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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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)
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "to 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 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.
  • infostaatlottery@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "harriet wilson" <wilsonharriet@sympatico.ca>
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 12:21:19 +0000
Subject: STAATLOTTERY NATIONAL PROMOTION.

STAATLOTTERY NATIONAL PROMOTION.
POSTBUS 3313 5902 RH
VENLO THE NETHERLANDS.
REF N° : BL3/20045/07
BATCH N°: 35/203/FME
SECURITY DEPOSIT CODE:DZL/15890456/DDZL
REPLY MAIL: infostaatlottery@netscape.net

Dear Sir/Madam,
We happily announce to you the draw of the Staatlottery International
programs held on the 13th of March 2006. Your e-mail address attached to
ticket number: 564 75600545 188 with Serial number 5388/02 drew the lucky
numbers: 31-6-26-13-35-7, which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd
category. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of
¤500,000.00( Five Hundred Thousand Euro only).
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
25,000 company email addresses and 30,000,000 individual email addresses
from Australia, Africa, New Zealand, America, Europe, North America and Asia
as part of International promotion.

CONGRATULATIONS! ! !

Due to mix up of some numbers and names, you are advised to keep your
winning information confidential until your claims has been processed and
your money remitted to your nominated bank account. This is part of our
security protocol to avoid double claims and unwarranted abuse of
this programme by some participants. All participants were selected through
an e-mail balloting.

This promotional programme takes place every two years at the beginning of
the year. To file for your claim, please contact your fiducial agent by
telephone and email for due processing and remittance of your prize money to
your designated bank account of your choice.

Claim Fiducial Officer :
MR : JOOST KORK .
Reply Email: infostaatlottery@netscape.net
Direct Line : 0031- 206-006-491./0031-84-711-4016

Remember, all winning must be claimed not later than One week of receiving
this notice. After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.
Please note, in order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications, remember to quote your reference number and batch number in
all correspondence.
Furthermore, should there be any change of address do kindly inform us as
soon as possible.
Note: To enhance the processing of your claim by your processing officer,
you are advised to officially introduce yourself to the claim agent and also
provide them with your valid means of your personal identification with a
copy of this awards notification for references.

Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being
part of our promotional program.

MRS.MARILFA BRIDGE.
Lottery Coordinator,

N : B , DO KINDLY CONTACT THE LOTTERY FIDUCIAL AGENT MR.JOOST KORK ON
HIS DIRECT LINE : 0031- 206-006-491./0031-84-711-4016

















>From the infomation desk of the Staatlottery.



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