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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 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.
  • +447011137430 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • avangardes_consulting@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • avangardes_consulting@uymail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "elgordolots@terra.es" <elgordolots@terra.es>
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 21:06:31 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: Winning Number: 08 15 30 31 34 43 40


Spanish National Lottery
Spanish Elgordo Online
Ref: ITTL/34117HPG/GRCC
Draw No.: 2245
Category: 2B
Winning Number: 08 15 30 31 34 43 40
Batch Number: ATP/44863214257/3445328/563
Date: 20th August, 2007.

WINNING NOTIFICATION!!!

We happily announce to you the draws of the inaugural International Promotional Program (El Gordo Lottery of Spain), and held in Madrid, Spain on the 18th August 2007 in which you and five (5) others were selected as provisional winners under draw No. 2245.
Due to a mix up in some numbers and names, the results of the draw were withheld and released today. For the purpose of security you are therefore strongly advised to keep this award notification secret from public notice until your claim has been processed and your prize money paid. This is part of our security protocol to avoid duplicity of claims or misuse of this program by miscreants and hackers. Thus, your prize award winning is confidential as our winners are at liberty to remain completely anonymous until payment is effected to the beneficiary. Our staffs are sworn to secrecy, so you will be the only one to know what you have won.

All lucky winners are allotted CLAIMS AGENTS who assists them in handling the process leading to payment of their winnings to them. The CLAIMS AGENTS designated to process your payment claims are AVANGARDE CONSULTS LIMITED, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM. You are requested to kindly establish contact with your appointed claims agent immediately with the following information-

'Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 08-04-33-38-BL-AU drew the lucky numbers: 08 15 30 31 34 43 40, which subsequently won you the lottery in Category 2B. All participants were selected randomly through a computer ballot draw system and from 150,000 individuals as part of our international promotions program conducted annually to encourage prospective overseas entries. You have therefore been granted provisional approval to claim a total sum of US$685,000.00 (Six Hundred and Eighty Five Thousand Dollars only) as your winning prize'.

This is from a total prize pool of US$3,998, 742.67 Dollars. All prize winnings are paid by cash. NO PRIZES WILL BE REISSUED AFTER THE 23rd OF AUGUST, 2007.

Alternatively, you may simply quote your Draw, Reference and Winning numbers in your correspondence with our designated agent

Therefore, proceed to contact the under-listed institution by phone or email for your application to be submitted and processed for payment thus:

CONTACT/ADDRESS YOUR MAIL TO:

MR. ALVARO TORRES,
AVANGARDE CONSULTS LIMITED,
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM.
Tel: +44 701113 7430, +44 701113 7434
Fax: +44 7005968023
EMAILS: avangardes_consulting@yahoo.co.uk
avangardes_consulting@uymail.com


In line with this, your US$685,000.00 will be paid to you upon confirmation and clarification by our claims agent who will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your winnings as soon as you contact him. Also include your telephone number(s) when contacting the agent.

Congratulations once more from all members and staff of this program and thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.

Sincerely yours,

Mary-Ann McGregor (Ms.)

Results Coordinator.


N.B. Should there be any changes in address do inform our agent as soon as possible. Do not send your response to this e-mail account.

Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.

DISCLAIMER AND CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE:

The information contained in this message and any accompanying pages are considered Strictly Confidential and therefore Legally Protected. This information is intended solely for the use of the addressee. Access to this message by anyone else is expressly unauthorized. If you are not the intended and named recipient of this transmission, any disclosure, copying, distribution or action taken or omitted or action to be taken in reliance on it is prohibited, unadvised and may be unlawful. Please immediately contact the sender if you have received this message in error.

Thank you.










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