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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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 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.
  • ayobami@europe.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Rev Fr Anderson <ayobami@europe.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:46:12 +0100
Subject: CHRISMAS LOTTERY BONANZA


SPANISH LOTTERY.
CALLE ENRIQUE FUENTES 22
POSTAL CODE 28026,MADRID.
Phone +34660113197
REF: N B M /2551256003/22
BATCH : 14/0017/IPD

DEAR WINNER,


ON BEHALF OF THE SPANISH LOTTERY AND FROM THE DESK OF THE
CLAIMS DEPARTMENT,WE GLADLY NOTIFY YOU OF YOUR LUCKY
WINNER OF A TOTAL OF =A3 1,600,000 EUROS ONLY IN
THE ON-GOING DRAWS,CHRISTMAS BONANZA FREE COMPUTER
E-MAIL SELECTION LOTTERY HELD ON THE 21ST NOVEMBER
2007.



YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS CAME OUT IN THE 3RD CATEGORY OF OUR
COMPUTER BALLOTING SYSTEM DRAWN FROM 15 MILLION NAMES
FROM AUSTRALIA,NEW ZEALAND, AMERICA, EUROPE, NORTH
AMERICA AND AFRICA AS PART OF INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS


PROGRAM, WHICH IS CONDUCTED ANNUALLY.

YOUR EMAIL WAS ATTACHED TO TICKET NUMBER:
025-1146-1992-750,WITH SERIAL NUMBER: 2113-22 AND
LUCKY NUMBERS: 9, 13, 15, 31, 48, LUCKY STARS: 3,6




TO PROCESS YOUR PRIZE CLAIM,CONTACT THE AGENT AT THE
ADDRESS BELOW:

REV FR PAUL ANDERSON
( EUROPE FIDUCIARY AGENT.)
EMAIL: ayobami@europe.com
Phone +34660113197



ONCE AGAIN,ON BEHALF OF SPANISH LOTTERY TEAM, WE SAY


CONGRATULATIONS. YOURS SINCERELY,


DR. WILLIAMS JONES.
HEAD,ONLINE CONTACT TEAM.
SPANISH LOTTERY.
PHONE +34660113197

WARNING:


1. YOU ARE HIGHLY ADVISED TO KEEP YOUR PRIZE WINNING
HIGHLY SECRET, CONFIDENTIAL AND FROM
PUBLIC NOTICE,UNTIL YOU HAVE COMPLETELY TRANSFERED
YOUR PRIZE, TO AVOID ANY LOSS, TO UNSCRUPULOUS
INDIVIDUALS,AS WE DID NOT EVEN PUBLISH YOUR NAME/EMAIL
ON THE WEBSITE, TO PROTECT YOU AND YOUR PRIZE MONEY.

2. YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED, IF UNDER THE
AGE OF 18.


3. YOUR PRIZE MONEY WILL BE FOR CONFISCATED TO
GOVERNMENT IF YOU REFUSE TO CLAIM IT,TRY TO CLAIM
YOUR PRIZE,ON OR BEFORE THE 20 DECEMBER ,2007 SO
CONTACT YOUR FIDUCIARY AGENT IMMEDIATELY.

YOU ARE ALSO ADVISED TO PROVIDE HIM WITH THE UNDER
LISTED INFORMATION'S AS SOON AS POSSIBLE:


1.NAME IN FULL.--- ------------------

2.ADDRESS.------- -------------------
3.NATIONALITY.------------------
4.AGE.-----------------------------
5.OCCUPATION.---------**MONTHLY SALARY-------
6.TELEPHONE NUMBER.-------
7.PRESENT COUNTRY.-----------
8 SHORT COMMENT ON OUR PRODUCTS.
[OPTIONAL].-------------------------
9.FAX [OPTIONAL].-------------------------------
10.EMAIL ADDRESS. -----------------
11. PASSPORT OR ID SCAN COPY---------------------
12: SEX--------------------------
13:MARITAL STATUS -------------------

Anti-fraud resources:

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