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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.
  • +31626652163 (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.
  • dayzersclaims@inbox.lv

Fraud email example:

From: "notice_claims@go.com" <notice_claims@go.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 10:36:10 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: claims


DAYZERS LOTERIJ. PALEISSTRAAT 5, 2514 DEN HAAG, THE NETHERLANDS.
THE LOTTERY CO-ORDINATOR,INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.RE / AWARD NOTIFICATIONBATCH NO: NL/EU/1899/66788REF. No: NL/EU/1570/60754/002www.dayzers.nl
WINNING NOTIFICATION / PROCESSING ADVICE This is toinform you of the release of the DAYZERS LOTTERYBALLOT INTERNATIONAL/ WORLD GAMING BOARD held on the24th of September, 2005. Due to the mix up of number,the results were released on the 15th of October, 2005.
Your email address attached to Ticket No:4586394333with Serial No 2214654777 drew the lucky numbers of44-01-55-40-89 which subsequently won the lottery inthe 3rd category.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payoutof €1,500,000.00 EUROS (ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDREDTHOUSAND EUROS ONLY) in credited to a file referencenumber KHLM8774352087 This is from total prize moneyof €9,000,000.00(NINE MILLION EUROS) shared among theinternational winners in our 1st category. Allparticipants were selected through a computer ballotsystem drawn form 25,000 company email addresses and3,000,000 individual email addresses from all searchengines and website all over the world as part ofInternational Promotions Program, conducted every TWOyears ,and this is promoted and sponsored by eminentpersonalities.
CONGRATULATIONS! Your funds is now in custody of afinancial/ Security company insured in your FILEREFERENCE and covered with HIGH INSURANCE POLICY Dueto mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that youkeep your winning information confidential until yourclaims has been processed and your money Remitted toyou. This is part of our security protocol to avoiddouble claiming and unwarranted abuse of this programby some participants. To process your claim, pleasecontact your file/claim officer:
MR.DERO DONVALOTel:+31-626652163Fax:+31-847165317email:dayzersclaims@inbox.lv
Make sure that you quote your winning references inall your correspondence with them.Please be informed that NON RESIDENCE of NETHERLANDSwill be required to procure an Affidavits of LottoClaim/Court clearance certificate from the Court inNETHERLANDS prior to European Gaming Board as requiredby the paying Authority.
Please be aware that your Paying Authority will EffectPayment Swiftly upon satisfactory Report, For dueprocessing and remittance of your winning prize todesignated account of your choice, please treat asurgent.
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delay andcomplications, please remember to quote your referenceand batch numbers in every one of your correspondenceswith your agent and all reply must be via email as toensure the legibility. Furthermore, should there beany change of your address, do inform your claimsagent as soon as possible.
Note that all winning must be claimed not later than4TH NOVEMBER 2005. After this date all unclaimed,funds will be included in the next stake.
Congratulations once more from our members of staffand thank you for being part of our promotionalprogram.
Yours Sincerely,GERDIE VOS.
Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automaticallydisqualified.

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