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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:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims 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.
  • +31647494026 (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.
  • staatslotto77nl@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "FROM MRS. KAREN VAART." <sanmantha0@excite.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 09:49:39 -0400
Subject: FROM MRS. KAREN VAART.

YOUR FINA AWARD
THIRD CATEGORY RESULTS!!!
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS
PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
STAATS LOTERIJ INTERNATIONAL.

Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, the results of the third
Category draws of THE
MICRO/LOTTO PROMO INT. 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 are
being officially
announced this day the 10th of August, 2006. Participants were selected
through a computer ballot
system drawn from 1,000,000 email addresses of individuals and companies
from Africa, America,
Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East, and Oceania as part of our
International Promotions Program.

Your e-mail address attached to serial number: 2752246896 with BATCH
NUMBER: NL-030PB44-11.
Which subsequently won you the lotto in the 3rd category? You have
therefore been approved to claim
a total sum of ONE MILLION, UNITED STATE DOLLARS (US$1, 00,000.00) in cash
credited
to REFERENCE

NUMBER:PBL/247751407/BV made available from a total cash prize of 13
Million United State Dollars,
shared amongst the first Ten (10) lucky winners in this category. This
year Lottery Program Jackpot is
the largest ever for staats loterij lotto .

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our booklet
representative office in Europe as
indicated in our play coupon. ONE MILLION, UNITED STATE DOLLARS ($1.M USD)
would be
released to you by our affiliate bank in The-Netherlands.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Your fund is now deposited with the paying Bank. In your best interest to
avoid mix 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 transferring your claims has been completed,
and your funds remitted to
your account.

NOTE: All winnings must be notarized and a certificate of award must be
obtained from the
Netherlands Gaming Control Board to complete the claims process, this
certificate can only be
obtained through legal representation so winners will be referred to our
Regional Director to assist
in this process. Winners are to cover the legal charges for the
notarization of the claim forms and
the acquisition of the certificate of award not STAATS LOTERIJ
INTERNATIONAL LOTTO .

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or
unscrupulous acts by participants/no
participants of this program. Please contact your claims agent immediately
for due processing and
remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice: You
are advised to contact
your claim agent by email or telephone number below. Failure to do so may
warrant disqualification.
NOTE: For easy reference and identification, find below your Reference and
Batch numbers.
Remember to quote these numbers in your correspondence with your claims
agent.

REFERENCE NUMBER: PBL/247751407/BV
BATCH NUMBER: NL-030PB44-11.

To file for your claim, please contact the fiduciary agent.
***********************************************
MR.JOHN MONA.
VONOS TRUST LTD.
E-mail: staatslotto77nl@aim.com
Phone: +31-647-494-026
***********************************************
Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part
of our promotions program.

Sincerely Yours,
MRS. KAREN VAART.
THE PROMOTION COORDINATOR,

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