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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 about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claim 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 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.
  • lottonlclaims@netscape.net

Fraud email example:

From: lotto.nl@lotto.nl
Reply-To: verificationdepartmenti@yahoo
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 12:07:23 +0000
Subject: RESULT OF CATEGORY \"B\"

RESULT OF CATEGORY \"B\"
LOTTO.NL INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY.
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PAYMENT DEPARTMENT
www.lotto.nl

Ref: NL/25598S/W4/68
Batch: 574/57/DW739

RESULT OF CATEGORY \"B\"

The lotto.nl international Lottery happily announce to you the draw (NO.254) of their INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held on 25th February, 2006.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:56321479 188 with Serial number 8547/62 drew the lucky numbers:04-07-29-30-42-44(bonus no.39), which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e match 5 plus bonus.You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of USD1,200,000:00 (One Million, Two Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) in cash credited to file Number KTU/9023118308/03.

This is from a total cash prize of USD 21.0 Million shared among (14) lucky winners in this category i.e Match 5 plus bonus. All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw/ballot system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes place every two years.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your USD1,200,000:00 (One Million, Two Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) would be released to you by any of our
international payment offices here in the Netherlands. Contact your agent for the immediate commencement and processing of your award prize to you.

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning informations confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in your location/country. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.

However, to file for your claim, please contact your nominated agent for second category winners

APPROVED CLAIM AGENT FOR 2ND CATEGORY WINNER\'S.
MR.GILL MARTINS
Email:lottonlclaims@netscape.net
Tel: 0031647 416 459

When contacting the claims office, endeavour to email them the following

1.Your full name and address,
2.Your lottery winning numbers and
3.your telephone and fax numbers.

Congratulations from all members of staff of THE LOTTO.NL INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,
(Mrs) Augustina White Manuel.
Online coordinator LOTTO.NL
Sweepstakes International Program.

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