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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
• 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.
  • +31613261039 (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.
  • dayzerslott@netscape.net

Fraud email example:

From: "William Silver" <agent_williamsilver@msn.com>
Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2005 13:02:14 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!! YOU HAVE WON.

OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT.
DAYZERS E-MAIL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS
PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT
www.dayzers.nl

BATCH NO: D413-227-798-WWW1102.
SERIAL NO: 45-OPR-LD44

CONGRATULATIONS! WINNING NOTIFICATION

Dear Sir/Madam,

This is to inform you of the release today of the DAYZERS E-MAIL
INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
PROMOTION PROGRAM / WORLD GAMING BOARD held on the 2nd October, 2005. Due to
the mix
up of numbers, the results were released on the 4th October, 2005. Your name
attached to ticket
422/09/pr also which drew the lucky numbers of 4-3-9-8 which consequently
won the lottery in the
second category. You have therefore been approved for payment of 500,000.00
Euros(FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND EUROS ONLY) cash credited to file with REF. NO.3263/98/401

CONGRATULATIONS:
Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we advise that you keep your
winning information
confidential until your claims has been processed and your money remitted to
you. This is part of our
security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this
program by some paticipants.
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
only Microsoft users from over
20,000 companies and 3,000,000 individual e-mail addresses and names from
all over the world.This
promotional program takes place every five. For the processing of your
claim, please contact our fudicial
agent in the legal department.

MR. WILLIAM SILVER
DAYZERS E-MAIL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
TEL:+31-613-261-039
FAX:+31-847-306-363.
E-mail: dayzerslott@netscape.net
website... www.dayzers.nl

They are your agent and responsible for the processing and transfer of your
winnings to you. YOUR
SECURITY FILE NUMBER IS W-891-442-H°98/C6 (keep personal). Any claim not
made before 30th
October, 2005, will be returned to the MINISTERIAL VAN DE ECONOMIA
NETHERLANDS. Note that
all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake.

Also in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, remember to
quote your reference number
and batch numbers in all your correspondence with Mr.WILLIAM SILVER. Please
follow all his
instructions. Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform
us as quickly as possible.

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

Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.

Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Wilhemina Van Hert
Vice President
(DAYZERS E-MAIL INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY)

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