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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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:
  • "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.
  • +31649304015 (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.
  • giroverificatie@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • giroverificatie@mail.md (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?UTF-8?Q?BANKGIRO_=C2=A0INTERNATIONAL_PROMOTION?= <vrouw@vrouw.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2006 18:34:12 +0100 (CET)
Subject: YOUR MAIL HAVE WON:CONTACT THE AGENT


YOUR MAIL HAVE WON:CONTACT THE AGENT
BANK GIRO LOTERIJ. INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAM.
VAN EEWGHENSTRAAT 71 1071 GK, AMSTERDAM, THE - NETHERLANDS.
FROM: THE PROMOTION DIRECTOR
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS DEPT.
REF: 428/70/NUL
BATCH: 24/5766/HGM.

FROM THE PROMOTIONAL MANAGER
BANK GIRO LOTERIJ WINNING NOTIFICATION

Dear Winner,

We are pleased to inform you that you are one of the selected winners of the BankGiro.nl promotion held on Saturday 4th of November 2006. Your email address attached to ticket number Ticket number 906747820743, with serial number 2197/03 drew the lucky numbers 52-6-39-15-36-1; the lottery was categorized into four zonal (Africa, America, Europe and Asia) stages.

Consequently you have won the promotion in the 1st category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of 1,000,000.00 (One Million Euros) Credited to file REF NO: 428/70/NUL, Batch No. 24/5766/HGM.
All participants in this Program have been selected randomly through a computer Ballot System drawn from over 200, 000, 00 Companies and 30, 000, 00 individual emails address from all search engines and web sites. This promotional program will take place every year until the games begin in Beijing China in 2008. However, winners are only eligible for claims once.

Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to your account. Presently your winning prize fund has been deposited to the paying bank for safe keep.

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program. ELIGIBILITY: This promotion is offered only electronically via the Internet and is open to all persons from age 18 years and above with a valid email address and who live in any of the aforementioned countries.

Please contact the clearing house (through your claims agent only) the body assigned with the verification of all emergent winner. Therefore all protocols laid down by them must be followed so as to facilitate your claims.

CLAIMS PROCESSING OFFICER.
Mr. CEE JAN WILLIAM
TEL: 0031-649-304-015
FAX: 0031-206-006-898
EMAIL TO: giroverificatie@aim.com
giroverificatie@mail.md

The above claim agent will assist you in the processing and remittance of your prize funds to you, not later than two weeks after this date if you do not contact and process your winning prize, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.

Please note that you will be required to pay for the issuance of your legal back up legalization/notarization document in court.
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to Quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of your correspondences with your agent.

Congratulations once again from all members of staffs and thank you for being part of our

Promotions program.
Yours Sincerely,
Mevrouw Anges Zwerus.

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