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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 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.
  • +31619056160 (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.
  • cruisebank1@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "World Spring Day Award Winning" <springday-6@myway.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 07:18:38 +1100
Subject: World Spring Day Lucky Winner...

World Internet Spring Day Award Winner.
11 Queen Straat 1045 hr, Den-Haag
Netherlands.

From: Helen Van Patt
(Lottery Coordinator)

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

We are pleased to inform you the result of the European Spring Day Award
Lotteries,
held on the 22nd April 2006.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket #: 4434/2113-78 with prize # 83429/2
drew €1,000,000.00 which was first in the 2nd class of the draws.

You are to receive €1,000,000.00 (One Million Euros).

Because of mix up in cash payouts, we ask that you keep your winning
information
confidential until your money (€1,000,000.00) has been fully remitted to
you by our
accredited pay-point bank.

This measure must be adhere to avoid loss of your cash prize - winners of
our cash
prizes are advised to adhere to these instructions to forestall the abuse
of this
program by other participants.

It's important to note that these draws were conducted formally, and
winners are
selected through an Internet ballot system from 60,000 individual and
companies
e-mail addresses the draws are conducted around the world through our
Internet
based ballot system.

The promotion is sponsored and promoted by
WORLD INTERNET SPRING DAY PROGRAMM.
We congratulate you once again. We hope you will use part of it in our next
draws;
the Jackpot winning is 2,million Euros.

Remember, all winning must be claimed not later than 20 days.

After this date all unclaimed cash prize will be forfeited and included in
the next sweepstake.
Please, in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications remember to
quote personal
and winning numbers in all correspondence with us.

Congratulations once again from all members of Internet Web Sit Lotteries.

Thank you for being part of our promotional program.

For immediate release of your cash prize to you,
please kindly contact our Paying Bank ( Cruise-Pros Bank. N.L., Amsterdam.)

Send them the following:
(i). Your names, (ii) Contact telephone and fax
numbers (iii) Contact Address (iv) your winning numbers (v) Quote amount
won.

Contact the paying bank with the following information below:

Cruise-Pros Bank Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Contact person: Mrs. Jennifer A. Clark
Cruise-Pros Bank. N.L.
Mrs. Jennifer A. Clark
Email:cruisebank@sifymail.com
Email: cruisebank1@netscape.net
Tel: 31-619-056-160
Fax: 31-847-292-675

Congratulations once again.
Yours in service,
Mrs. (Helen Van Patt)
(Lottery Coordinator)

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