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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:
  • "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 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.
  • segurosdeenteramientoseg@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: MRS: MARIA GOMEZ LOPEZ. <gomezmariagomez@yahoo.fr>
Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 23:00:17 +0200
Subject: CONTACT DON ANTONIO CARLOS RAUL FOR YOUR AWARDS!!!


Dear Winner,
REF. NO: ES/007/05/12/MAD.
BATCH. NO: GHT/2907/333/07.

The coordinator euro million lottery wish to congratulate you for winning =
our prize award attached your email based on star number ( 1-3-16-42-48 STAR =
NO. 2-3) drew the EUROMILLIONES lucky numbers 1-3-16-42-48 which consequently =
won the draw in the Second category 0 2 match 0 3.
You have therefore won and been approved the prize of =80 900. 165, 11( Nine =
Hundred Thousand One Hundred and Sixty Five Euros Eleven Cent)
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
To make claims contact the registered claim agent=92s information below:

(SEGUROS DE ENTERRAMIENTOS SA)
DON: ANTHONIO CARLOS RAUL
Direcci=F3n: MADRID (ESPANOL)
E-mail: segurosdeenteramientoseg@gmail.com
Remember, you must claim your winning not later than three weeks.
Sincerely yours,
Mrs:Maria Gomez Lopez
Lottery Coordinator.
http://www.national-lottery.com/resultseuro.asp

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