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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:
  • "accredited attorney" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• 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.
  • hans_wolf60@web.de

Fraud email example:

From: "Deutsche Lottery" <deutschelottery@msn.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 12:00:10 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION!!!!!!!!!!CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!

FROM: THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED LOTTERY PROMOTERS.
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
DEUTSCHE LOTTERY GmbH, GERMANY.
SCHÖNBERGER STRASSE 220-224
04109 LEIPZIG
TEL:+49-0391-6206490
FAX:+49-01805/662244-01805/662222

COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON DEAR WINNER,

RESULTS FOR CATEGORY "B" DRAWS
Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, the results of the
Category "B" draws of DEUTSCHE LOTTERY GmbH, Germany.

We are happy to inform you that you have emerged a winner under
the Third Category, which is part of our promotional draws.The draws
were held on the 14th of January 2006 and results were officially
announced after the draws. Participants were selected through a
computer ballot system drawn from 4,000,000 names/email addresses
of individuals and companies from Africa, America, Asia, Australia,
Canada, Europe, East Europe, Middle East and New Zealand as part
of our International Promotions Program.

You/Your company, attached to ticket number 2841/6109-22, with the
serial number 44-56 drew the lucky numbers 10, 14, 42, 27, 31, 39, (4)
and consequently won in the Category "B".

You have therefore been awarded a lump sum pay out of 585,000.00
( Five Hundred and Eighty-five Thousand Euros)in cash, which is the
winning payout for Category "B" winners. This is from the total prize
money of 26,000,000.00 Euros shared among the 14 international winners
in this category.


CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!


In your best interest and also to avoid mixing up of numbers and names
of any kind, we request that you keep the entire details of your award
strictly from public notice until the process of transfering your claims has
been completed, and your funds remitted to your account.This is part of
our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by
participants/nonparticipants of this program.


We also wish to bring to your notice our mid year (2006) high stakes
where you stand a chance of winning up to Fifty four Million Euros
(54,000,000.00),we hope that with a part of your prize, you will
participate.

Please contact your DUETSCHE LOTTERY ACCREDITED ATTORNEY immediately, to
begin your claims process;

Herr. Hans Wolfberg
PETERS, WOLF & PARTNER
SCHACKSTRASSE 22, 80539 MÜNCHEN, GERMANY
HOT LINE TEL: +491774068320
FAX: 01212-5-006-71-696
E-mail: hans_wolf60@web.de

The above is an accredited attorney under Westlottery GmbH
and he will be liable for due processing and remittance of your
prize money to a designated account of your choice.

You are advised to contact Herr Hans Wolfberg not later than 2weeks
after receiving this mail. Failure to do so,will result in your funds being
returned into our treasury as unclaimed lottery funds.

NOTE: For easy reference and identification, find below your reference
batch and ticket numbers. Note that you are to forward this mail to the
Law/Finance firm in your first correspondence with them, whether by
email or fax.


REFERENCE NUMBER: ILD/0691/621-06/04
BATCH NUMBER: 42901-DE
TICKET NUMBER: 2841/6109-22

Congratulations once again from all our staffs and we thank you for
being part of our International promotions program.


Sincerely,

THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
DEUTSCHE LOTTERY GmbH, GERMANY.


N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to
disqualification. Please do not reply to this mail. Contact your accredited
attorney immediately.

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