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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:
  • "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.
  • +32485997968 (Belgium, 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.
  • kclaimsagent@excite.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: The National Lottery <drkristo_c@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: kclaimsagent@excite.com
Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 15:09:46 +0200
Subject: The National Lottery


The National Lottery
BELGIUM.
FROM: THE DESK OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRICE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
REF Nº: EGS/2251256003/02
BATCH Nº:14/0017/1PD
RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION/ FINAL NOTICE
National Lottorey wishes to inform you the results of the E-mail address ballot lottery international program by Belgium held on 1 May 2006. Your email account have been picked as a winner of SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND EUROS ONLY.
This results is now released to you on 25 May 2006 and your email address attached in the A Category bonus ball 13, 26, 27, 38, 41, 43, and bonus ball 35 all participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from Microsoft users from company and individual email addresses users.
Be advice to keep your winning information confidential until your claims has been processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program,For the release of your winning,kindly contact your claims agent in Belgium Lottery Head Quarters Mr. KELVIN ALBERT on tel +32485997968,
you are to quote your lucky number for confirmation on your winning.
All winning must be claimed not later than 30TH JUNE , 2006 after this date all unclaimed funds will be retured to European Union Treasury as unclaimed. Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your reference number in all correspondence.
You are therefore advised to give the following informations to your claim's agent via email which is kclaimsagent@excite.com
1. Full name and address.
2. Country.
3. Tel and fax number.
4. Date of Birth
5. Occupation.
6. Expiration Date of collecting funds.
Congratulations from the staff and thank you for being part of email account users program.
Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Julie Van Hans,
Executive.(Euro Lottery Intern.)
Dr. P. Swier, Mr. Gerald Goodman (Manager Foreign Operations), Mr. Franklyn Van Der Weijden (Manager Domestic Banking Operations), Dr. James Williams (Director International Credit Department), Mrs. Sandra Murphy (Executive), Mr. Michael Cole (Executive), Mr. Stephen Boer (Chairman).
Copyright © 2005 Belgium Lottery International
MRS JULIE VAN HANS,
VICE PRESIDENT

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