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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: "LOTTO.NL" <infol2006tqu@zwallet.com>
Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 06:49:59 -0700
Subject: LOTTO.NL

LOTTO.NL
Patenleen 23, 2288ee Rijwik
Den Haag, the Nether<STRIKE>l</STRIKE>ands.
(Lotto affiliate with Subscriber Agents).
From: Joan Van Henk (Lotto Coordinator) <B>
</B>Website: www.lotto.nl

ATTN: YOU ARE WON C0NTACT OUR PAYING BANK.

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Lotto NL Winners Internatio<STRIKE>n</STRIKE>al programs held on the 15th May,2006.Your<STRONG> </STRONG>e-mail address attached to ticket #:00903228100 with prize # 778009/UK drew
1,0<FONT color=#513c8e>0</FONT>0,000.00 which was first in the 2ndclass of the draws. You are to receive1,000,000.00 (one Million Euros).Because of mix<U> </U>up in cash pay-outs, we ask that you keep your winning information confidential until your money (1,000,000.00) has been fully remitted to you by our<FONT face=Courier> </FONT> accredited pay-point bank.

This measure must be adhere to avoid loss of
your cash prize - winners of<SPAN> our cash prizes are </SPAN>advised to adhere to these instruc<SPAN>tions to fores</SPAN>tall the abuse of this program by other
participants. It's important to note that this draws were conducted form<B>al</B>ly, and winners are selected through an internet ballot system from 60,000 individual a<SPAN>nd companies </SPAN>e-mail addresses - the draws are conducted around the world through o<SPAN>ur internet based ballot system. The promotion is sponsored and </SPAN>promoted by Lotto-NL. We congratulate you once again.
We hope you will use part of it <STRIKE>i</STRIKE>n our next draws, the jackpot winning is ?85million.

Remember, all winning must be claimed not later than <EM>2</EM>0 days from today. After this date all unclaimed cash<SPAN> prize will be forfeited and included in the next sweepstake.

Please</SPAN>, in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complicatio<EM>n</EM>s remember to quote personal and winning numbers in all
correspondence w<SPAN>ith us. Congratulations once </SPAN>again from all members of Lotto NL. Thank you for being part of our promotional program.
For immediate release of your cash <STRONG>pr</STRONG>ize to you, please kindly contact our pay<I>in</I>g bank address below. Send them the following information's:

(i) Your names.
(ii) Contact telephone and fax numbers.

(iii) Contact Address.
(iv) Your winning numbers.
(v) Quote amou<FONT face="MS Sans Serif">nt</FONT> won.
{vi} Notification Date.

Contact person<FONT color=#7d2d75>:</FONT> Mr. Patrick Rowley
Email:leedbv@netscape.net
Tel: 00 31 633 701 450

Congratulation once again
Your in servic<STRONG>e</STRONG>,
Joan Van Henk (Lotto Coordinater}

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