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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:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• 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.
  • +31611447309 (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.
  • patrickhaad@netscape.net

Fraud email example:

From: "dayzers_loterij_nl2005@go.com" <dayzers_loterij_nl2005@go.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 08:55:40 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: DAYZERS END OF YEAR WINNER!!!


FROM: DAYZERS LOTERIJ INTERNATIONAL GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED LOTTERY PROMOTERS. INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT PALEISSTRAAT 5, 2514 JA DEN HAAG, NETHERLANDS. ATTENTION:WINNER,We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today,19th October,2005 of winners of the DAYZERS LOTERIJ INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS held on 30th September,2005 as our last quarter draw.Your email address was attached to ticket number 023-0148-790-459,with Batch number 5073-11 drew from the lucky numbers 43-11-44-37-10-43,and consequently won the lottery in the 3rd category.You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay of 500,000,00 EUROS(FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND EUROS) in cash credited to Security file No. DLI/25041238013/05. and lottery reference no.DLI/55488This is from total prize money of 4.500,000,00euros shared among the nine international winners in this category. All participants were sellected through a computer ballot system from Australia,New Zealand, America,Europe,North America,Africa,middle east and Asia as part of International Promotions Program which is conducted twice annually.CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!Your prize is now deposited with our corresponding bank who will contact you after we must have finished processing your cliam.Due to the mix up of some numbers and names,we ask that you keep this award strictly from the public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted into your account.This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program.We hope that after getting your prize,you will participate in our end of year high stake One Million Euros (I Million Euros)To ensure a smooth collection of your grand prize,You are to contact your claim agents by email or fax within a week of receiving this notification.Please find full contact details below:MR.PATRICK HAADCLAIM AGENT/VERIFYING HOUSEDAYZERS LOTERIJ INTERNATIONALReply to this E-mail ....patrickhaad@netscape.net TEL:+31-611-447-309FAX:+31-847-550-266 Please provide your claim agent with the informations below for proper identification of our rightful winner.1. Your full names2. Your full home/office address3. Direct telephone/fax numbers/cell phone no. 4. Occupation/age5. Amount won6. Batch no.7. Ticket no.8. Lottery Ref No9. Security File NoThe above detailed information will be absolutely neccessary for the smooth processing of your winning prize.Please note that this winning is valid for TWO WEEKS and failure to claim after this period will automatically disqualify you as one of our lucky winners.Furthermore,should there be any change of your address,do inform your claim agent as soon as possible.Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program aand visit our web-site .......www.dayzers.nl Yours Sincerely,Mrs.Alexanderia Veens.Secretery Dayzers Loterij imternationalNote:Expiring date is 2rd November,2005.

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