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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 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.
  • +31620123636 (Netherlands, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "mail awards" <internetprogram2@msn.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 19:18:30 +0000
Subject: Intrenet Website Lucky Winner.


WORLD WEBSITE INTERNET PROGRAM
FROM: THE EUROPA LINGO COORDINATOR,

Attn: Lucky Winner.

RESULTS FOR CATEGORY "c" DRAWS

Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, the results of the
Category "C" draws of INTERNET EUROPE LINGO PROGRAM.


We are happy to inform you that you have emerged a winner under the First
Category, which is part of our promotional draws. The draws were held prior
to your notification.

Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
4,000,000 names/email addresses of individuals and companies from America,
Asia, Australia, Africa, Canada, Europe, Middle East, and New Zealand as
part of our International Promotions Program.

You/Your Company, attached to ticket number 3322/6181-22,with serial number
92-71 drew the lucky numbers 19, 21, 25, 30,41,44 (22), and consequently
won in the Category "C".

You have therefore been awarded a lump sum of Euros 850.000 (Eight Hundred
and Fifty Thousand Euro) in cash, which is the winning payout for Category
"C"winners.

This is from the total prize money of £2.7,000.000 shared among the 3
international winners in this category.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Your funds are now deposited with A BANK, a reputable BANK, insured in your
name. In your best interest and also to avoid mix up of numbers and names of
any kind, we request that you keep the entire details of your award strictly
from public notice until the process of transferring your claims has been
completed, and your funds remitted to your account. This is part of our
security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by
participants/no participants of this program.

Please contact your claims officer immediately, to begin your claims
process;

Laagste Heypotheekofferte Bank. N.L.
Mrs. Jennifer Clark,
Email : laagstebank@sifymail.com
Email: laagste_bank@walla.com
Tel: 31-620-123-636
Fax: 31-847-275-654


For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated
account of your choice.

Remember, you must contact your claims agent not later than two weeks after
the receipt of this mail.

After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.

NOTE: For easy reference and identification find below your reference and
Batch numbers. Note that you are to forward this email along with your phone
and address
to the agents in your first correspondence with them, whether by email.

REFERENCE NUMBER: GLI/CLOL/CU17-C839213801
BATCH NUMBER: 1833-TH
Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part
of our promotions program.


Mr. Frank Van De Vils
Lottery Coordinator,


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