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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "into your nominated bank account" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • +31633785385 (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.
  • quadcruise@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • paulvanfrant101@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "QUADCRUISE LOTTERY." <quadcruiseijeohotyrne@netscape.net>
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 22:06:27 -0300
Subject: CONGRATULATE YOU.

QUAD CRUISE AWARD
We wish to congratulate you and formally inform you that, you have won the
sum of $1,500,000.00 (One Million, Five Hundred Thousand, United States
Dollars) in the last email-lottery draw, organized by QUADCRUISE LOTTERY.

We have confirmed the above winning.

You should note that your email address in addition to millions of company
and individual email were extracted with a software and the addresses were
scrutinized with a ballot system and after the processes,30 email addresses
were selected and they were shared into 3 categories respectively and which
you are a winner in the 2nd category of $1.5m.

Your e-mail address, attached to Reference number QC 3502 /8707-01, with
Batch number 472-9768-98 drew the lucky ball numbers 8-66-97-22-65-99 and
consequently won in the First Category. You have therefore been awarded a
lump sum pay out of $1,500,000,00 (One Million Five Hundred Dollars),
which is the winning payout for Category A winners.


The payment has been approved and a reconfirmation letter has just been
sent to our head office in the Amsterdam, Netherlands, to enable them effect
payment from our paying bank.

The said sum is now deposited in our suspense account in your favor waiting
for the immediate remittance into your nominated bank account.

Be informed that your winning prize has a hardcover insurance policy that
makes it impossible to make any deduction of any kind, until the sum is
finally credited into your designated account.

However, our client (QUADCRUISE LOTTERY) has been notified of this
development and the status of your claim.

Remember to quote these numbers in your correspondence with your claims
agent

BATCH NUMBER: ¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­

LUCKY BALL NUMBER: ¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­.

REFERENCE NUMBER:¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­.

FULL NAME: ¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­

COMPANY NAME: ¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­.

FULL ADDRESS: ¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­

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You will activate an account with our accredited payment center in the
Amsterdam, Netherlands, which varies because of the initial deposit of the
different accounts and their features as they are stated below:

a. Regular Account, the initial deposit is €1,500. The Maximum transfer
possible within a month is $1,500,000.00.

b. Daily Account, the initial deposit is €2,000. The Maximum transfer
possible within a month is $2,500,000.

c. Premium Account, the initial deposit is €2,500.The transfer possible
within a month from this account is $15,000,000.00 (Fifteen Million USD).

d. Platinum Account, the initial deposit is €3,500, the maximum transfer
possible from this account within a month is $20,000,000.00 (Twenty Million
USD) and above.

You will make a choice on the kind of account you can go for as it is
important because you are a non-residence of this country and secondly
because the prize money is in a suspense account and you cannot deduct nor
make any transfers from a suspense account unless you have an existing
account with the firm where the money is.

Following the above, you are expected to furnish us with all your necessary
details as requested of you above along with a copy of your international
passport or driver's license via email attachment for vetting process which
is a standard practice just to ensure that we are dealing with the right
individual and account.

This process is vital and urgent following the instruction from our clients
that all claims are nullified after 15 working days from today and your
prize money will be returned back to its original source which means you
have lost your winning prize.

To claim your funds, please contact your claim officer.

Contact
person: Mr.Paul Vanfrant.
(International Remittance
Department).
E-mail: quadcruise@netscape.net
paulvanfrant101@yahoo.co.uk
Phone:+31 63 378 5385
Fax:+31-84-710-9009


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

Congratulations once again.

Yours
Sincerely,
Mrs.Walter Jones.
(Lotto nl Coordinator).



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