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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • +31649304544 (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.
  • wfg@zwallet.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Barbara Huslman" <barbarahuslman1@msn.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 09:15:18 +0000
Subject: YOUR: REF NO.WSL/02-klk7824643

FROM THE DESK OF THE
PROMOTION DIRECTOR
STAATSLOTERIJ INTERNATIONAL
ELEPHANT HULS 201,
2201 KC ALMERE THE
NETHERLANDS


We are pleased to inform you of the announcement of 9 October 2005, that you
have be selected as one of the Three winners of our Winter award promotion
of the Staatsloterij international held Recently as part of our WORLDWIDE
SWEEPSTAKE BONANZA. You approved for a pay out of 1000,000.00 Euro (ONE
MILLION Euro) in cash credited to file REF NO.WSL/02-klk7824643. We in the
staatsloterij is by this program, launching our model computer Balloting
lottery draws, developed and designed to satisfy the cravings of the
ever-growing number of participants in our various promotion Programs.

With funds accrued exclusively from previous various draws, Payouts to all
winners guaranteed and transferred in record time and in the stipulated
mode. You are in category C .After random selection of 15,000 participants
from an Initial database of 300,000 emails and postcode. All participants
selected through a computer balloting system. The Middle East, Asia, Africa,
Canada, Europe, USA and South America in our databases.

As part of our International Award Promotions Program, which conducted in
view of launching ourselves into the Sweepstakes Industry Worldwide and
zoning all participants by their Respective continents from across the
globe, we produced an extensive list from which you emerged as one of the
winners of the Grand Draw Award.

To ensure a smooth collection of your award, contact our award transfer
officer in The Netherlands, You are to contact our Officer in the
Netherlands by Email or telephone within a week of receiving this message.
Please find full contact details below:

Mr. Simon Jones
Int'l remittance dept
Western Finance Group
Hummer Nieuwlaanveld
1013 1218 HG, Amstelveen
The Netherlands
TEL:+31-649-304-544
EMAIL ADDRESS: wfg@zwallet.com

send your full Name, Address and Country of Residence, telephone and fax
number when replying this letter. Remember, you must contact your remittance
officer a week of receiving this notification. After this date, all funds
will be return as unclaimed.

NOTE:
In order to avoid unnecessary delays and Complications, please remember to
Quote your
Reference numbers in every one of your correspondences with your officer.

Congratulations again from all our staff for being part of our award
Promotions program.

THE PROMOTION DIRECTOR,
Mrs. Babara Hulsman

The information transmitted is intend only for the person or entity to whom
or which it’s
Written, unauthorized use, disclosure or copying is prohibited. The sender
accepts no liability for the improper transmission of this communication or
for any delay in its receipt.

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