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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:
  • "claims 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 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.
  • premiumsec@ilse.nl

Fraud email example:

From: <ruurdvanderveen@ilse.nl>
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 13:43:04 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: IMPORTANT NOTIFICATION.


STAATSLOTERIJ INTERNATIONAL HOLLAND
In Conjunction with The National Organizing
Committe of the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
FIFA Fussball-Weltmeisterschaft 2006
Organisationskomitee Deutschland
koniginstrabe 23,80539 Munchen.

FROM: THE DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
STAATSLOTERIJ INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY/PRIZE AWARD DEPT
Ref. Number: FIFA/68952/GHJ.
Batch Number: SILH/490474/PMN.

ATTENTION.

Sir/ Mv/ Miss

STAATSLOTERIJ in conjunction with the National Organizing Committee of the
2006 FIFA World Cup in Munich Germany gladly wish to inform you that You
along with 187 others were selected winners under draws 6+J in our monthly
program held on the 29TH of September,2005.This will feature as run up to the
games next year when you will be due for the final Grand draw.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 508-7895-4456-224 with
serial numbers 5223-54 drew the lucky numbers 16-43-85-33-15-73 and
consequently won the lottery in the 5th category.You have therefore been
approved for a lump sum pay out of Six Hundred and fifty Thousand dollars,
($US 650,000.00) in cash credited to file No:LP/26510460037/02.

CONGRATULATIONS !!!

To file for your claim please contact our financial agent:
MR.BRUNO ALVARO.
Foreign Operations Manager,Premium Securities/Finance
company,Amsterdam-The Netherlands.
TEL:0031-643107363.
Fax:0031-847570916.
EMAIL: premiumsec@ilse.nl
ADDRESS:Hogeweg 216,1095GH.Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

You are to contact them with the following requirements:
(a) Photocopy of your I.D for age verification.
(b) Telephone and fax numbers for easy commmunication.
(c) Full names and address.
(d) Reference and Batch numbers.
(e)File number.

IMPORTANT NOTICE:
(a) Note that there exists a periodic condition on all claims process,
failing which would lead to disqualification and winnings Forfeiture.
Winners are therefore advised to expedite their claims process.
(b) Being one of the lucky winners, you constitute entrant's full and
unconditional agreement to and acceptance of our terms and conditions of
claims to avoid any discrepancy in the cause of payment of your prize awards
winning.
(c) To avoid double claims, you are advised to keep your winning details
very confidential, as any discrepancies resulting from a breach of this
confidentiality on the part of the winners will be covered solely by such
winner as our staffs are bound by the oath of secrecy taken on employment.
(d) By this lottery prize awards winning, you acknowledge your acceptance
to be added to our lottery master player database.
(e) By this prize winning, you agree to receive periodic mailings which
will include, but are not limited to; Newsletters, Invitations to Play,
Announcements, Adverts and Offers we feel would be of interest to our master
players, from all the sponsoring entities.
(f) By this winning, you understand that you reserve the discretion to be
removed from any such mailing list which automatically disqualifies you from
this and subsequent lottery entries. Removal instructions are on every
mails.
(g) We hereby do solemnly pledge to maintain the privacy of our master
players/lucky winners database and shall not make available for sale, rent,
lease or the illegal use of information about our layers/winners.
(h) In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of your
correspondences with your agent.
(i) Should there be any change of your address, do inform your claims
agent as soon as possible.
(j) Anybody below the age of 18yrs is Authomatically disqualified.
Congratulations again from all our staffs and thank you for being part of
our Promotions program.

NB: PLEASE SEE THAT YOU QUOTE YOUR REF AND BATCH NUMBERS IN YOUR
CORRESPONDENCE TO YOUR CLAIMS AGENT.

Sincerely yours,

MR. VAN DER VEEN.
Lotto Co-ordinator.
www.staatsloterij.nl

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