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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:
  • "part of our security protocols" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • +31610698963 (Netherlands, prepaid mobile phone)
  • +31610698903 (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.
  • ecoworldinternn@aim.com
  • ecoworldintern@gawab.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "INTERNET EXPLORATION BV." <ecoworldinter1@aim.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 21:43:15 -0700
Subject: CONGRATULATION FOR YOUR AWARD CLAIM

INTERNET EXPLORATION BV.
66B HEMENSTRAAT NOORD,
1085KB AMSTERDAM ZUIDWEST,
AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS.
FROM: THE OFFICE OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR.
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT
S.F.C.N: ALC1679087678/2006/TH
BATCH NO. VCF:578999008777AAF,
TEL/Fax; 0031-610-698-903

Dear Winner,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Internet compensation
promotion programs held on the
26th of March, 2007 and its aimed at compensating frequent internet
explorers in all over the world.
Your e-mail address attached to Ticket Number; CA235676778 with Serial
Number AU256778899SH2006,
Batch Number VCF:578999008777AAF, Lottery Reference Number 2356677798MKÑ
and drew from
lucky numbers 6860-9908-1096-8709-56878 which consequently won in the 2ND
category, you are
therefore been approved for alump sum pay out of US$1,000,000.00 (ONE
MILLION UNITED STATES
DOLLARS) only by the Microsoft Internet Sweepstakes Company, payable in
cash credited o Security File
Numbers: ALC1679087678/2006/TH at the Netherlands Payment Authority.

CONGRATULATIONS!
Due to the mix up of some numbers and email addresses, we ask that you keep
your winning informations
confidential until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to
you in cash or into your
provided bank account. This is part of our security protocols to avoid
unwarranted abuse of this program
by some participants. Note that all winners were selected through a
computer ballot-system drawn from
over 2600,000 companies and 350,000,000 personal email addresses from all
over the world online of
which four where selected at random as winners in different category.

To obtain your claim, please contact the processing department;

MRS. LIZZY EDMOND,
FOR DR.LUKE DAVIES (DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS).
ECOWORLD WIDE INTERNATIONAL AGENCY BV.
(MICROSOFT ACCREDITED LOTTERY CLAIM AGENCY IN THE NETHERLANDS).
TEL: +31-610-698-963.
Email: (ecoworldinternn@aim.com) (ecoworldintern@gawab.com)

Remember, all winnings must be claim not later than 13th of April, 2007.
Please note that in order to avoid
unnecessary delays and complications, remember to always quote your S.C.F.N
and BATCH NUMBER in
all your correspondence with Ecoworld Wide International Bv. Furthermore,
should there be any change
of your contact address or informations about you, do inform us as soon as
possible to avoid disqualification
of winnings.

Congratulations once again from all the members of our staff and thank you
for being part of our promotion
program and publications. Finally, Any breach of confidentiality on the
part of any winners will result to
disqualification.

Yours Sincerely,
MRS.JOSS BOUMAN. (LOTTERY CO-ORDINATOR).
INTERNET EXPLORATION B.V.






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