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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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.
  • +31686348505 (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.
  • leonardwalter_fsm@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: CONGRATULATION LUCKY WINNER <electronik_lotto_program4nl@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 12:19:05 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: WINNING NOTICATION


FROM THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS LOTTERY MANAGER,
PROTEA WINNERS ORGANIZATION LOTTERY NETHERLAND,
PRINS HENDRIKKADE 189-B
1011 TD AMSTERDAM
P.O.BOX 26
1000 AA AMSTERDAM,
WEBPAGE www.lotto.nl
THE NETHERLAND

DEAR LUCKY WINNER

ELEKTRONIK LOTTO PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded
annual final draws of A PROTEA WINNERS ORGANIZATION LOTTERY.
The online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of
25,000,000 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies from
Africa, America,Asia,Australia,Canada,Europe, Middle East and New
Zealand as part of our electronic business Promotions lottery Program. You
qualified for the draw as a result of you visiting Various websites we are running
the e-business promotions lottery for You/Your Company, attached with
the following information :

Ticket Number 139-3201-6409
Serial Number 570-10
lucky numbers 1,8,14,20,31,46,72
Consequently won in the Second Category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of Euro1,500,000.00 (ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND EURO) in cash,which is the winning payout for Second category winners.This is from the total prize money of Euro 21,000,000.00 shared among theSeven international winners in the Second category.
CONGRATULATIONS!

Your fund is now deposited with the Maco Finance and Security Company
insured in your Email contact. Due to the mix up of some numbers and
names, we award strictly from public notice until your claim has been
processed and your money remitted to your account.This is part of our security
protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this
program.

We hope with a part of your prize, you will participate in our up
coming mid year (2007) highstakes Euro 1.3 billion International Lottery. To begin
your claim,please contact your claim agent immediately:

Maco Finance and Security Company Director,
Mr Leonard Walter,
Email:leonardwalter_fsm@hotmail.com
Telex / Fax: +31-686-348-505-02
Amsterdam-Netherlands.
Kindly contact your claims officer and provide him with the following
informations,
1. The Refrence
Number.-------------------------------------------
2. The Batch
Number.-----------------------------------------------
3. The Ticket
Number.----------------------------------------------
4. The serial
Number.------------------------------------------------
5. The lucky
Number.-----------------------------------------------
FULL NAMES:________________________MAILING
ADDRESS:__________________________________SEX:_____________________
AGE/DATE OF BIRTH________________MARITAL
STATUS:___________________
OCCUPATION:______________________TEL/FAX
UMBER:_____________________
AMOUNT
WON:__________________STATE/COUNTRY:_____________________COMPANY
NAME:________________________
If you do not contact your claims agent within 14working days of this notification, your winning prize money would berevoked.NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference and batch
numbers. Winners are advised to keep their winning details/ information from the
public to avoid fraudulent claims. (IMPORTANT) pending the transfer/claim
REFERENCE NUMBER: KFQ-XV69-013b-9
BATCH NUMBER: 57-488-BBN
Congratulations once again from all our staff and
thank you promotions program.

Sincerely,
MRS STEPHANIE NKOSI.
Lottery Co-ordinator
PROTEA WINNERS ORGANIZATION LOTTERY AMSTERDAM


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