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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash)
• 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!

Fraud email example:

From: jriMrs.Naomi Van Brook <infolotteries@netscape.net>
Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 09:11:03 +0200
Subject: LUCKY DRAW PRIZE AWARD NOTICE>>CONGRATULATION>>>>

STAATSLOTERIJ NL 2006 INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM Penshawegtraat 97, 1091 GH Amstel Towers. Amsterdam- The Netherlands. www.staatsloterij.nl REFERENCE NUMBER: SLNL/999/555/06NL BATCH NUMBER: 26/005/T-ANL RESULTS: FOR CATEGORY "A" DRAWS Dear Winner, Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, the results of the STAATSLOTERIJ LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL AWARD. We are happy to inform you that you have emerged a winner under the First Category, which is part of our promotional draws held on 28th April, 2006. Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 2,500,000 names and email addresses of individuals and companies from Africa, America, Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East, and Oceania as part of our annual International Promotions Program. Your name and e-mail address, attached to ticket number 777746222-056, with serial number 6666-94 drew the lucky numbers 3-4-17-28-35-44 and consequently won in the First Category. You have therefore been awarded a lump sum pay out of €1,500,000.00 (One Million Five Hundred Thousand Euros Only), which is the winning payout for Category "A" winners. This is from the total prize money of 8,000,000.00 shared among the six winners in this category CONGRATULATIONS! Your fund is now deposited with the paying Agency. In your best interest to avoid mix up of numbers and names of any kind, we request that you keep the entire details of your award strictly from public notice until the process of transferring your claims has been completed, and your funds remitted to your account. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants/none participants of this program. Please contact your claims agent immediately for due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice: To file for your claim, please contact the fiduciary agent. *********************************************** MR. ADAMS MALIQ TRANSAVIA TRUST AGENCY B.V AMSTERDAM THE NETHERLANDS EMAIL: INFOTRANSAGENCY@AOL.COM TEL/FAX: +31-847-581-409 *********************************************** Claims Requirements: ==================== 1.Full Name -------------------------------------------------------------- 2.Address ------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.Nationality --------------------------------------------------------------- 4.Age ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 5.Occupation ---------------------------------------------------------------- 6.Phone/Fax ----------------------------------------------------------------- 7.Present Country ----------------------------------------------------------- PAYMENT MODE: OPTIONS: 1) BANK TO BANK WIRE TRANSFER. 2) CERTIFIED CHEQUE MADE OUT IN YOUR NAME COURIERED TO YOU VIA OUR AFFILIATE COURIER COMPANY AND WILL BE DELIVERED TO YOUR ADDRESS. **PLEASE INDICATE OPTION THAT BEST SUITS YOU. He is to help you in claiming your due prize. In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your ticket, reference, and batch numbers in all correspondences with your claims representative. Sincerely, Mrs. Naomi Van Brook STAATSLOTERIJ NL (AWARD CO-ORDINATOR) _______________________________________________ NB: The STAATSLOTERIJ NL holds the right to cancel your winning if you are below the age of 18yrs. Employees and immediate family members of employees of STAATSLOTERIJ NL, its associated companies, professional advisers, advertising and promotional agencies are not eligible to be winners of this promotional lottery. Contacts should be made directly to your claims agent via email on or before fourteen (14) days after receiving your winning notification as this is mandatory.

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