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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:
  • "claims 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 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.
  • +31645586829 (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.
  • claimsagent_dfccbv202@yahoo.de (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "vivienne hordijk" <hordjik_nederlandseloterij@sympatico.ca>
Reply-To: claimsagent_dfccbv002@yahoo.de
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 11:45:56 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS: YOU HAVE JUST WON OUR LUCKY PRIZE!!!

FROM: PROMOTIONS DEPARTMENT

             NEDERLANDSE INTERNATIONALE LOTERIJ BV

             PALEISSTRAAT 55

             NL-2500 BP       

             THE HAGUE

             THE NETHERLANDS

 

              PRIZE WINNING NOTIFICATION

 

PRIZE CATEGORY:   “B”

REFERENCE NO:       NIL-B-3120-01101980-NLBV

TICKET NO:                NIL-B-15-01-05

 

We are happy to inform you that the recipient email address has been selected as one of the lucky email addresses in the category "B" of the online lotto conducted by our company NEDERLANDSE INTERNATIONALE LOTERIJ BV here in Hague. CONGRATULATIONS! The cyber-lotto was conducted by a first of its kind automated computer balloting system, where by email addresses (25,000 email addresses), were extracted from all continents of the world. A draw was held in different categories and winners from different parts of the world emerged and are entitled to various cash prizes depending on their different categories. Thus, you/your company with this email address, attached to Ticket number: NIL-B-15-01-05 and a Reference number: NIL-B-3120-01101980-NLBV in the Category B, is entitled to a lump payout of €2,500,000.00 (Two Million, Five Hundred Thousand Euros).

 

As a category B winner, selected by computer balloting system where only email addresses were sorted, from a total number of 25,000 addresses drawn from all over the globe via an automated computer ballot of our International Promotions Program, FIVE winners emerged in this category and therefore each are to receive payouts of €2,500,000,00 (Two Million, Five Hundred Thousand Euros) from the total of €12,500,000.00 (TWELVE MILLION,FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND EUROS).

 

To immediately claim your prize, please contact our Category "B" financial agents DUTCH FINANCE & CONTRACTING COMPANY BV, below are the contact information of their financial director:

 

Mr. Van Leroy

Financial Director

DUTCH FINANCE & CONTRACTING COMPANY BV

NOORDBARGERSTRAAT 77

NL-7812 AA EMMEN

THE NETHERLANDS

Tel :  +31 645586829

Fax:  +31 847291055

E-mail: claimsagent_dfccbv202@yahoo.de

 

Provide Prize reference number-NIL-B-3120-01101980-NLBV and winning ticket number-NIL-B-15-01-05 for confirmation. In your best interest(s), you must initiate contact within two weeks of receipt of this correspondence. DUTCH FINANCE & CONTRACTING COMPANY BV is to handle all matters with regards to claiming of your prize money. You are also advised to send a copy of this email, to your claims agent Mr. Van Leroy, when contacting him.

 

You may be required to provide any of the above information during the process of collecting your prize. We congratulate you once again and it is our hope that you participate in any of our international programs in the nearest future.

 

 

 

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Vivienne Hordijk

Promotions Manager

NEDERLANDSE INTERNATIONALE LOTERIJ BV

 

 

 

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