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International Lotto Commission Letter
Received Nigerian 419 scam letter on December 6, 2006:
RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION FINAL NOTICE This is to inform you of the release of the Spanish-International. De la primitive sweep take lottery-promotion. Your name attached to ticket number 025-11-464-992-750 with Batch number 2113-05 which drew the lucky numbers of 13-15-16-21-34-36 which consequently won the lottery in the 3rd category. You are therefore approved for a lump sum payout of $915,810.00 (Nine hundred and fifteen thousand, eight hundred and ten Dollars) in cash accredited to ticket number. This is from a total cahs prize of $17,537,540.00 (Seventeen million, five hundred and thirty seven thousand, five hundred and forty Dollars) Shared among the thirty four international winners in this category. CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!! Your fund is now deposited in a security company with your prize money insured in your name. Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award from public notice until your claim has been processed and money remitted to your account as this is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unwarranted taking advantage of this program by participants as it has happened in the past. All participants were selected through a computer ballot systems/shopping ticket-foils and traveling ticket-foils drawn from 25,000 Company names and individual names from Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, America, Africa and North America as part of our annual-international promotional programs. We hope your lucky name will draw a bigger cash prize in the subsequent programs. To begin your lottery claim, please contact your claim agent, MR. HERBERT GOMEZ, foreign operations manager of SANTA LUCIA SECURITY COMPANY on Tel: 011 34 662 560 211, for registration and processing of your winning prize money to designated account of your choice. Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than four weeks from the date of this notice. After this date, this fund will be returned to the MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA Y HACIENDA as unclaimed. NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delay and complication, please remember to quote your ticket and file numbers in every correspondence with your agent. Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform your claim agent as soon as possible. Congratulations once again from all members of our staff and thank you for being part of our International promotion program. We wish you continued good fortunes. Yours Sincerely, Jose Miguel Fernandez (Director De La Lotteria) A real looking Loterias y Aquestas del Estade seal is included, too. It, as well as a fake address, AVDA. Carlos Gonzalez N 17 PLTA 28004 Madrid, Spain and the pictures of latest winners of the International Lotto Commission at bottom of the page, are a big fat lie. 419 gangs are professional liars. Gang leaders run operations that have security procedures, like using remote email addresses, stolen or cloned cell phones, bogus business names and fake identities. They recruit support staff and issue orders. However, their command of the English language is marginal, which should set off an immediate alarm. Lately, they use counterfiet checks to fool the public (see Warning Signs in Is this fraud? section). Open Tips for Avoiding Internet Fraud, from the Internet Fraud Watch to learn about all kinds of online scams. Other Resources: 1.) Fraudwatch International - Anti-Phishing Specialists > Known Lottery Scam Operatives is a web page with an alphabetized list of lottery/business names used by scam operatives. The problem is that fraudulent letters mutate at such a rate it's hard to keep the list current. As soon as the e-scam is exposed - or, doesn't net enough income - 419 gangs change the lottery name, the country it comes from and tweak the letter's format. If your scam operative isn't listed, view example letters anyway. For one may be similar in format. To do this, enter the lottery/business name into the site's search engine. Once the page appears, click on fraud info at the bottom of the screen. 2.) At Ripoff Report: By Consumers, For Consumers all kinds of complaints and fraud reports are listed in their database. Just type the suspicious business/company name into their serach engine. Since this site has an extensive database, there is a greater chance of receiving the information you need here than at the Better Business Bureau's website. 3.) Main Page - aa419 stands for Artists Against 419. According to this site, they have the "largest repository of websites used in 419 and Advance Fee Fraud on the internet." They are into busting fake banks. Look for a suspicious URL address here. 4.) Before you leave 419legal, learn more about Nigerian gangs in the Information and Education section. How Nigerian 419 Fraud Syndicates Operate is a must-read piece as well as Big, Fat Lies in the Reporting Fraud forum. Also see Love Scams in General Scam & Spam Discussions, if you want to check out that special someone you have met in a chat room or through a dating service. 5.) If you are a US citizen who is a Nigerian Advance Fee Fraud victim and has suffered a significant financial loss, open United States Secret Service: Frequently Asked Questions to learn how to report the fraud incident to the agency. Click on the How do I report a case of advance fee fraud (also known as "4-1-9 fraud")? link, which is located in the "Protecting Yourself" section. After that, visit United States Secret Service: Field Office Contact Information to find your nearest Secret Service field office, or look in a telephone directory under "US Government Information." __________________________________________________ _____________________________________ Important Note: the US Secret Service says it is not a crime to ask a stranger's assistance in a financial matter. If you have wired dollars to a stranger with a hard-luck story, the FBI probably won't be interested either. Sorry. __________________________________________________ ____________________________________ 6.) Also go to the Internet Crime Complaint Center at www.ic3.gov/ to file a fraud complaint. This is an information gathering website, a partnership between the FBI and the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C). For more information, visit Federal Bureau of Investigation - Home Page. Open the "What we Investigate" link, then click on "Internet Crime Schemes." This screen page describes 18 to-be-reported fraud schemes, such as Auction Fraud, Credit Card Fraud, Investment and Business Fraud, Nigerian Letter Scam, Re-shipping, Phishing, etc. 7.) For resources to help you through an Identity Theft nightmare, see Insider Information under the Identity Fraud link. To better secure personal information, check out Phishing Refresher in Reporting Fraud section. 8.) The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is an agency with a database that generates cases against people who use spam to spread false or misleading information about thwir products or services. They are interested in pyramid schemes, money-making chain letters, credit card scams, credit repair scams, weight-loss plans, fraudulent business opportunties, etc. Federal Trade Commission - Home has a "Consumer Complaint" link, located on the screen's upper left corner. Or, you can forward spam to spam@uce.gov. 9). If you are a cyber crime victim from another country, visit Interpol See Interpol Connection in Reporting Fraud forum for additional information. __________________________________________________ _____________________________________ Update 8/7/07: Victims defrauded by scammers orginating from South Africa need to return to 419legal's home-page, scroll down to the "Important Contact Information" link, click on it, then open SAPS Commercial Branch and SAPS Crime Intelligence for further details. Last edited by S. Tomas : 10-02-2007 at 08:42 PM. Reason: Revise 
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