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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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Please note about this email:

• It is a fake lottery scam (4 typical phrases found).
  
• It lists mobile phone numbers or call redirection numbers (no bank, lottery, etc would use mobile phones to take customer calls).
  
• It lists free email accounts as contact addresses (companies do not use such addresses)
  

Fraud email example:

From: "BINGO LOTTERY" <bingolottery2005@msn.com>
Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2005 11:16:48 +0000
Subject: Be informed...

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 BINGO LOTTERY 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:

INTERNATIONAL PRIZE AWARD DEPT.

REF Number:   AKM/231-ILGI0431/05
BATCH No:      AKM/15/096/TVFS
TICKET No:      20511465463-7644
SERIAL No:      472-9768-98
LUCKY No:       8-66-97-22-65-99

 

You as well as the other winner are therefore to receive a cash prize of  1, 000, 000. 00. Euros (One million Euros only) each from the 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:

 

To file for your claim, please contact our /your processing agent
Mr. Mr. Pe Bouwman.
TEL: +31-626-496-691
FAX: +31-847-223-408

Email:  bingolottoint@netscape.net

 

NOTE:

All winnings must be claimed not later than 14 days. After this date all unclaimed funds would be included in the next stake. Remember to quote your reference information 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.

 

Please note; 

You are hereby advise to send us the following;

1. Your full name and address

2. Your personal phone and fax number, and

3. Your winning numbers.

Reply to this confidential email account;  bingolottoint@netscape.net

 

Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.

Yours truly,

Ruth Hudson
Lotto Coordinator

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