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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 (3 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: "Lottery Notification" <lotterygame_winers@msn.com>
Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2005 14:24:57 +0000
Subject: you have won

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

Dear Lucky Winner,

RE: POSTCODE LOTERIJ INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual 
final draws of The Postcode Loterij International 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: 20045/1280-6660/PL
Batch Number:200562-PL/2005
Ticket Number: 423331

You as well as the other winner are therefore to receive a cash prize
of US$1,000,000.00(ONE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY) each from the total
payout. Your prize awards 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 officer for category "A"
winners with the informatiom below:

Mr.Gilbert Adrea,
Postcode Loterij International
Den Haag-The Netherlands
TEL: +31-620-078-422
E-mail: adpostcodelot@netscape.net

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 information in all correspondence. You are to keep all
lotto information away from the 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. JUANITA GALEN,
Games/Lottery Coordinator.

 

 

 

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