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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:

• 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.
  • bennardhoward1@cashette.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Sandra Blaze Hoornbeck" <online_awards_lottogames@msn.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 17:36:25 +0000
Subject: THE LOTTERY NETHERLANDS AWARD NOTICE

THE LOTTERY COMPANY
NETHERLANDS OFFICE
BIMERDREF 265 QZ AMSTERDAM
NORDHOLLAND, NETHERLANDS
www.theLotter.com

Dear Winner,

Taking judicial notice of the official publication of an award of 650.000
USD ( Six Hundred And Fifty Thousand United State Dollar)made in your favor
on the 13th of January 2006 by the LOTTER Netherlands Branch in conjunction
with the foundation for the promotion of software products CPP, you are
therefore advised to contact the processing office immediately upon receipt
of this message for more information concerning the verification, processing
and subsequent payment of this award to you.

It is important to note that your award information was released today the
14th of January 2006 with the following particulars attached to it.

(I) Award numbers: TL 22/15409
(ii) Email ticket number: TL754/22/76
(iii) Lotto codenumber: TL09622NL
(iv) The file Ref number: TL/0534/30/05

Please contact our under listed processing agents within five working days
upon receipt of this information to immediately claim your award . You are
required to mention the above particulars of your award in every
correspondence addressed to the processing agents.

Mr. BEN HOWARD
CLAIM MANAGER

MR. PATRICK VALERE
PUBLIC RELATIONS
TEL/FAX;0031847595288
EMAIL:(bennardhoward1@cashette.com)

Once again on behalf of all our staff,
CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Sincerely,

BRENDA SASKIA
Promotions Manager
Netherlands the Lotter company.

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CONGRATULATIONS;


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