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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "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")
  • "into your nominated bank account" (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 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.
  • infoclaimsagency@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • infoclaimsagency@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Lotto Nl" <ldlnl61@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 11:04:47 -0400
Subject: LUCKY WINNER...

LUCKY WINNER...

FROM THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR:
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
Ref No: LDL/2311786008/06
Batch No: 14/011/IPD


Dear Sir/Madam,
You Have Won €1.000.000.00

We are pleased to inform you of the result of our computer random selection
for the DE LOTTO NL International program held on 3rd January, 2007 as part
of our new year bonaza.Your email address, attached to ticket number
205-11465886-629, with serial number 3772-99 drew the lucky numbers
7-14-17-23-31-44, and consequently won the lotto in the "B" category.

The online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of
25,000.000.00 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by
an advanced automated random computer search from the Internet. (NO LOTTERY
TICKETS WERE SOLD).

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of Million United
Euros (€1,000,000.00) in cash credited to file : Ref.No LDL/2311786008/06.
This is from total prize money of €2,000,000.00 shared among two categories.

All participants email addresses were extracted/selected through a computer
balloting system drawn from 25,500,000.00 email addresses from Middle East,
Asia, Africa, Canada, Europe and North America and Oceania as part of our
International Promotions Program, which is conducted annually.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Your funds have now been deposited and insured with our affiliate security
firm for transfer into your nominated bank account either by means of wire
transfers through any of our correspondent banks or any other means suitable
to you. We also advice that you keep your winning information very
confidential as our security policy demands to avoid double
claims/impersonation and unwarranted abuse of this program by some
individuals or people you may tell.

To begin your claims, you are urgently requested to contact our claims
processing agent (Claims Representatives Agency Bv) The-Netherlands
immediately with your telephone number and fax numbers, and make sure you
quote your, REF NO: LDL/2311786008/06, your name and contact details in all
your correspondence with the claims processing agent.

Your allocated claims processing agent details are as follows.

......................................................................
Company Name: Claims Representatives Agency Bv
Officer in Charge: Mr.Jeffrey Bosch
Tel/Fax: +31-847-374-886
E-mail: infoclaimsagency@aim.com
E-mail: infoclaimsagency@gmail.com
..................................................................

You are advise to provide your allocated claims agent with the following
informations,
(1) FULL NAMES
(2) RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
(3) TELEPHONE NUMBERS
(4) FAX NUMBERS
(5) DATE OF BIRTH
(6) OCCUPATION
(7) COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
(8) MARITAL STATUS
(9) DATE OF WINNING NOTIFICATION
(10) TOTAL AMOUNT WON

Remember, all winnings must be claim within Five Weeks, After this date all
unclaimed funds will be return to the promotion company. Please note in
order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, remember to always
quote your winning details.

Furthermore, should there be any change of address or information’s about
you, do inform our claim agent and the legal representative as soon as
possible to avoid disqualification of winning.

NOTE: If you are under the age of 18, you are automatically disqualified
for this star prize.

Congratulations once again from all the members of our staff and thank you
for being part of our promotion program and please contact your claim agent
with your contact details number as soon as possible.

Yours sincerely,
Mrs.Helena Herold
(Lottery Coordinator)
DE LOTTO NL

_________________________________________________________________
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