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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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.
  • +31616231495 (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.
  • psofeurolottery@gawab.com
  • quadclams@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "EURO LOTTERY" <psofeurolotteryrxfspwd@gawab.com>
Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 21:41:18 +0100
Subject: YOU ARE OUR LUCKY WINNER. CONGRATULATIONS !!!!!!!!!!

TSOF EURO SWEEPSTAKES LOTTERY
psofeurolottery@gawab.com

RESULTS STAATSLOTERIJ.NL AWARD.
No 21 MANNI-STRAAT
1309HA
AMSTERDAM
NETHERLANDS

FROM THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR:

TSOF INTERNATIONAL PRIZE AWARD DEPT
WINNING NOTIFICATION FOR CATEGORY "A" WINNER ONLY.

MAY YOU BE INFORMED. THIS IS THE FINAL NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the last final annual draw of
our LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL Programs.
The online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of
25,000,000 e-mail addresses
of individuals and corporate institutions,picked by an advanced automated
random computer search from the
internet. No tickets were sold.

During this automated computer balloting, your e-mail address emerged as a
winner in the category "A" with
the following numbers attached Ref Number: QC 9590 ES 9414,Batch Number:
573881545-NL/2005 and Ticket
Number: PP 3502 /8707-01.

You have won the cash prize of €1,500,000.00. (One Million Five Hundred
Thousand
Euro's)from the total payout.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Your prize award has been insured with your e-mail address and will be
transferred to you, upon meeting
our statutory obligations, verifications and validations.
To file in for the processing of your prize win, you are advised to contact
our
Certified and Accredited claims agent for category "A" winners with the
information below:

Name: Paul Vanfrant
Email: quadclams@netscape.net
Tel : +31 616 231 495

You are advised to provide him with the following information:

1.Given Name (As Stated in your mail registration)
2.Telephone/Fax number:
3.Nationality:
4.Age:


NOTE: All winnings must be claimed not later than 14 days, all unclaimed
funds would be included in
the next stake. Remember to quote your reference information in all
correspondence.

You are to keep all lottery information confidential, especially your
reference and ticket numbers. (This is
important, as a case of double claim will not be tolerated).

Members of affiliated agencies are Prohibited from participating in this
program.
Furthermore, should there be any change of address, do inform our agent as
soon as possible.

Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being
part of our Promotional
Program.
Kindest regards,

Dr. Deborah Kooy.
President.
Tsof Sweepstakes


All your response must be directed through your claim agent. This is a
security measure.
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This email contains confidential privileged information.

The information is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity
named above.
If you are not the intended recipient, be aware that any
disclosure,copying, distribution or use of the contents is
prohibited.
If you have received this electronic transmission in error, please notify
the sender by telephone or return email and delete the material from
your computer.
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