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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.
  • +31645523120 (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.
  • royaltrustinfo@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "STAATSLOTERIJ.NL-E.GAMES." <contactstaat@ummah.org>
Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 04:37:38 -0700
Subject: STAATSLOTERIJ.NL-E.GAMES.


STAATSLOTERIJ.NL-E.GAMES.
Paleisstraat 5, 2514 JA Den Haag,
Netherlands.
www.staatsloterij.nl

FROM: THE PROMOTION DIRECTOR
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS DEPT.
REF: YPL/4249859609/WX5

BATCH: GLV/91663/AU

ATTN;WINNER,

RE:CONSOLATION PRIZE WINNER NOTICE.

We are pleased to inform you of the release, of the long awaited
results of the STAATLOTERIJ/INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAMES
NL, held on the 23th of May 2006. You were entered as dependent
clients with:Reference Number:NM/BC921245/KY13, and Batch number
NM/207161/WOP.

Your email address attached to the ticket number: 46938 that
drew the lucky winning number, which consequently won the
loterij in the second category,in four parts.

You have been approved for a payment of 1,000,000.00Euros (ONE
MILLION EUROS.) in cash credited to file reference
number:HPL/4247159609/WP2.This is from a total cash prize of TEN
MILLION EUROS Shared
among the ten international winners that won the second categories.

congratulations!!!

All participants were selected through a Multi international
computer ballot system drawn from 98,000(Ninety eight thousand)
names of email users around the world,as part of our
international promotion programme.

Due to mixed up of some names and addresses, we ask that you
keep this award personal, till your claims has been processed
and your funds remitted to you.

This is part of our security measures to avoid double claiming
or unwarranted taking advantage of the situation by other
participants or impersonators.

To begin your claim, do file for the release of your winning by
contacting our accredited agent:

MR. PETER SEEDORF.
Foreign Transfer Manager.
ROYAL TRUST AGENCY BV,

Tel: +31-645-523-120
Email: royaltrustinfo@netscape.net

NOTE:
All winnings must be notarized to complete the claim process;
winners will be referred to a Foreign Transfer Manager,to have
their winnings notarized.

Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications please remember to quote your reference number and
batch numbers in all correspondence.They are your agent, and
responsible for the processing and transfer of your winnings
fund to you.

YOUR SECURITY FILE NUMBER IS W-91238-H°67/B5
(keep personal) Remember,your winning must be claimed not later
than (23-June-2006). After this date, funds might be returned
to the unclaimed. Furthermore,should there be any change in your
address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible.

Yours truly,

Mrs.SUSAN HENKE.
THE PROMOTION DIRECTOR.
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM (NL)

N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners
will result to disqualification.

You are advice to Contact your claims agent
Mr. PETER SEEDORF.

Email Address: royaltrustinfo@netscape.net

Note: It has come to our attention that fraudulent
emails are being sent out from the Netherlands by some group of
people. These emails are NOT from Staatsloterij -wheel Email-
games or the Multi-State Lottery Association. These emails may
claim that the recipient has won a prize in Staatsloterij -wheel
Email-games, the Netherlands Staatsloterij or some other non-
existent international version of Staatsloterij. These emails
may include our name, our logo and links to a copy of an old
staatsloterij web page as we are working seriously to ensure
security on our web page.

In accordance with the staatsloterij -wheel E-games
policy and regulations, this notification is dispatched directly
to only the 10 lucky consolation prize Winners.
This notification also contains information that is proprietary,
privileged or confidential or otherwise legally exempt from
disclosure. If you are not the right recipient whose email
address attached to the lucky numbers along with the winning
information\'s you are not authorized to read, print, retain,
copy or disseminate this notice or any part of it.

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