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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.
  • debruijnedprt@netscape.net

Fraud email example:

From: "award anniversary" <award_anniversary000004@msn.com>
Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2006 08:08:58 +0000
Subject: RE: 30 Years Anniversary Awards!

************DO NOT DELETE THIS MESSAGE***********



LOTTO NL



RE: 30 Years Anniversary Awards!

You are a winner,

We are celebrating our thirtieth anniversary this year and to mark this
special occasion we are launching our first international program, The 30
Years Anniversary Awards! To make it special Lotto nl is giving away Thirty
million Euros. We intend to make thirty families millionaires this year with
our 30 Years Anniversary Awards program.

We want to make this year special for you and all the more memorable by
giving you One Million Euros!
Yes, € 1, 000, 000, 00.

>From the results of the 30 Years Anniversary Awards draw that took place on
the 4th February 2006.
Lotto nl is proud to announce, that you have been chosen to receive €1, 000,
000, 00 in our 30 Years Anniversary Awards promotion. Winners are selected
via their email address and your email has come out as one of the winners.
With this we say CONGRATULATION$.

This is an independent promotion and is unconnected to any publication. No
purchase necessary. Any entries without valid collection numbers will be
declared void.
All winnings must be claimed not later than the 28th of February 2006. After
this date all unclaimed prizes will be declared void. Claimants must be over
21years. All entries must adhere to the 30 Years Anniversary Awards
eligibility/claim rules stated in our official rules. You will receive the
30 Years Anniversary Awards!’ claim rules when you file your claim.

This program is strictly for international participants and all Dutch
residents are exempt from participation.

NOTE: Being that you were selected via your email address and to avoid
double claims your 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 you will be referred to an independent lawyer acting as a
referee to assist in this process. The notarization is essential to create a
legal link between you and your email address. You are responsible for the
legal charges for the notarization of the claim and the acquisition of the
certificate of award.


When replying provide the following:
Name:
Nationality:
Country of residence:
Tel number:
To file for your claim, please contact our /your processing agent
Mr. M. de Bruijne.
Email: debruijnedprt@netscape.net



Kindly remember to quote your reference number in all correspondence.
REF Number: ARXE/08-IL1131/06
BATCH No: AMRE/15/057/TFS



Finally, we call on you to make sure that you save a copy of this mail
because you might be called upon to produce it at anytime and do note your
reference numbers clearly as stated for we will not be held responsible
should there be any complications in this transaction due to negligence on
your part.
Congratulations once more from all of us at Lotto nl and thank you for being
part of our promotional program.


Management
Lotto nl.

NOTICE: You have received this message from lotto nl prize dept. because
you have visited one of our sponsored sites and have voluntarily given your
email address to receive mails from their sponsors.If you wish to be taken
out of this list do not reply to this mail, reply to the agent with the
words remove. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not, directly
or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print or copy any part of this
message. If you believe you have received this message in error, please
delete it and all copies of it from your system and notify the sender
immediately by reply e-mail. Thank you.


************DO NOT DELETE THIS MESSAGE***********

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