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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:
  • "fiduciary 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.
  • +34697613006 (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.
  • eurocreunion@aim.com

Fraud email example:

From: 2007 <cordinator_moore27@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 16:50:29 +0200
Subject: Winning Notification



YAHOO INTERNET AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION
(Yahoo! Mail) Messenger
YAHOO INTERNET LOTTERY(arabtrans@arabtrans.com src="http://www.arabtrans.com/email.gif) [http://mail.yahoo.com/config/login?/ym/Compose?To=arabtrans@arabtrans.com]
CONGRATULATIONS!
YOU WON $546,924.56!
Yahoo! Mail gives members random cash prizes. Today, your account is randomly selected as the one of 12 top winner’s accounts who will get cash prizes from us. We are pleased to inform you that your E-mail ID has won prize money of (FIVE HUNDRED AND FOURTY SIX THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FOUR ,FIFTY SIX CENT US Dollars) ($546,924.56) for the month of OctoberYahoo Lottery Winners Promotion which is organized by yahoo.messenger.com [http://yahoo.messenger.com/] YAHOO! Collects all the E-mail ID of the people that are online on yahoo, among the millions that subscribe to yahoo messenger. Twelve Winners are selected every month through electronic balloting System without the winner application. We are congratulating you for been one of the lucky selected Winners. All participants were selected through a computer electronic balloting system drawn from Nine Hundred Thousand E-mail addresses from Canada, Australia, America, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually. This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have operational bases. Further, more your details(E-mail ID) falls within our Spanish representative office in Spain, as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of $546,924.56 USD will be released to you from this regional branch office in Spain. And also be informed that 5% of your lottery winning belongs to (general de seguros company) because they are your agent this five percent will be remitted after you have received your winnings because the money is insured with your ref and batch alrady. We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes for US$1.3 Billion International Draw. HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZEThese are your identification numbers... Batch number.....................CA/8800758/04REF....................................REF /88224649/ 104Lotto number...................LWH09447 To begin your claims, kindly contact the Fiduciary Agent Mr.Toni Silver of General De Seguros S.A SPAINEMAIL: generalseguros2@ozu.es [mailto:generalseguros2@ozu.es]
[mailto:oversea@ozu.es] [http://us.f518.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=eurocreunion@aim.com]TEL: +34 697 613 006 FAX: +34 630 600 173 You are required to forward him with the following details: 1. FULL NAME2. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN3. PRESENT ADDRESS4. SEX5. DATE OF BIRTH6. AGE 7. OCCUPATION8. TELEPHONE NUMBER9. FAX NUMBER (IF ANY)10. MARITAL STATUS11. WINNING NUMBER, BATCH NUMBER AND LOTTO NUMBER12. THE MONTH YOU WON...13. AMOUNT WON...14. EMAIL.. As soon as you contact the Agent, he will advise you on what to do in order to get your prize money. Congratulations once more!! For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information confidential from the public notice until your claim is processed and your prize released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this programme by non-participant or unofficial personnel. Yours Sincerely,Dr. MOORE (PHD)LOTTO CO-ORDINATOR.**The Yahoo.com [http://yahoo.com/] staff*
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