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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 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.
  • +31633775038 (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.
  • dayzzzers@virgilio.it
  • dayzzers@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Dr
Reply-To: dayzzers@netscape.net
Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2006 21:17:51 +0100
Subject: 1CLASS


1CLASS
INTERNATIONAL PRIZE/AWARD DEPARTMENT
DAYZERS LOTTERY
**************************************
Ref. Number: 23/176/281-11
Batch Number:33319-88345213-NL
AWARD NOTIFICATION
Attn: Winner,
We happily announce to you the draw of the dayzers game Lottery
International programs held on the 5/6/06 of 5 June, 2006. Your email
address attached to ticket number: 110-911644235 with Serial number
JN136/06 drew the lucky numbers:00-16-07-91-10-25, which subsequently
won you the lottery in the 2rd category. You have therefore been
approved to claim a total sum of Euros 1000,000.00 (One million Euro
Euros).
All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site
through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000
companies.
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to
your account.
This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements.
Please be warned.
To file for your claim, please contact our fiducial Agent:
************************************************************************
*****************************
DAYZERS TRUST AGENCY
Name: MR SUMMERS GREEN
Email:dayzzzers@virgilio.it
Tel: +31-633-775-038
Fax: +31-84-711-1500
web-site www.dayzers.nl
************************************************************************
*****************************
Our fiducial agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate
the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.This promotion
was organised by some eminent personalities from all over the world to
promote software companies and it takes place annually.Please remember
that all winning must be processed not later than 28th of March 2006
or when authentic proof is given for the delay of filing your winning
claim.
To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your full
names,your country, your private Telephone and fax number, your
reference/batch numbers etc in any correspondences with us or our
designated agent.
Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this
programand also thank you for being part of our promotional lottery
program.Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically
disqualified.
Sincerely Yours,
Mrs. Rose Galloway.
Lottery Co-ordinator .
dayzzzers@virgilio.it
dayzzers@netscape.net

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