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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "claims office" (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.
  • mapfreoffice@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • mapfrecompany@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: SPANISH EURO MILLION LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL <euromillion2007@aim.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 02:06:35 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATION!!! YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS HAVE WON


SPANISH EURO MILLION LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
CALLE MOSTOLES 23C PISO 6G 28923 MADRID ESPANA.
FROM THE DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD
REFERENCE: 67/55/IBL
BATCH: EGGS-541-444-081
DATE: 14TH, AUGUST, 2007.
ATTENTION EMAIL BENEFICIARY,
AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION / FINAL NOTICE
Sir / Madam,
We are pleased to inform you of the result of winners the Euro millions =
Spanish Lottery International E-mail programs held on the 19TH JULY 2007 . =
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 712-430-11-18 with Prize Number =
(Match 3): IV 241872 and drew lucky star winning numbers (04-43), which =
consequently won in the 2ND category, you have therefore been approved for a =
lump sum pay out of 600.000.00 Euros.(Six Hundred thousand Euros).
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
The online draws was conducted by a random selection of email 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 all the continents of the world.
.No ticket were sold but all email addresses were assigned to different =
ticket numbers for representation and privacy.
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. This promotional program takes place once =
in three years.
Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your winning =
information confidential until your claims has been processed and your award =
remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double =
claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants.
To claim your winning prize, you should contact the office by email for =
Processing and remittance of your winning funds to you.Email: =
mapfreoffice@aim.com /mapfrecompany@aim.com
The Claims Officers:
DR RICHARD EDWARD
MAPFRE SECURITY COMPANY
CALLE DE FUENLABRADA 33, PISO NO6, 28935.
MADRID SPAIN
EMAIL: Email: mapfreoffice@aim.com /mapfrecompany@aim.com
TEL:00 34 6222-082-39 .
www.mapfre.es
Remember, all winning must be claimed not later than two weeks, after this =
date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake.Please note in =
order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote =
your Reference number and Batch numbers in all correspondence with the claims =
officer.
Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our agent as =
soon as possible.
Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being =
part of our promotional program.We hope with part of your winning you will =
take part in our end of year 50 millions Euro International lottery.
Sincerely yours,
MAG ALICE WILLIAMS(Mrs).
Director Online International Promotions Unit/Lottery Co-ordinator.
N.B:
1.All winners under the age of 18 are automatically disqualified.
............................................DISCLAIMER......................=
.............................................
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 it from your system; you should not copy it or =
disclose its contents to anyone. All messages sent to and from Seguros Mapfre =
S.A Espa=F1a may be monitored to ensure compliance with internal policies and =
to protect your winning from the Euro Million Spanish Lottery Award =
Promotion.
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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