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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:
  • "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
• 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.
  • +34666298013 (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.
  • donpedromartinez.es@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "EURO MILLIONES"<richarr.browns@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 02:24:10 +0200
Subject: PLEASE READ CAREFULLY

EURO MILLIONES ONLINE NOTIFICATION DESK

GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED!!

REGISTERED UNDER THE DATA PROTECTION

ACT OF; (Registration SP720633X)

MADRID-SPAIN.





Email: donpedromartinez.es@gmail.com

Ref: Nº: EF/1-15-17-25-45-2-8

Batch: Nº: 044-38



CONGRATULATIONS YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS WON!!!



Dear Winner,



The Euro milliones International has setup an email random lotto promotional programme to celebrate and acknowledge their 50th years of existence and to encourage the use of internet world wide for academic and business pursuits.



To grace this successful existence of Euro-milliones lottery. They have decided to give out prize randomly, which was conducted at the international corporate office complex in Spain on 14th June 2009. Also there was a promotional programme held here in Spain on the 28th of April 2009 where different participants from all over the world purchased a ticket to enter for it,



But due to our COMPUTER TICKET ERROR, nobody won the lucky prize, so therefore the euro-milliones españa int'l realized so much funds from this jackpot and the only way we can use to compensate those who had participated is via email, which we are actually using this medium as a new method to give away lucky prize to just 300 lucky email addresses.

The late release was due to difficulties in sorting out email addresses. NO TICKETS WERE SOLD OUT, and your lucky email address with Batch No: 044-38 was randomly selected, as a Star Cash prize of (US $ 342,185.00) Three hundred and forty-two thousand one hundred and eighty five US DOLLARS.



(A) CHEQUE (B) CASH PICK-UP (C) BANK TRANSFERS.



To start your prize award claiming, Contact your Government Approved Agent,



Don Pedro M. Martinez

Director of Mapfre Insurance Plc

Plaza Mapfre Ozu-es 1-7

50012, Zaragoza Spain.

Tel/Fax: +34 917 919 111

Mobile: +34 666 298 013

Email: donpedromartinez.es@gmail.com



When contacting your agent, quote your Ref Nº: EF/1-15-17-25-45-2-8 and Batch Nº: 044-38



YOUR FULL NAME……………………



YOUR RESIDING COUNTRY…………..



YOUR MOBILE NUMBER………………….



Please forward this mail back to your agent also, when contacting him for your claiming.



Congratulations once again from our staffs, Hope this will go along way to change your life.



Best regards,

Rosa Ortega R. Pablo

General Co-ordinator.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam