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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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • +31622315233 (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.
  • olympiaassurance@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: alert info <alertt@drwass.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 16:21:46 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: FROM: MR. KENETH COLLINS,


FROM: MR. KENETH COLLINS,
E.U LOTTERY ONLINE.
LOTTERY AND GAMING CORPORATION,
MONTH OF OCTOBER LOTTERY,
WINNING NUMBER: FLO-09314368
OUR DEAR WINNER,
YOU WON THE SUM OF (TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND EURO) FROM
E.U LOTTERY AND GAMING CORPORATION. THE WINNING TICKET
WAS SELECTED FROM A DATA BASE OF INTERNET E-MAIL
USERS, FROM WHICH YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS CAME OUT AS THE
WINNING COUPON.
WE THEREBY CONTACT YOU TO CLAIM YOUR WINNING AMOUNT
QUICKLY AS THIS IS A MONTHLY LOTTERY. FAILURE TO CLAIM
YOUR WIN WILL RESULT INTO THE REVERSION OF THE WINNING
SUM TO OUR FOLLOWING MONTH LOTTERY. (EXPIRING DATE,
31ST OF OCTOBER, 2006). PLEASE CONTACT OUR APPROVED AGENT FOR YOUR REGION WITH YOUR WINNING NUMBER.
E.U LOTTERY ONLINE AGENCY.
MR. PIETER VAN DIJK
DIRECTOR OF WINNING CLAIMS DEPARTMENT.
TEL: +31-622-315-233
E-MAIL: Olympiaassurance@aim.com

REGARDS,
MR. KENETH COLLINS.
DIRECTOR OF E.U LOTTERY ONLINE.

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