/// /SITIOS CONSULTA
S.A
Dr. Pepe Blasco (MD)/E-mail:- segurusbilbao@aim.com [mailto:segurusbilbao@aim.com]
NOTE: /Always quote your Reference, Batch and winning numbers in all corresponding, for our security purpose, and to avoid double claiming, unwarranted taking advantage of this program by abusers, unauthorise person or company . / /Once again accept our sincere congratulations////Best Regards,/ (My Photo) Prof. Dr. Sonnia Wilfred Gerri AWARD CO-ORDINATOR.



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