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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:

• 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 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.
  • consutjosesmontoya@yahoo.es

Fraud email example:

From: "espacomicionspd@terra.es" <espacomicionspd@terra.es>
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 16:35:56 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: Sir this is important contact the agent immediately


ESPANA GOLOTORIA COMMISSION
28014, MADRID, ESPANA
FROM:THE DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT.
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT
REF NO/ESL/95083109/ELC/07
BATCH NO: 8725-49
AWARD NOTIFICATION
Sir/Madam
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual
final draws held on the 28th April,2007 Espa=C3=B1a Golotoria Primitiva
Promotion, your e-mail address was among the 20 Lucky winners
However the results were released on the 30th June , 2007 and your
e-mail was attached to ticket number (ES48-15-356-089)
with serial number 8725-49 drew the lucky numbers 7 15 38 42 44 5 which
consequently won the
lottery. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of
615,810.00 (SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN THOUSAND, EIGHT HUNDRED AND
TEN EUROS ONLY) in cash credited to file with
REF.NO/ESL/95083109/ELC/07
This is from a total cash prize of 10,468,770 (TEN MILLION, FOUR
HUNDRED AND SIXTY- EIGHT THOUSAND, SEVEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY EUROS ONLY) Sh=
ared among 17 (Seventeen) international winners in this category.
The online draws was conducted by a random selection
of e-mail addresses from an exclusive list of 29,031 E-mail addresses
of individuals and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated
random computer search from the internet.
However, no tickets were sold but all e-mail addresses were assigned
to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy. The
selection process was carried out through random selection in our
computerized e-mail selection machine (TOPAZ) from a database of over
980,000 e-mail addresses drawn from all the continents of the world.
This Promotion is approved by the spanish Gaming Board and also
Licensed by the The International Association of Gaming Regulators
(IAGR). This Promotion is the 3rd of its kind and we intend to sensitize th=
e
public to encourage tourism in our country
To begin your claim, please contact your claims agent DR JOSE MONTOYA,
on TEL:+ 34 696 399 295 EMAIL: consutjosesmontoya@yahoo.es for the
processing and remittance of your winning prize money to a designated accou=
nt of
your choice. Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than
20th August 2007 However, you will have to fill the form below and send it=
to the
agent for verification
NAME:.....................................
AGE:.......................................
SEX:........................................
ADDRESS:...............................
E-MAIL:....................................
PHONE:...................................
OCCUPATION:.........................
COMPANY:..............................
COUNTRY:...............................
You are to keep all your promotion winning information away from the
general public especially your ticket number and ballot number. (This
is important as a case of double claims will not be entertained).
Yours faithfully,
Ignacio Jimenex
PROMOTION CO-ORDINATOR






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