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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• 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.
  • +31644807703 (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.
  • infostaatlottnl@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "staat lottonl" <staatlottonl_1@msn.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 10:05:22 +0000
Subject: STAATS LOTTO NL!!!

STAATSLOTERIJ JACKPOT AND PROMOTIONS
KHORHOSTRAAT 155,
AMSTERDAM,
THE NETHERLANDS.

FROM:THE DESK OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT,
SCFN:ABN/5333/025648/03UA.
BATCH:245/2002/GWK

Attn:
We are pleased to inform you of the release today the 28th of December 2005
of the STAATSLOTERIJ JACKPOT AND PROMOTIONS,NETHERLANDS held on 19th of
December 2005. Your email address attached to the Ticket
No:1001-55896542-5899 with Serial No:6666/05 drew from the Lucky
No:02-22-00-66-99-85-52-12-36-50, which consequently won the lottery in the
FIRST category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of ONE MILLION
UNITED STATE DOLLARS (US$1,000,000.00)in cash credited to security file
number ABN/5333/025648/03UA.This is from a total cash prize of US$4 Million
shared among four individuals in this category.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!.

Your funds is now deposited with our Payment/Finance Department in the
security company to your name ,Due to the mixed up of some numbers and
names,we ask that you keep this winning a top secret from the public notice
until your claims has been processed and remitted to your account as this is
apart of the security protocol, to avoid double claiming or unwarranted
taking advantage of this program by participants.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
the 500,000 company/individal email addresses from all over the world as
part of our international promotions programme,which we conduct every Five
years.
To begin your claims,please contact your claim agent in

DR.VAN BURKE (Director of operations).
Tel:+31-644-807-703
Fax:+31-847-539-067
Email:(infostaatlottnl@netscape.net)

For processing and remittance of your winning cash into a designated bank
account of your choice, Remember,all winnings must be claim not later than
January 15th 2005,After this date,All unclaim funds will be returned to the
promotion company.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
remember to quote your security credicted file number and batch numbers
respectively in every correspondence with your claim agent.
Furthermore, should there be any change of your address,do inform your claim
agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations once again from all members of our staff and thank you for
being part of our promotion programme.

Yours sincerely,
STEFANIA DER HELDER
(promotion manager).


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