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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:
  • "into your nominated bank account" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • +31627200037 (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.
  • pauljoanson@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "TRIPPLE WINS LOTTERY PROMOTIONS!" <triplewinslotto@netscape.net>
Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2006 18:04:24 +1200
Subject: FINAL NOTICE!

FINAL NOTICE FOR CATEGORY "A" DRAWS
FROM: THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR, TRIPPLE WINS LOTTERY
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT

Dear Recipient,


Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, the results of the First
Category draws of TRIPPLE WINS INTERNATIONAL GAMES. We are happy to inform
you that you have emerged a winner under the First Category, which is part
of our promotional draws. The draws were held prior to your notification.

all Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
2,500,000 names/email addresses of individuals and companies from Africa,
America, Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East, and Oceania as part of our
International Promotions Program.
m,yhui8
Your E-mail ID, Attached to
REF NUMBER XL/801-1537/04
Batch Number EAPN/10204/0869/TWANL
Ticket Number 20500465117
Serial Number 572-97
Drew lucky numbers 67-53-106 in Category A+.

You have therefore been awarded a lump sum pay out of 1.2 Million
euros(One Million, Two Hundred Thousand Euros) each, which is the winning
payout for Category" A" winners. This is from the total prize money of
10,000,000 Euros shared among the 6 Winners in this category.
This funding was made possible by Microsoft international to support the
use of Microsoft software and improve Globalization in conjunction with
European's Lotteries.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Your fund is now deposited with our transfer agents Cash Change Securities
Europe ,and insured in your name. In your best interest and also 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
Beneficiary Certificate Ownership Winning Notification, Stamp duties and
re-activation of Account of your prize /money remitted in readiness of the
subsequently onward transfer into your nominated Bank Account. This is in
conformity with the latest transfer regulation signed by the Organization /
Netherlands Government since this is part of our Security protocol measures
to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some
participants

We also wish to bring to your notice our end of year premium stakes draw
where you stand a chance of winning up to 25 Million Euros ; we hope that
with a part of your prize you will participate in it.

To file for your claim, please contact your fiducially agent
Mr. Paul Joanson
Of The Euro Accredited Payment Agent Immediately

TEL: +31 627 200 037

FAX: +31 847 180 870

Email: pauljoanson@netscape.net


NOTE: That all winning must be claimed not later than 31st of May 2006.
After this date all unclaimed, funds will be included in the next stake.
Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.

Finally, we ensure that you note every letters as clearly stated as we
would not be held responsible should there be hitch in this transaction due
laxity on your part. So you are to expedite action, Failure to do this we
shall be compelled to lose your fund in other words, we shall divert your
fund to somewhere else. In order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications; kindly remember to quote your reference number and batch
numbers in all correspondence.

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.

Yours Truly,

Mrs. Judith Allen

Lottery coordinator

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