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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "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 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.
  • +31629470774 (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.
  • fortisnld@netscape.net

Fraud email example:

From: "GLOBE - NET LOTTERY" <glbnet@europe.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 15:03:05 -0500
Subject: FROM GLOBE - NET SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY, NETHERLANDS

GLOBE - NET SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY
Danielstraat 487
1108TG Rotterdam
Netherlands

Customer Service Dept: 580 NCA 85914ND

Ref: GBNT/941OYI/04ND
Batch: 09/25/JN34


Dear Globe-Net Lottery Winner!

We happily announce to you the draw of the Globe-Net Sweepstake Lottery
International programs
held on the 7th January 2006 in Rotterdam, Netherlands (No Ticket Sold!).
Your e-mail
address attached to ticket number: B956475604545 188 with Serial number
97560 drew the
winning:01/10/11/18/19/46, which subsequently won you the lottery in the
2nd category.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of €1,500,000 (One
Million, Five Hundred Thousand Euro) in
cash credited to file number KPC/9080118308/02. This is from a total cash
prize of
€15,500,000,00 Million Euros, shared amongst the first eleven (11) lucky
winners in this
category world-wide.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our Europe
booklet representative office in Amsterdam as indicated in your play
coupon. In
view of this, your €1,500,000.00 (One Million, Five Hundred Thousand Euros)
would be
released to you by Fortis Bank, Amsterdam.

Our Lottery Fiduciary Agent will immediately commence the process to
facilitate
the release of your funds as soon as you contact him. All participants were

selected randomly from World Wide Web (www)site through computer draws
system and extracted from over 50,000,00 companies and private individual e
mail
addresses.

This promotion takes place annually and is being sponsored by Microsoft
(Bill Gate) and
Nike Sports. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning
information
confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you
in whatever
manner you deem fit to claim your prize.
This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements. Please be
warned!.

To file for your Lottery Win claim, please contact our Fiduciary Claim
Agent in immediately with the
following information

1. Your Full name
2. Contact Address
3. Tel/Fax Numbers
4. Amount Won

Our Agent details below;

Mr.Albert Heijn
Fortis Finance & Securities BV
Neiwndyjke 876, 1108ED Amsterdam
Phone: +31 629470774 ( 8.00am - 5.30pm)
+31 633737131
Fax: +31 847582233
Email: fortisnld@netscape.net

Please be informed that all winning must be claimed on or before 25th
January 2006. To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
quote your reference/batch numbers in any correspondences with our
designated
Agents. Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this
program that has
successfully won this competition.

Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Janet Stoop
Zonal co-ordinator Globe-Net Lottery

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