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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:
  • "claim 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.
  • +34625193031 (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.
  • seguroinsuclaims@aim.com

Fraud email example:

From: Helen mild <winners1@web.de>
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 14:17:00 +0200
Subject: YAHOO LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL



YAHOO LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL [http://us.f376.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?DMid=1971_2371197_7888_457_1903_0_1222_4461_3554188097&amp;YY=25881&amp;y5beta=yes&amp;y5beta=yes&amp;inc=25&amp;order=down&amp;sort=date&amp;pos=0&amp;view=a&amp;head=&amp;box=Draft]Yahoo! Mail announce you as one of the lucky winners in the ongoing Yahoo Lottery Draw of the 20th August 2007.
*Yahoo! Lottery [http://lottery.yahoo.com/] is a free service that does not require you to be a Yahoo! registered user.*
REF: ESP/1005/2007BATCH: MIL 9470/026/EU/ES Dear Winner,We are pleased to inform you, the beneficiary of this email account the result of the Yahoo lottery programs released on the 25th August 2007. CONGRATULATIONS!!!Further more your details(e-mail address) falls within our Spainsh representative office in Madrid Spain, You are to send the completed verification form below to our Agent in the Madrid Spain whose email address is given above so that you will be advised on what to do to get your prize fund /money. Congratulations once more!! Due to mix up of some email addresses and winning numbers, your funds has been deposited in a transit account with the paying bank BBVA (BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA S.A.) under insurance policy bond awaiting remittance as soon as your contact is received by your representative claim agent SEGURO INSURANCE S.L., there in Madrid. Your agent will help you facilitate the release of your winning fund as you may wish to receive it being the bona fide beneficiary of the winning email. We ask that you keep your winning information confidential until your claims has been processed by your agent and your winning fund remitted to you finaly, this is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants and those you might reveal your winning information to, please be warn !!!. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over one million companies and individuals email addresses and names from all over the world, as this is a millennium scientific computer game in which email addresses were used. It is a promotional program aimed at encouraging internet users; therefore you do not need to buy ticket to enter for it. Find below your winning information to file your claim. REF: ESP/1005/2007.BATCH: MIL 9470/026/EU/ES.
WINNING Nº: 17-19-29-36-45 / (05-06) Bonus Ball.TICKET Nº: 45820. The above numbers consequently won your email in the 2nd category, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of EUR €952,000,.00. (NINE HUNDRED AND FIFTY TWO THOUSAND EUROS). To begin your lottery claim, please contact the processing agent that have been appointed for the processing and remittance of your winings using the contact informations below. DR. JAMES STEWART,SEGURO INSURANCE S.L.GRAN VIA 78, 28008 MADRID SPAIN.:seguroinsuclaims@aim.com [mailto:seguroinsuclaims@aim.com]Tel:<?XML:NAMESPACE PREFIX = SKYPE /><SKYPE:SPAN onmouseup="javascript:skype_tb_imgOnOff(this,1,'0',false,16,'');return skype_tb_stopEvents();" class=skype_tb_injection oncontextmenu="javascript:skype_tb_SwitchDrop(this,'0','sms=1');return skype_tb_stopEvents();" onmousedown="javascript:skype_tb_imgOnOff(this,2,'0',false,16,'');return skype_tb_stopEvents();" id=softomate_highlight_0 onmouseover="javascript:skype_tb_imgOnOff(this,1,'0',false,16,'');" title="Call this phone number in Spain with Skype: +34625193031" onclick="javascript:doRunCMD('call','0',null,0);return skype_tb_stopEvents();" onmouseout="javascript:skype_tb_imgOnOff(this,0,'0',false,16,'');" context="+34 625 193 031" durex="527"><SKYPE:SPAN class=skype_tb_imgA id=skype_tb_droppart_0 title="This is a Spain phone number. The country code cannot be changed." style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(C:\DOCUME~1\iftekhar\CONFIG~1\Temp\__SkypeIEToolbar_Cache\caea264d80cf3346d48a96a3762727b1\static\inactive_a.compat.stat.w16.gif)"><SKYPE:SPAN class=skype_tb_imgFlag id=skype_tb_img_f0 style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(C:\DOCUME~1\iftekhar\CONFIG~1\Temp\__SkypeIEToolbar_Cache\caea264d80cf3346d48a96a3762727b1\static\famfamfam/ES.gif)"></SKYPE:SPAN></SKYPE:SPAN><SKYPE:SPAN class=skype_tb_imgS_stat id=skype_tb_img_s0></SKYPE:SPAN><SKYPE:SPAN class=skype_tb_injectionIn id=skype_tb_text0><SKYPE:SPAN class=skype_tb_innerText id=skype_tb_innerText0>+34 687 194 065</SKYPE:SPAN></SKYPE:SPAN></SKYPE:SPAN> Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform the processing agent as soon as possible. Congratulations once again from members and staff of Yahoo lottery and thank you for being part of our promotional program. Yours Sincerely,Sr. Fernandez Alvaro Muñoz.Europe and International Coordinator, MR. WILLIAM LUTHER
The Yahoo.com [http://yahoo.com/] staff
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