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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 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.
  • +31643522754 (Netherlands, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "Grace Hilton" <dayzers_promotions@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: dayzersremittancedpt@walla.com
Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 05:52:22 -1100
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION!!!!!!!

DAYZERS INTERNATIONAL PROMO.
Adres: Paleisstraat 52515 JA Den Haag.
FROM: THE PROMOTION DIRECTOR,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS DEPT.
E-mail; dayzersremittancedpt@walla.com 

REF Number:  NM/BC921245/KY14,
BATCH No: NM/207161/WOP.
TICKET No: 46939
Serial No: 472-9768
lucky No: W-91237-H°67/B4

ATTN: WINNING NOTIFICATION!!!!!!!

We happily announce to you the draw of the Netherlands Lottery programs held on the 27th of January 2006 in Netherlands. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 46939 with Serial number 472-9768 drew the lucky numbers: W-91237-H°67/B4, which subsequently won you the lottery in the B category. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of 1,000,000.00 (One million Euros in cash credited to file   KPC/9080118308/02/TCA. This is from a total cash prize of 10,000,000.00 Million Euros shared amongst the first Ten (10) lucky winners in this category A + (Plus).

This lottery is a promotional program by Dayzers, (Biggest lottery Organization in the Netherlands) to advertise to the world its existence. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 50,000 companies and 2,000,000 individual email addresses from all over the world, as part of our promotion ional program, This promotion takes place annually. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is a part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements.

NOTE: All winnings must be notarized and a certificate of award must be obtained from the Netherlands Gaming Control Board to complete the claims process, this certificate can only be obtained through legal representation so winners will be referred to our Regional Director to assist in this process. Winners are to cover the legal charges for the notarization of the claim forms and the acquisition of the certificate of award not DAYZERS.

To file for your claim, please contact our Regional Office with the details below for processing and release of your winning.
***********************************************************
Name; Mr. HUMPHREY HAMMOND

TEL: +31-643- 522-754
Fax: +31-847-110-177,
Fax: +31-847-114-881.
Email: dayzersremittancedpt@walla.com 

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