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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:
  • "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.
  • +34675363794 (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.
  • infomapseguros@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: hellena lobo <esp_program34@web.de>
Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2007 22:10:07 +0100
Subject: PRIMA NOTICES




PRIMA NOTICES
Bono Lottery Promotion
Center House (B.L.P).
C/ Curz 29, 25364=20
Barcelona Spain
Bono Promotion Award 2007

We wish to congratulate you over your email success in BONO Promotion=20
Program held 5th of OCT. 2007. This is a millennium scientific computer=20
game in which email addresses were used. It is a promotional program aimed=
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at encouraging internet users, and it is held once in a year in Barcelona =
Spain. Therefore you=20
do not need to buy ticket to enter for it. You have been approve for the s=
tar=20
prize of 580.000.00 Euro.(FIVE Hundred and Eighty Thousand Euros)=20
CONGRATULA TIO NS!! To claim your winning prize you are to contact by call=
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and send email to the appointed agent as soon as possible for the immediat=
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release of your winnings:
OFFICE LOTERIA TRUST AGENCY S.L
Mr.DAVID FRENANDOZ
Emails: infomapseguros@aim.com [mailto:infomapseguros@aim.com]
Tel:+34 675-363-794
Find below your promotion date, Reference and Batch numbers. Remember=20
to quote these numbers in your correspondence with your claims agent,
REFERENCE NUMBER: S.LP/3220/5510/21
BATCH NUMBER: 77/644/DGS/11SP
Lucky Number: 2-6-8-11-17/001
CLAIMS REQURIEMENTS:
1.Name in full.....................
2.Address..........................
3.Nationality......................
4.Age..............................
5.Sex..............................
6.Occupation.......................
7Phone.............................
8F ax...............................
9.Present Country..................
10.Amount Won............ .........
NOTE: All winnings must be claimed not later than 18 Days,Any body under=20
the age of 18 is automatically disqualified Congratulations once again=20
from all our staff and thank you for be ing part of our promotions program=
.
Sincerely Yours,
Mrs.Hellena Rollan
THE PROMOTION COORDINATOR.

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