419 scam: "ALICE VISSER"<nlotto203@gmail.com> Congratulations Winner.

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- ",500,000" (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)
- "lottonationale@ozu.es" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
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.
- +32493844131 (Belgium, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "ALICE VISSER" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <lottonationale@ozu.es>
Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 08:58:58 +0100
Subject: Congratulations Winner.

NATIONALE-LOTERIJ,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE
AWARD DEPARTMENT
www.nationale-loterij.be

RESULTS FOR CATEGORY "C" DRAWS

ATTENTION:Sir/Madam,

Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, the results of the Third Category draws of THE NATIONALE-LOTERIJ BELGIUM.PROMO INT. We are happy to inform you that you have emerged as a winner under the Thrid Category, which is part of our promotional draws. The results of the draws have been officially announced .
Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 2,500,000 email addresses of individuals and companies(FACEBOOK,TWITTER,GOOGLE) from Africa, America, Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East, and Oceania as part of our International Promotions Program.

Your email address, attached to ticket number 011284,with serial number 880-409 and lucky number 15 35 37 39 41 45 33, consequently won in the First Category. You have therefore been awarded a lump sum pay out of 4,500,000 (Four Hundred and Fifty Thousand Million Euros), which is the winning payout for Category c winners. In your best interest to avoid mix up of numbers and names of any kind, we request that you keep the entire details of your award strictly from public notice until the process of transferring your claims has been completed, and your funds remitted to your account.

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants/no participants of this program.
Please contact our paying bank immediately for due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice.
NOTE: For easy reference and identification, find below your Reference and Batch numbers. Remember to quote these numbers in your correspondence with your paying bank. Also give them the following information:
1. Name
2. Age
3. Address
4. Occupation
5. Telephone
6. Ticket and Serial Number

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Your won prize is now deposited with the paying Bank. To begin your claims,kindly contact the paying bank with the below information:
***********************************************
Bank Name:ING BANK BELGIUM
Contact person: Mr.Van Ruben
International Remittance Officer
E-mail:lottonationale@ozu.es
Tel: +32493844131
Fax: +32493844131
***********************************************
NOTE: All claims are nullified after 10 working days from today if unclaimed Congratulations once again from all our staffs, and thank you for being part of our promotions program.
Yours Sincerely,
ALICE VISSER

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