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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 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.
  • infoskybank@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: infoskybank@aim.com
Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2006 09:30:24 -0400
Subject: YOUR CLAIM PROCEDURE.





Dear Eggerder,

This is to acknowledge the receipt of your e-mail,and to confirm the validity of the winning notification. Be informed that you have been approved `to receive the sum of €1,000,000.00. (One Million Euros), as one of the winners of the last Lottery promotion.

The entire staff and management of Skyb Bank BV wish to congratulate you for being one of the lucky winner of this year's category.This is an independent promotion and is unconnected with any publication since lottery tickets were NOT sold. Be informed that this lottery promotion was conducted through the Internet worldwide random selection, the participants and winners were picked randomly through a computer ballot system and you have been picked as one of the lucky winners. You are advised to treat this with all seriousness,as this is not a HOAX.

However, the winning prize sum of €1,000,000.00 is presently domiciled in the Automated Suspense Account (ASA) of the Central Bank of The Netherlands,as you may or may not be aware all Central Banks worldwide E.G-Federal Reserve Bank{USA} Bank of England{U.K}Deutsche Bundesbank{Germany}Bank of Japan,Schweizerische Nationalbank{Banque nationale Suisse} do not have direct business with corporate bodies or individuals,as it is a bankers bank.

For your payment to be effective,you will be required to first have an online account open with us,,then the Central Bank of Netherlands will now credit the winning prize into our account with them,before your online account with us can be credited thereafter,before your winning prize sum will now be wired telegraphically into your designated bank account nominated by you anywhere in the world by us.

Since we are the legally approved and official paying bank/agency for this lotto promotion,we operate under a STRICT guideline which has hithero been agreed to by all stakeholders on this issue,as past promotions were heavily abused due to administrative lapses,impersonation,insider abuse etc.The Central Bank of The Netherlands,CAN ONLY credit this winning prize sum into your account with us AFTER they have verified it's existence that it is operational,as this was an avenue for insiders abuse in time past.Thus ALL new winning prize comes with an irrevocable insurance bond,that practicaly makes deductions from the principal sum won and abuse impossible.

In our next correspondence/email to you,we shall give you more information into the various types of accounts we operate in our online banking system,for now,it suffices that you obliged us the following information to "kickstart" the payment process in your favour in earnest.

1. Full Names / Address
2. Date of Birth / Place of Birth
3. Sex / Marital Status
4. Occupation{State your former/present working or professional experince
5. All your contact telephone/Fax Number{s]

A copy of either your Drivers License,International Passport or National I.D card,to be sure you are above 18 years old as minors are automatically disqualified from Lottery promotion.

You are HEREBY requested to urgently call me on these DIRECT telephone number :-+-31-644-853-167.Fax number:-+-31-847-114-633.Obviously,the processing of this winning prize will be delayed or aborted IF you fail to call us at least three times a week,please be informed that this programmed is time based,so,you need to call us within the official hours of 8.00AM-6.00pm Netherland time

Once again,accept our warmest and most sincere congratulations on your winning,as we look forward to having a mutually beneficial busisness relationship with your goodselves.
Thank you.

For :-Skyb Bank BV
Mr. Kevin Rise.
(International Remittance Officer).
Direct Tel:0031-644-853-167
Fax number:0031-847-114-633.

-----Original Message-----
From: eggerderhamlet43@VICTIMADDRESS
To: infoskybank@aim.com
Sent: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 8:33 PM
Subject: Verify my prize money





I admit I am very surprised about your mail. Is it really true? How did you know
my email address? I really must know this.

If your letter is for real, then please affirm my winning prize money again
immediately.

If you found that my English writing in not superlative, I am remorseful but it
is not my mother language.

Mr Eggerder
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