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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:

• 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.
  • +31616567857 (Netherlands, 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.
  • daznedclaim@netscape.net

Fraud email example:

From: Dayzers Nederland <dazsnedadmin_mst@lycos.nl>
Date: Mon, 02 Jan 2006 23:01:58 +0100
Subject: Congratulations !!! The Year 2005 Microsoft prize winning notification:


DAYZERS NEDERLAND:
Website: www.dayzers.nl
Paleisstraat 5, 2514 JA,
The Hague - The Netherlands.
Reference Number: MST5597427XT276PB:
Batch Number: MST51283-4793762/DZ:

Dear Sir / Madam,

CONGRATULATIONS !!!:
We happily notify you of the draw of the Email Lottery Ballot / World Gaming Board Sweepstakes program held on the 31st of December, 2005. Your email address attached to Ticket Nr. DZ516318147/NL drew Lucky Nrs. 09, 11, 39, 43, 51, 72, 80, which subsequently won you the lottery in the 1st category. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of One Millioin Euro only, in cash credited to file Reference Nr. MST5597427XT276PB. This is from a total cash prize of Fifty Million Euro only, shared amongst the fifty winners in this category.
All participants were selected randomly from the internet through computer draw system, extracted from over 1,000 unions, that are listed, online. Microsoft Corporation, to encourage some individuals with websites and email addresses promoted this lottery which takes place at this time, of every three years.
Payment authority of your prize - One Million Euro only - already paid and insured in your name with our Paying bank will be issued to effect immediate / swift transfer in the mode you will prefer and nominate, upon satisfactory report on your identity verification and validation recommendation by our Claims Department.
Due to the mixup of certain names, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential. All winnings must be claimed not later than 24th of January, 2006. After this date, all unclaimed funds will be withdrawn.
To file for your claim, please contact our Claims Department: Tel. +31 61 656 7857 ; email: daznedclaim@netscape.net Contact person: Mr. Charles Zimmerman for your identity verification, while quoting: (i). Your full name(s) and Nationality;(ii). Reference Number and (iii). Batch Number:

Congratulations once more from all our members of staff.

Your faithfully,

Rosane van Hengels
Lottery Coordinator - Sweepstakes International

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