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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fiduciary 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.
  • +31626498038 (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.
  • staatclaims@netscape.net
  • ldcdept@myway.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Staat Lotto" <staat_lot066@sympatico.ca>
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 12:08:16 +0000
Subject: CONTACT CLAIMS DEPT,YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS HAS WON $1,000,000.00 USD.

FROM: PROMOTIONS DEPARTMENT OF STAATSLOTERIJ INTERNATIONAL,
WINNING NOTICE FOR CATEGORY"A" WINNER-
Ref. No.- LSLUK/2031/8161/04
BATCH NUMBER: 14/011/IPD.
www.staatsloterij.nl
Attention:
Staatsloterij International has just concluded its final draws of it's
periodical promotional program.An exclusive list of email addresses of
thousands of individual and corporate bodies were picked by automated random
computer search from the internet with serial number 5772-54 drew the lucky
numbers 3-4-17-28-35-44and consequently won in the First Category.

No tickets were sold. Your email address emerged as one of seven winners in
the silver stakes category"A" as email addresses were soughted, from a total
number of 1,000,000 addresses drawn from all over the globe. After an
automated computer ballot of our International Promotions Program, only
SEVEN winners emerged in this category and therefore each are to receive
payouts of $1,000,000.00 USD DOLLAR from the total of $7,000,000.00 USD
DOLLAR SEVEN MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLAR).
However, every email address selected was accompanied by a reference and
ticket number,after the cyber lotto selection, the below ticket and
reference numbers emerged as one of the lucky winners in the above
category.CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Reference number for your prize is:Ref. No.- LSLUK/2031/8161/04
BATCH NUMBER: 14/011/IPD.
ticket number 50941465206-529
For your prize claim processing, we have employed the service of an
lnternational Trust firm. They are to handle the transfer of your cash prize
of 1,000,000.00 Dollar in line with our procedures and upon your
directions.Your prize has been insured to its full value with your email
address and will be transferred to you under their professional service.
To immediately initiate the processing of your prize claim, please contact
the under-mentioned at our claims department;

Mr.F.Vincent
Amsterdam-Netherlands.

Email: staatclaims@netscape.net
Ldcdept@myway.com

Tel.: +31-626 498 038.

In your best interest(s), you must initiate contact within three weeks of
receipt of this Correspondence. Attorney/Fiduciary Agents, are to handle all
matters with regards to legalization of your winning documents.You are also
advised to send a copy of this email, to the Director of operations at the
claims department, Mr.Frank Vincent,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 and CONGRATULATIONS!!!.

Sincerely,
Mrs.Kate Veldhuizen.
Promotions Manager,
Staats loterij international,
Netherlands.



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