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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• 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.
  • +31643178404 (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.
  • charteredbv@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "LOTTO.NL" <infol2005j@netscape.net>
Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2006 20:18:02 -0800
Subject: LOTTO.NL

LOT<I>TO</I>.NL,
2391 Beds 152 Koningin Julianaplein 21,
Den Haag, the Netherlands.
(L<FONT face=Arial>o</FONT>tto affiliate with Subscriber Agents).
From: Susan Console
(Lottery Coordinator)
Website: www.lotto.nl
Sir/Madam,

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

We <SPAN>are</SPAN> pleased to inform you of the res<B>ul</B>t of the Lotto NL Winners International programs held on the 20th, Feb, 2006. Your e-mail address at<S>t</S>ached to ticket #: 00903228100 w<FONT face="MS Sans Serif">i</FONT>th
prize # 778009/UK drew €1,000,000.00 which was first in the 2ndclass of the draws. You are to receive €1<STRONG>,00</STRONG>0,000.00 (One Million Euros). Because of mix up in cash pay-outs, we ask
that you keep yo<SPAN>ur winni</SPAN>ng information co<S>n</S>fidential until your money (€1,000,000.00) has been fully remitted to you by our accredited pay-poi<EM>nt</EM> bank. This measure must be adhere to avoid
loss of your cash prize - winners of our cash prizes are <FONT color=#e8b3d7>ad</FONT>vised to adhere to these instructions to forestall the abuse of this program by other <I>p</I>articipants. It's important to note that this draws
were conducted<S> </S>formally, and winner<STRIKE>s</STRIKE> are selected through an internet ballot system from 60,000 individual and companies e-m<SPAN>ail addresses - the draws are </SPAN>conducted around the world
through our inte<I>r</I>net based ballot system. The promotion is sponsored and promoted Lotto NL. We congratu<STRIKE>l</STRIKE>ate you once again. We hope you will use part of it in our next draws; the jackpot <FONT face=Arial>
</FONT>winning is €85million. Remember, all winning must be claimed not later than 20 days<SPAN>. After thi</SPAN>s date all unclaimed cash prize will be forfeited and included in the next sweepstake.<SPAN> Ple</SPAN>ase, in
order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications remembe<SPAN>r to quo</SPAN>te personal and winning numbers in all correspondence with us. Co<SPAN>ngratu</SPAN>lations once again from all members of Lotto NL.
Thank y<SPAN>ou for being part of our pr</SPAN>omotional program.

For immediate release of your cash prize to yo<EM>u,</EM>
please kindly contact our Paying<FONT color=#a18d31> B</FONT>ank
Send them the following information’s:
(i) Your names,
(ii) Contac<SPAN>t telephone and fax numbers
(iii) Contac</SPAN>t Address
(iv) Your winning numbers
(v) Quo<S>t</S>e amount won.
Contact person: Mr. John kane
E<FONT color=#646180>-m</FONT>ail: charteredbv@netscape.net
Tel: +31 643 178 404

Congratulations on<FONT face=Courier>ce</FONT> again.
Yours in service,
Susan Console
www.lotto.nl

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