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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.
  • +31643178404 (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.
  • edbv@netscape.net

Fraud email example:

From: "LOTTO.NL" <infol2005fb@netscape.net>
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 10:06:01 -0400
Subject: LOTTO.NL

LOTTO.NL,
2391 Beds 152 Koningin Julianaplein 21,
Den Haag, the Nether<STRONG>lan</STRONG>ds.
(Lotto affiliate with Subscriber Agents).
From: Susan Console
(Lottery Coordinator)
We<EM>b</EM>site: www.lotto.nl
Sir/Madam,

<SPAN>CONGRATULATIONS!!!

We are p</SPAN>leased to inform you of the result of the Lotto NL Winners International program<STRIKE>s</STRIKE> held on the 20th, Feb, 2006. Your e-mail address attached to ticket #: 0090322810<FONT face="Times New Roman">0</FONT> with
prize # 778009/UK drew €1,000,000.00 which was first in the 2ndclass of the draws. You are to recei<S>v</S>e €1,000,000.00 (<U>O</U>ne Million Euros). Because of mix up in cash pay-outs, we ask
that you keep your winning information confidential until your money (€1,000<U>,</U>000.00) has been fully remitted to you by our accredited pay-point bank. This meas<FONT face=Courier>ur</FONT>e must be adhere to avoid
loss of your cash prize -<STRONG> wi</STRONG>nners of our cash prizes are advised to adhere to these instructions <B>to</B> forestall the abuse of this program by other participants. It's important to note that this draws
were conducted formally, and winners are select<FONT color=#905880>e</FONT>d through an internet ballot system from 60,000 individual and companies e-mail<SPAN> addr</SPAN>esses - the draws are conducted around the world
th<FONT color=# eb7c4>ro</FONT>ugh our internet based ballot system. The promotion is sponsored <EM>an</EM>d promoted Lotto NL. We congratulate you once again. We hope you will use p<S>a</S>rt of it in our next draws; the jackpot
winning is €85million. Remember<SPAN>, all winning m</SPAN>ust be claimed not later than 20 days. After this date all unclaimed cash pr<B>iz</B>e will be forfeited and included in the next sweepstake. Please, in
order t<SPAN>o avoid unnecessary delays and com</SPAN>plications remember to quote personal and winning numbers in all correspondence with us. Congratulations <SPAN>once a</SPAN>gain from all members of Lotto NL.
Thank you for being part of our promotional progr<STRIKE>a</STRIKE>m.

For immediate release of your cash prize to you,
please kindly contact our Paying Ba<B>nk</B>
Send them the following information’s:
(i) Your names,
(ii) Contact telephone<U> </U>and fax numbers
(iii) Contact Address
(iv) Your winning nu<SPAN>mbers
(v) Qu</SPAN>ote amount won.
Contact person: Mr. John kane
E-mail: chart<EM>er</EM>edbv@netscape.net
Tel: +31 643 178 404

Congratulations once again.
Yours in service,
Susan Console
www.lotto.nl
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</SPAN>

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