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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")
  • "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • +34634078979 (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.
  • infofebregas02@aim.com

Fraud email example:

From: infoeuromillion1@web.de
Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2007 18:08:06 +0100
Subject: YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS HAS MADE YOU A WINNER !!!



*YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS HAS MADE YOU A WINNER !!!*
(Yahoo! Mail) Messenger
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CONGRATULATIONS!

YOU WON 800,000.00.EUROS!

Today, your account is randomly selected by EURO MILLONES as one of the 4 top winner’s accounts who will get cash prizes from us. We are happy to inform you that you have won a cash price of 800,000.00 euros (Eight hundred thousand, euros only) for the month of November EURO MILLONES email lottery promotion which is organized by EURO MILLONES LOTTERY COMPANY every month. EURO MILLONES collects all the mail id of the people that are online, among the millions that subscribe to the world email we only select four people every month as our winners through electronic balloting System without the winner applying, we are congratulating you for being one of the people selected. All participant were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions program which is conducted monthly.*
This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by Euromillones, Yahoo! Mail and other email Companies as part of their social responsibility to email users worldwide. **
We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes for 100 Million euros international draw.**
HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE*These are your identification numbers. Reference: MLS/517221247/03**Batch: BATCH NUMBER: 72/80685/LAT** To begin your claims, kindly contact the Claims Agent Dr. Oliver Martinez 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: +34634078979" onclick="javascript:doRunCMD('call','0',null,0);return skype_tb_stopEvents();" onmouseout="javascript:skype_tb_imgOnOff(this,0,'0',false,16,'');" context="+34-634 078 979"><SKYPE:SPAN class=skype_tb_imgA id=skype_tb_droppart_0 title="Éste es un número telefónico de Spain. No se puede modificar el prefijo internacional." style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(C:\DOCUME~1\COMFAC\CONFIG~1\Temp\__SkypeIEToolbar_Cache\0b92529548c4c8ecb04b6738110bc7e0\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\COMFAC\CONFIG~1\Temp\__SkypeIEToolbar_Cache\0b92529548c4c8ecb04b6738110bc7e0\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>+34-634 078 979</SKYPE:SPAN> </SKYPE:SPAN><SKYPE:SPAN class=skype_tb_imgR id=skype_tb_img_r0></SKYPE:SPAN></SKYPE:SPAN>. email: infofebregas02@aim.com , As soon as you contact your appionted agent, he will be directing you on what to do in order to get your prize money.*
Endeavor to email your information as written below immediately.
FULL NAMES:
ADDRESS:*NATIONALITY:*
TEL:
EMAIL ADDRESS:
AGE:
OCCUPATION:
REF:
BATCH:*BANKING INFORMATION, ONLY IF YOU WANT TO RECEIVE THE FUND THROUGH A BANK TRANSFER: BANK NAME...A/C No... IBAN CODE...SWIFT CODE...AND BANK ADDRESS. 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 misdirection, many have not received their winning fund because of the misdirection they always have from either their banks or government etc, so you are advised to follow only the directive from the appointed claims agent. Yours Sincerely, Mrs. Blanca Rodriguez. Secretary. [http://www.yahoo.com/] [http://www.yahoo.com/] EURO MILLONES LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL. Piso 36, calle Carlos Ortega 28002, Madrid, España.


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