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

Fraud email example:

From: "POSTCODELOTERY.NL" <infol2006ws@walla.com>
Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2006 13:14:36 -0700
Subject: POSTCODE LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL

Postcode Lottery INT'L
Patenlaan 23, 2288ee Rijwijk
Den Haag, the Nether<EM>la</EM>nds.
(Lotto affiliate with Subscriber Agents).
From: Joan Van Henk(Lottery Co-ordina<STRONG>to</STRONG>r)
www.postcodeloterij.nl

ATTN:

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

We are pleased to inform you of the res<SPAN>ult of </SPAN>the Postcode Lottery.NL Winners <STRONG>I</STRONG>nternational programs held on the 1st Aprial, 2006. Your e-mail address attached to ticket #: 0175655522 with prize #: 31765549 NL drew €1,000,00<SPAN>0.00 whic</SPAN>h was first in the first class of<B> t</B>he draws. You are to receive €1,000,000.00 (One Million Euros). Because of mix up in cash pay-outs, we ask that you keep your winning information confide<U>n</U>tial until your money (€1,000,000.00) has been fully remi<FONT face=Tahoma>t</FONT>ted to you by our accredited pay-point bank. This measure must be adhere to,in order to avoid loss of your<SPAN> cash prize -</SPAN> winners of our cash prizes are advised<STRIKE> </STRIKE>to adhere to these instructions to forestall the abuse of this program by other participants. It is<SPAN> important to note that this draws were condu< ;/SPAN>cted formally, and winners<STRONG> a</STRONG>re selected through an internet ballot system from 50,000 individual and companies e-mail addresses - the draws are conducted a<SPAN>round the world through o</SPAN>ur internet based ballot system. The promotion is sponsored and promoted Postco<FONT face="MS Sans Serif">d</FONT>e Lottery.NL . We congratulate you once again. We hope you will use part of it in our next draws; the jackpot winn<FONT color=#886a3a>in</FONT>g is €85million. Remember,all winnings must be c<B>la</B>imed not later than 20days from today.After this date all unclaimed cash prize will <SPAN>be forfeited and includ</SPAN>ed in the next sweepstake. Please, in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications remember to quote personal and winn<S>i</S>ng numbers in all correspondence with us. Congratulations once again from all members of Postcode Lottery-<SPAN>NL.T</SPAN>hank you f or being part of our <SPAN>promotional program.
</SPAN>
For immediate release of your cash prize to you, please kindly contact our Paying Ba<SPAN>nk
address written</SPAN> below.

Send them the following informations:

(i) Your name,
(ii) Contact telephone an<FONT color=#a2b667>d </FONT>fax numbers
(iii) Contact Address
(iv) Your winning numbers
(v) Quote amount won.
(vi) Noti<SPAN>fic</SPAN>ation date.

Contact person: M<I>r</I> Patrick Rowley
E-mail: leedbv@netscape.net
Tel: 00 31 633 701 450

Congratulations once again.
Yours in service,
Jo<STRONG>a</STRONG>n Van Henk(Lottery Co-ordinator)

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