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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.
  • +31626674559 (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.
  • enquiry@mrsporty.com
  • legalsec@mrsporty.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Mrsporty Incorporation <automailermrsporty@walla.com>
Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2006 08:41:36 +0200
Subject: The Mrsporty Incorporation Worldcup Offer 2006


The Mrsporty Incorporation
Rambrantplein 1223, 2AD
Den Haag,The Netherlands.
E: Mail:enquiry@mrsporty.com
Tele:+31-626-674-559
Fax:Fax:31-84-721-7876
REF:SNL/2311786008/01
BATCH:14/011/IP
RE:WINNING NOTIFICATION/FINAL NOTICE
We are pleased to inform you of the release today the 7th of June 2006, of the Mrsporty Incorporation Worldcup 2006 International program held on the 5th of June 2006. Your personal or company email address attached to ticket number 205-11886-sporty9 with serial number 3772-99 drew lucky numbers 7-14-17-23-31-44 which consequently won the lottery in the First category.You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of 1.5M Euros (One Million and Five Hundred thousand Euros) in cash credited to file Ref.No SNL/2311786008/01.This is from a total cash prize of 15million Euros shared among several international lucky winners in this category in preparation for the Worldcup Championship in Germany.
CONGRATULATIONS. Your fund is now deposited with Security finance of the Mrsporty Incorporation in Netherlands(Mrsporty Complex ) to your name and due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this winning private from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to your designated account.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid duplicate claims and the prevention of participants potentially taking advantage of this programme. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 500,000 companies and individual email addresses from all over the world as part of our international promotions programme, which takes place to mark the Worldcup Championship.Please be informed that all winnings must be claimed not later than 29th July 2006.
After this date all unclaimed funds will be returned to the pool as unclaimed.NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in all correspondence with your name.Furthermore, should there be any change of address, do inform your agent as soon as possible. Anybody under the age of 18 years is automatically disqualified.
Congratulations once more from our members of Staff and thank you for being part of our promotional programme.Contact this department for further details. When responding to this notification, you would be required to state your full names and region/country
of domicile.
NAME:
AGE:
SEX
ADDRESS
EMAIL:
PHONE No.:
OCCUPATION:
COMPANY:
COUNTRY:
REF:
WINNING CODE:
For information you should please contact the company directly on:legalsec@mrsporty.com
Best regards
Mrs Taiyan Peiter ( Secrt.)

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