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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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

Fraud email example:

From: denis marano <denismarano@web.de>
Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 13:01:32 +0200
Subject: Notification!!!!




Notification!!!!
LA PRIMITIVA COMPANY
24444, Madrid Spain

Dear Winner,
Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice the
Result of LA PRIMITIVA Award We is happy to
Inform you that your email address have emerged a
Winner of Five Hundred and Fifty Thousand Euros
(550,000) Euros. NOTE: to file for your claim, please contact the claim
department below on email.

Name:Mr.David Fernando
Fensa Insurance Company
Email:fesssar@gmail.com
TEL:<?XML:NAMESPACE PREFIX = SKYPE /><SKYPE:SPAN class=skype_tb_injection oncontextmenu="javascript:skype_tb_SwitchDrop(this,'0','sms=1');return skype_tb_stopEvents();" id=softomate_highlight_0 onmouseover="javascript:skype_tb_imgOnOff(this,1,'0');" title="Call this phone number in Spain with Skype: +34634002559" onclick="javascript:doRunCMD('call','0');return skype_tb_stopEvents();" onmouseout="javascript:skype_tb_imgOnOff(this,0,'0');" context="+34634002559">ES +34 [javascript:void(0);] 634002559 Llamar [javascript:void(0);] </SKYPE:SPAN>
Find below your promotion date, Reference and Batch
Numbers. Remember t o quote these n umbers in your
Correspondence with your claims agent.

REFERENCE NUMBER: SLEU/2559/9064/07
BATCH NUMBER: 09/1177654/AASEW
Kindly send the following information:

(i) Your names,

ii) Contact telephone and fax numbers

(iii) Contact Address

(iv) Your winning numbers

(v) Quote amount won.

And all winnings must be claimed not
Later than 14days
Congratulations once again from all our staff and
Thank you for being part of our promotions program.

Sincerely Yours,
MRS.Liliy Marano
Director, Award Distribution Center




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