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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.
  • +31633773384 (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.
  • staatsclaimsinfo@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Rita Morris" <staatsloterijn.nl701@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: staatsclaimsinfo@netscape.net
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 00:40:37 -0400
Subject: EURO LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATION!!!

THE PROMOTION DIRECTOR
RESULTS FOR THE SECOND CATEGORY DREW
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS DEPT STAATSLOTERIJ NL.
REF: PEK/27381934
BATCH:STAP/2333/ST 
 
ATTN;WINNER,
 
 
We are pleased to inform you of the release, of the long awaited
results of the STAATSLOTERIJ/INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAMES NL held
on
5th of JUNE 2006. Reference Number: PEK/27381934.Your email address
attached to the ticket number:TK/4693659BV 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 1,000,000.00 Euro (ONE
MILLION EURO) in cash credited to file reference
number:HPL/4247159609/WP1.
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 our Microsoft computer ballot
system drawn form 42,000 Names, 6,000 names from each continent, as
part
of International "E-MAIL" Promotions Program, for our prominent MS WORD
user all over the world, and for the Continues use of E-mail.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. SMITH BUCHMAN
Foreign Transfer Manager,
TEL + 31-633-773-384
FAX + 31-847-300-758
staatsclaimsinfo@netscape.net

All winnings must be notarized to complete the claim process because
you were randomly selected for this draw through your email address, so
the notarization process is vital because with this we can legally
ascertain that the lucky email address as well as the winning details
do in
fact belong to you.
 
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 78/23432/KB (keep personal) Remember, your
winning must be claimed not later than (12-7-2006) 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. Rita Morris. 
STAATSLOTERIJ. NL
THE PROMOTION DIRECTOR.
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM (NL).
 
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will
result to disqualification.
 

- Rita Morris
 

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