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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:
  • "from: the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "fiduciary 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.
  • +31616941453 (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.
  • divinetrustsecurity@oued.info (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "accu-online007@terra.es" <accu-online007@terra.es>
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 09:57:47 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: YOUR HAVE WON 450,000.00EUROS




FROM: THE DESK OF THE ONLINE LOTTERY COORDINATOR
EURO-AFRO-ASIAN SWEEPSTAKE THE NETHERLANDS
ACCULOTTO ONLINE LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL (2007)
Lange Gouwe 8, Post Code: 2801 LG Amsterdam, the Netherlands,
www.acculotto.com


REFERENCE NUMBER:NGSLUK/4356/78616/07
BATCH NUMBER: 29/071/ND
RESULTS FOR CATEGORY "A" DRAWS

Dear Winner,

We are happy to inform you that you have emerged a winner under the First Category,
Which is part of our promotional draws held on 7th June, 2007? Participants were
selected randomly through a computer ballot system drawn from over 60,000 companies and 30,000,000 individual email addresses from all search engines and web sites.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of 450,000.00euros (Four Hundred and Fifty Thousand Euros) which is the winning payout for Category A winners.
This promotional program takes place every year, and is promoted and sponsored by
eminent personalities like the Sultan of Brunei, bill gates of Microsoft Inc
and other corporate organizations.

This is to encourage the use of the internet and computers worldwide. For security purpose and clarity, we advise that you keep your winning information confidential until your claims have been processed and your money remitted to you.This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claims and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants. We look forward to your active
participation in our next year US D50 million slot.

You are advised to contact your claims agent immediately for due processing and
remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice:
To file for your claim, please contact the fiduciary agent.


Contact Person: Mr.Wilfred Brown
Claims Processing Manager
Tel: +31-616-941-453
Fax: +31-626-413-178
Email: divinetrustsecurity@oued.info

For easy reference and identification, Remember to quote these numbers in every one of your correspondence with your claims agent.
REFERENCE NUMBER: NGSLUK/4356/78616/07
BATCH NUMBER:29/071/ND

Sincerely Yours.

PHD.DR.ANDREW DOWDELL
THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR





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