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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:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "foreign service manager" (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.
  • +31615524070 (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.
  • steveconsult64@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "NATIONALE LOTTERIJ" <natpostcodelotterij1@msn.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 12:28:55 +0000
Subject: YOUR EMAIL WON THE LOTTERIJ.

FROM: THE DESK OF THE LOTTO CHANCELLOR,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF: REF:JKM/247870460037/05
BATCH: 95/87489/HGY
ATTENTION:

RE/ AWARD NOTIFICATION: We are pleased to inform you of the announcement
today, 26th
October,2005 of winners of the NATIONAL POSTCODE LOTERIJ, PROGRAMS AMSTERDAM
held on
28th September,2005 through computer ballot system Your company/You email,is
attached to ticket
number 873-1887-140-279, with serial number 5073-10 drew the lucky numbers
42-23-78-45-01-72, and
consequently won the lottery in the first category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of US$1.5 Million in
cash credited to file
REF:JKM/247870460037/05. This is from total prize
money of US$90,000,000.00 shared among the seventeen international winners
in this category. All
participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn form
25,000 names from Australia,
New Zealand, America, Europe,
North America, Asia, and Africa as part of International Promotions Program,
which is conducted
annually.


CONGRATULATIONS! Your fund is now deposited with a Finance House insured in
your name. Due to
the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award
strictly from public notice until
your claim has been processed and your money remitted to your account. This
is part of our security
protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of
this program.
We hope with a part of you prize, you will participate in our end of year
high stakes US$1.0 Billion
Netherlands International Lottery. To begin your claim, please contact our
International claim agent/
financial Consultant:
Mr Steve Louis
email:steveconsult64@netscape.net
Tel:+31-615-524-070
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER/CONSULTANT,

For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated
account of your choice.
Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than 30th November,
2005. After this date, all funds
will be returned as unclaimed.
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
remember to quote your
reference and batch numbers in every one of your correspondences
with your agent.Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do
inform your claim's agent
as soon as possible.

Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our
promotions program.

Sincerely,
Mrs Cecilia Vries
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,NATIONALE POSCODE LOTERIJ.
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on thepart of the winners will result
to disqualification.

THANKS FOR WINNING.

Anti-fraud resources:

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