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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 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.
  • +31620630979 (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.
  • ggeorgewinston@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "dayzers thomas" <dayzerthnl07987@sympatico.ca>
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 12:22:57 +0000
Subject: EMAIL NEWS!!!


DAYZERS.NL-E.GAMES.
Paleisstraat 5, 2514 JA Den Haag,
Netherlands.
www.dayzers.nl

FROM: THE PROMOTION DIRECTOR
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS DEPT.
REF: NKL/4249859609/YP

BATCH: BNK/91663/PE

ATTN:WINNER,

RE:CONSOLATION PRIZE WINNER NOTICE.

We are pleased to inform you of the release, of the long awaited results of
the DAYZERS/INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAMES NL, held on the 18th of March
2006. You were entered as dependent clients with:Reference
Number:WDL/BC345627/NLI, and Batch number MBM/200987/NL.Your email address
attached to the ticket number: 78290 that drew the
lucky winning number, which consequently won the loterij in the second
category,in four parts.

You have been approved for a payment of 1,000,000.00Euros (ONE MILLION
EUROS.) in cash credited to file reference number:HPL/4247159609/WP2.This is
from a total cash prize of TEN MILLION EUROS Shared among the ten
international winners that won the second categories.

congratulations!!!

All participants were selected through a Multi international computer ballot
system drawn from 98,000(Ninety eight thousand) names of email users around
the world,as part of our international promotion programme. Due to mixed up
of some names and addresses, we ask that you keep this
award personal, till your claims has been processed and your funds remitted
to you.

This is part of our security measures to avoid double claiming or
unwarranted taking advantage of the situation by other participants or
impersonators.

To begin your claim, do file for the release of your winning by contacting
our accredited agent:

MR. GEORGE WINSTON.
Foreign Transfer Manager.
DAYZERS LOTTERY BV,
Tel: +31-620-630-979
Fax: +31-847-106-545
Email: ggeorgewinston@netscape.net

All winnings must be notarized to complete the claim process; winners will
be referred to a Foreign Transfer Manager,to have their winnings
notarized.Winners are to cover the legal charges not DAYZERS.NL,

Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications. Also,
remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all
correspondence.They are your agent, and responsible for the processing and
transfer of your winnings fund to you.YOUR SECURITY FILE NUMBER IS
W-91238-H°67/B5(keep personal) Remember,your winning must be claimed not
later than
(10th-April-2006). After this date, funds might be returned to the
unclaimed. Furthermore,should there be any change in your address, do inform
your claims agent as soon as possible.

Yours truly,
Mrs.SUSAN REED.
THE PROMOTION DIRECTOR.
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM (NL)

N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to
disqualification.

You are advice to Contact your claims agent.

Note: It has come to our attention that fraudulent emails are being sent out
from the Netherlands by some group of people. These emails are NOT from
dayzers -wheel Email-games or
the Multi-State Lottery Association. These emails may claim that the
recipient has won a prize in dayzers -wheel Email-games, the Netherlands,
Dayzers or some other non-existent international
version of Dayzers. These emails may include our name, our logo and links to
a copy of an old dayzers web page as we are working seriously to ensure
security on our web page. In accordance with the Dayzers -wheel E-games
policy and regulations, this notification is dispatched directly to
only the 10 lucky consolation prize Winners.This notification also contains
information that is proprietary,privileged or confidential or otherwise
legally exempt from disclosure. If you are not the right recipient whose
email address attached to the lucky numbers along with the winning
information’s youare not authorized to read, print, retain, copy or
disseminate this
notice or any part of it.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam