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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:

• The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "international court of justice"
• 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!
• Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.
• 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.
  • +31647416459 (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.
  • @gawab.com

Fraud email example:

From: "lottonlclaimdepartment&verificationunit" <lottonlclaims@gawab.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 07:43:41 GMT
Subject: CLAIMS NON-RESIDENT ADMINISTRATIVE FEE.

LOTTO.NL

Laan van Hoornwijck 55 2289 DG Rijswijk, The Netherlands

Inslagenlijn: 0909-0202 Uitslagenlijn: 0900-9525

TEl:   0031-647-416-459.
Fax: 0031-847-300-761.

www.lotto.nl

 

ATTENTION: Mr. Ernaldo Caballas .

           

RE: VERIFIED AND APPROVED LOTTERY FILE N0: 428/77/UML, NON-RESIDENCE OF THE NETHERLANDS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE  FEE: 

This is to inform you that a notarization instruction has been passed on non-resident file N0: 428/77/UML With you  Mr. Ernaldo Caballas as the sole beneficiary to the award prize of Euro750,000.00. A non resident file has been opened on your behalf upon the reciept of the completed prize application form, this form will be submitted to our legal department for notarization in the international court of Justice (I.C.J.).
 
Meanwhile, the reason for taken your non-resident file to the international court of Justice (I.C.J.) is to obtain the necessary approval documents that will facilitate the release of your award prize by our paying bank. The vaulting approval documents will be issued by the international court of Justice (I.C.J.) stating and clarifying that your prize money is not from the proceeds of the sales of drug, money laundry, or terrorist funds. A veto power will also be given by the court to issue to you the following.
 
 1. Your winning certificate
 2. Letter of payment from the lottery board.
 
Be informed however, that the administrative cost for the notarization/legalization of your award prize in international court of Justice must be paid. (Euro450).
 
(Art.11) :Deduction from winning prize is prohibited (not allowed), due to the Hard Insurance Policy with the AXA INSURANCE COMPANY, of which your winning prize must reflect the exact amount of the 2nd Category Winning Prize of (Euro1,000,000.00.) on your nominated mode of payment.

  
Beneficiary (you) are required to make the non-resident notarization payment of Euro450 (Four Hundred and Fifty Euro Only) or it's equivalent in your local currency. This payment is to cover the administrative cost for the Notarization/legalization of your winning prize. On this note, you are to make the payment through our recieving aacount officer by Western Union Money Transfer or Money Gram GWK Travlex nearest to you

 

RECIEVING ACCOUNT OFFICER

NAME: PHILLIP COSTA

ADDRESS: LAAN VAN HOORNWIJCK 55 2289 DG
RIJSWIJK, THE NETHERLANDS.
 
You are advise to send the Western Union mtcn number/transfer reciept immediately after you make the payment, upon the confirmation of this payment, all necessary legal steps will taken by our legal department for the notarization of your lottery prize in court, and thereafter, your approved file N0: UML/010/C2 will be submitted to the Netherlands gaming board for clearance and for the paying bank to effect the swift transfer of your prize funds of Euro750,000.00 to you 
 
It takes 48 working hours for our paying bank to commence final transfer/issueing of your award prize by cheque. If you have question(s) regarding this payment, do not hesitate to call our office for further explanation. Tel 0031-647 416 459, fax 0031 847 372 286, 0031 847 300 761.

Yours faithfully,
Ms.Adline HAACK.
Secretary (Prize Transfer Dept.) 

staatsloterij.nl

 

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