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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "you are advice to " (this email uses bad English)
• 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!

Fraud email example:

From: "De lotto" <noreply@games.com>
Reply-To: "De lotto" <lotto.millionaire@games.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 01:22:51 +0100
Subject: Lotto Millionaire Results

De Lotto,

Operators of De Lotto Millionaire

laan van Hoornwijck 55 2289 DG Rijswijk.

Amsterdam The Netherlands

KvK: 41151075

 

 

Dear Winner,

 

The Netherlands Millionaire Lotto wishes to inform you  that the results of the Millionaire lotto Promo is out and you are been chosen as the second winner for the programme by the Millionaire Lotto held on the  16th of JANUARY 2009. Your Email has been picked as a winner of a lump  sum pay out of Nine Hundred Thousand euros (€9 hundres thounsand).

 

 

The Millionaire Lotto. draws was conducted from an  exclusive list of 13 lucky names of individual and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search. No tickets were sold.

 

 

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

 

After this automated  ballot, your name has  been emerged as a winner in the category "DLM: 13" with the following numbers attached Ref Number: CS 3290 ES 9474, Batch Number:  734857681545-NL/2009 and Ticket draw Number: 83, 23, 97, Security  Number: 79377 CSM 30, You are therefore to receive a  cash prize of Nine Hundred Thousand euros (€9 hundres thounsand) from the total payout.

 

 

This promotion is this year's De Lotto Deaf in conjunction with Lotto Millionaire New Year bonanza. All winning must be claimed not later than 10 working days from this notification. After this time  all unclaimed funds will be returned to De Lotto Treasury Department as unclaimed.

 

 

PLEASE NOTE: To avoid unnecessary delays and complications  please remember to quote your reference number in all correspondence.

 

 

You are adviced to contact our trusted and appointed official agent on the contact information listed below:

 

 

Name : Peter Clark

Email:lotto.millionaire@games.com 

 

You are advice to provide him with the following information:

 

 

Names:   

Telephone/Fax number:

Nationality:

Occupation:

Age:

Country:

State:

 

Failure to provide the information above will result to immediate disqualification !! 

 

(This is important as a case of double claims will not be entertained).Members of the affiliate agencies are automatically not allowed to participate in this program.

 

 

Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our agent as soon as possible.

Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.

 

 

Yours Faithfully,

Mrs. K. McGrath.

Lottery Coordinator.

 

 

 

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This email may contain information which is confidential and/or 

privileged. The information is intendedsolely for the use of the 

individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipiet 

be awarethat any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents is 

prohibited. If you have received this electronic transmission in error, 

please notify the sender bytelephone or return email and delete the 

material from your computer. 

 

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