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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "into your nominated bank account" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • +31633741971 (Netherlands, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • banker011011@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Frits Van Gorp " <delottoint@netscape.net>
Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2006 00:48:49 +0900
Subject: YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS WON THIS LOTTO

DE LOTTO NETHERLANDS PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
REF Number: DKSA/31-ILG431
BATCH No: YMEV/01/DLIPD
TICKET No: 0511465463-76000
SERIAL No: 4672-978-95
LUCKY No: 8-06-97-22-05-444
FINAL WINNING NOTIFICATION

Dear Sir/Madam,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Lottery Winners
International programs held on the 28th
February 2006 Your E-mail address attached to Ticket number
0511465463-76000 with Serial number
4672-978-95 drew the lucky numbers 8-06-97-22-05-444, which consequently
won in the 2nd category,
you have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of
US$1,000,000.00.(One Million US dallers only)
This is from a total cash prize of 10,000,000.00 Million shared amongst
TEN International Lucky Winners in
the Category B + (Plus).

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
This lottery is a promotional program by DE LOTTO NETHERLANDS, (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 39,000 companies and 13,000,000 individual email
addresses from all over the world,
as part of our international promotions program, which we intend to
conduct several times a year. Be informed
that your documents have to pass our authority to obtain a clearance, which
shall be attached to your document
in readiness of the subsequent onward transfer into your nominated bank
account with in 24 hours of completion
of the authentication.

Due to the possibility of unscrupulous individuals filing a double claim,
we suggest that you keep this award
strictly confidential until your claim has been processed and notarized and
your certificate of award obtained.
This is in conformity with the lottery claim regulations by our
Organization & the Netherlands Gaming Control
Board. This is part of our security protocol measures to avoid double
claiming and unwarranted abuse of this
program by some participants/non participants. All winnings must be claimed
not later than 1st May 2006. After
this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake. Anybody
under the age of 18 is automatically
disqualified. To file for your claim, please contact our /your processing
agent.

Mr. James West
Tel: +31-633-741-971
Fax:+31-847-112-700
Email:banker011011@netscape.net

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 a lawyer. Winners are to
cover the legal charges for the notarization
of the claims form and the acquisition of the certificate of award not DE
LOTTO NETERLANDS. In order to
avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please do forward your Tel/Fax
number to your processing agent.
So you are to act fast in the claiming of your funds, for delays will
compel us to disperse your funds, in other
words, we shall divert your funds as stated above. Kindly remember to
quote your reference number and batch
numbers in all correspondence Furthermore, should there be any change of
address do inform our/your agent as
soon as possible.

Finally, we call on you to make sure that you note every letter clearly as
stated for we will not be held
responsible should there be any complications in this transaction due to
laxity on your part. Congratulations
once more from our members of staff and thank you for being part of our
promotional program.

Yours truly
Frits Van Gorp
Lotto Coordinator.

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