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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:

• 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.
  • +31625286337 (Netherlands, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: mike david <infoeasydraw@yahoo.de>
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 13:51:48 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: THE LEGAL ATTORNEY NEEDS TO ENDORSE YOUR CLAIM FILE.


DEAR WINNER,
YOU ARE REQUIRED TO FILL OUT THE ATTACHED CLAIM VERIFICATION FORM AND SEND BACK TO THIS OFFICE EITHER BY FAX OR BY EMAIL ATTACHMENT.
WE AWAIT YOUR CLAIM VERIFICATION FORM SOON.
REGARDS,
MR. MIKE DAVID.





EASYDRAW LOTTERY AGENCY
ADDRESS: KLEIBURG 52 1104 EA, THE NETHERLANDS.
TEL:0031-625-286-337.
FAX: 0031-847-310-711.

CLAIM/ VERIFICATION APPRAISAL FORM
No: NLI/06/-656

Your application for the claim of your lottery winning prize will be duly processed for settlement and swift credit be made upon the verification and certification approval. Hence, carefully fill out the attached form appropriately in the column provided below to facilitate our immediate commencement of your claim processing.

FULL NAME OF BENEFICIARY...............................................................................................................

ADDRESS........................................................................................................................................................

CITY/STATE................................................................. COUNTRY............................................................

ZIP CODE................................................ MARITAL STATUS..................................................................

NATIONALITY............................................... SEX..........................................................................

E-mail (1)......................................................... E-mail (2)...............................................................................

TEL.................................................................. FAX........................................................................................

DATE OF BIRTH...................................................... PASSPORT No..........................................................

OCCUPATION...............................................................................................................................................

WINNING INFORMATION

IN FIGURE................................................. IN WORDS.................................................................

TICKET Nr...........................................................................................................................................

LOTTERY DATE............................................. CLAIMANT'S SIGNATURE.........................................

Sequel to the pending, you are required to fill out the form and send back to our office for data reconfirmation and validation. You will be required to pay a compulsory Attorney fee to enable the Attorney endorse/complete the verification and send your claim file to the paying department. The paying bank would contact you after we have submitted all relevant documentations regarding your winning and certification of our processment.

FOR OFFICE USE ONLY.

Checked by...................................... Confirmed by.............................. Agent's signature/remark............... LEGAL DEPARTMENT: LEGAL DEPARTMENT: LEGAL DEPARTMENT: LEGAL DEPARTMENT.



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