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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:
  • "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.
  • +447024070229 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • free_lottery_2@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "brenda spelling" <free_lottery_227@msn.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2006 19:59:05 +0000
Subject: Congratulation You Have Won!!!

FREELOTTO PROMOTION.NL
THE FREE LOTTO COMPANY
SUITE 273-526,LION TOWERS
AMSTERDAM NETHERLANDS
FINAL WINNING NOTIFICATION
(Website: www.lotto.nl)


BONUS LOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION
We are
please to announce you as one of the 10 lucky Winners in the FreeLotto
draw held on the (29th) of January 2006 .All 10 winning addresses were
randomly selected from a batch of 50,000,000 international emails.Your
email address emergedalongside 9 others as a category 2 winner in this
year's Annual FreeLotto Draw.Consequently,you have therefore been
approved for a total pay out of 1,000,000,00 Dollars (one million
Dollars) only.The Following particulars are attached to your lotto
payment order:

Winning numbers FL-348/076/459/874 Email ticket number
FL-864/337/986/569
Lotto code number FL-567/765/324/980 File Ref number
FL-459/657/897/231

Please contact the underlisted claims officer as
soon as possible for the immediate release of your winnings:Mr.Robin
Van Gogh,Chief financial Director The Freelotto Company,Foreign
Services Manager,Payment and Release Order Dept.De La Rue Sistemas
lnformÞticos GmbH & Co.

Name:Mr.Peter Biermans
TEL: +44702 407 0229
+44871 504 7527

Official Email:free_lottery_2@yahoo.com.hk
N.B:
Steps to claiming your prize;
1.Please quote your Reference number in
all Correspondence with the Claims officer.2.Winners should send to
claim officer account detail or address where they want their check
paid or sent.3.Winners must send your: Names,Address,Telephone/ Fax
number and means of identification (international passport or driver
slicence) to the claims officer Mr.Robin Van Gogh will assist you in
the processing and remittance of your prize funds into your designated
bank account.

Sincerely yours,
Mrs Linda Burtler
Lottery Coordinator.
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The FreeLotto Awards
is proudly sponsored by the microsoft Corporation the Intel Group,
Toshiba,Dell computers,Mckintosh and a conglomeration of other
international it companies.The freelotto internet draw is held once in
a year and is so organized to encourage the use of the internet and
computers worldwide.We are proud to say that over 200 Million Euros are
won annually in more than 150 countries worldwide
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We also encourage you
to visit our website at www.lotto.nl and take your chance to play and
become part of our daily winners.Millions are won on a daily basis on
one of the world's most famous freelotto Service.Please do not reply to
this Email.Contact your claims agent.(TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLY)

Once
again congratulations from me and members of staff of the netherlands
lottery

Sincerely Yours

Gabriel Scott (Mr)
international Relation
Officer.

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