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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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.
• 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.
  • +31617788250 (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.
  • nlagent@yahoo.com.au (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: <nlagent@yahoo.com.au>
Date: Sun, 28 May 2006 20:42:29 +0500
Subject: YOU HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED!!!

Welcome to Ozlotteries, the best place to play Australian/American/EUrope/Africa lottery games online.

YOU WANT TO BE THE WORLD'S LATEST MILLIONAIRE???PLAY THIS LOTTERY AND SEE FOR YOURSELF!!!!PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS TODAY!!!

IF YOU RECEIVE THIS MESSAGE,IT MEANS YOU HAVE 100% ASSURANCE OF WINNING BETWEEN THE RANGES OF $200-$5,000,000.00

PURCHASE YOUR TICKET TODAY!!!RANGING FROM $100 AND ABOVE.

If you receive this email message,it means you have been notified of the latest lottery sweepstake/draw for OZlotteries.

GIVE THIS A TRIAL AND BE REST ASSURED THAT A TRIAL WILL CONVINCE YOU.

We have been an agent for the OzLotteries for more than 10yrs now and we have as well been able to sell tickets to more than 1m people from around the world.Out of the 1m people,(200,000 people) has confirmed their tickets as winning tickets over the years which means we have gotten a premium award as an agent.

We are based in Den Haag,The Netherlands.

Try your luck and you have 100% assurance that you will win something.It is a matter of risking a little amount of money and the end shall prove its autheticity.

This is a multi-million dollar $$$ lottery sweepstake for this year as one of the best year for the OZ lotteries.

THIS IS THE TIME TO STAND UP AND TRY YOUR LUCK!!!A TRIAL WILL NOT DISAPPOINT YOU BECAUSE FROM THIS DAY TILL THE FINAL DRAW DATE (4DAYS from now),YOU WILL HAVE A SMILING FACE.

THIS LOTTERY IS MEANT FOR THE YOUNG (16yrs and above) AND THE OLD.THE RICH AND THE POOR.THE ABLE AND DISABLED,THE HAPPY AND THE SAD.

TO PURCHASE YOUR TICKET TODAY,YOU CAN PAY VIA WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER OR MONEY GRAM TO OUR ACCREDITTED ACCOUNT OFFICER:

NAME: MICHAEL ANDREW

ADDRESS: Wibuastraat 110,2051GH Amsterdam,Netherlands.


OR FOR FURTHER INFORMATIONS,REACH THE OZ LOTTERY AGENT OFFICER (NL) :

Arthur Fred
Tel: +31 6177 88250
Email: nlagent@yahoo.com.au
OZLOTTERIES TEAM
SIGNED MANAGMENT

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