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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.
  • van_doorn@financier.com

Fraud email example:

From: "nlonlinelottery" <nlonlinelottery@z95mail.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2005 06:51:52 PST
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR WINNINGS!!!

FROM: GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED LOTTERY PROMOTERS. WINNING
NOTICE FOR CATEGORY "A" WINNER

Dear Lucky Winner,
RE: BONUS LOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING
NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the
just concluded annual final draws of De Lotto Netherlands International
Lottery programs. The online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an
exclusive list of 25,000 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate
bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the
Internet. No tickets were sold. After this automated computer
ballot, your e-mail
address emerged as one of two winners in the category "A" with the
following:

Ref Number: 35149/337-5247/LNI
Batch Number:26371545-LNI/2004 Ticket Number:54866235 You as well
as the other winner are therefore to
receive a cash prize of 1,500.00.(ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND EUROS
ONLY)
each from the < BR>total payout. Your prize award has been
insured with your e-mail
address and will be transferred to you upon meeting our requirements,
statutory obligations, verifications, validations and
satisfactory report. To begin the claims processing of your prize
winnings you are advised to contact our licensed and accredited claims
agent
for category "A" winners with the information below:
Mr. Van Doorn
Financial Director,
Netherlands Development Finance Company,
De Amsterdamse Poort Bijlmerplein 888 1102 MG Amsterdam 1000 BV
Amsterdam
E-mail:VAN_DOORN@FINANCIER.COM

NOTE: All winnings must be claimed not later than 20
days. After this date all unclaimed funds would be included in the
next stake. Remember to quote your reference info rmation in all
correspondence. You are to keep all lotto information away from the
general public especially your reference and ticket numbers. (This
is important, as a case of double claims will not be entertained).
Anybody under the age of 18 and members of the
affiliate agencies are automatically not allowed to participate in this
program. Thank you and congratulations!!!

Yours faithfully, Mrs. Mildred Hugo
Games/Lottery Coordinator.
De Lotto Netherlands International
www.lotto.nl



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