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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:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "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.
  • +31633755921 (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.
  • martynjensen@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • netscape.net@netscape.net
  • martynjensen@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • martynjensen@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Janice Van Ruud" <eumillionlottr@netscape.net>
Reply-To: martynjensen@netscape.net
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 12:18:30 +0200
Subject: E-LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATION


EMAIL LOTTERY NOTIFICATIONS
WINNING NOTICE FOR CATEGORY "A" WINNER
http://www.euromillion.be/euromillions.php?action=recentdraw
Dear Lucky Winner,
We are pleased to inform you today of the results released on the 12th of April 2006 of the just concluded final draws from EUROMILLION-E-GAMES PROMOTION held here in the Netherlands.
This online cyber lotto draw was conducted from an exclusive list of 40,000 000 e-
mail addresses of individuals and corporate bodies, picked by an advanced
automated random computer search from the internet. No tickets were sold. After
this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as one of eight
winners in the category "A" with the following:
Ref Number: 82954/667-423/LNL
Batch Number: 001/2312-LNL/2006
Ticket Number: 57457/6883
Serial Number: 19446/14
Therefore, you and eight other winners in category "A " are entitled to receive a total cash prize of €2,500.000. (TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND EUROS ONLY) each, from the total payout €55.000.000 .00 (Fifty Five Million Euros) shared amongst the forty-five (45) lucky winners in all different categories. Your prize awards have been insured with your winning e-mail address and will be transferred to you after due verifications, validations of your winning details.
To begin the claims processing of your prize winnings you are advised to
contact our licensed and accredited claims agent for category "A" winners only with
the information below:
Mr. Martyn Jensen
Fiduciary Agent,
EUROMILLION LOTTERY
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
E-mail: martynjensen@netscape.net@netscape.net martynjensen@netscape.net
Tel:+31- 633 755 921
IMPORTANT NOTICE:
(a) Note that there are existing periodic condition on all claims process, failing
To complete the process would lead to disqualification and winnings Forfeiture.
Winners are therefore advised to expedite their claims process by following instructions
>From the fiduciary claim agent.
(b) To avoid double claims, you are advised to keep your winning details very
confidential, as any discrepancies resulting from a breach of this
confidentiality on the part of the winners will be covered solely by such
winner as our staffs are bound by the oath of secrecy taken on employment.
(c) By this lottery prize award, you acknowledge your acceptance to be
added to our lottery master player database. You will receive periodic mailings which will include, News Letters, Invitations to Play, Announcements, Adverts and offers we feel would be of interest to our master players, from all the sponsoring entities.
(d) We hereby do solemnly pledge to maintain the privacy of our master
players/lucky winners database, and shall not make available for sale, rent,

lease for illegal use of information about our players/winners.
Remember to quote your reference information in all correspondence.
Thank you and congratulations!!!
Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Janice Van Ruud
EUROMILLION LOTTERY
Netherlands International programs
NB: all response should be mailed to: martynjensen@netscape.net

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