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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.
  • +31644753805 (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.
  • hansconsults@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "NATIONAL STAATSLOTERIJ NL" <natstaatsnl@netscape.net>
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 03:56:28 -1000
Subject: Your Email Won Prize Lottery.

NATIONAL STAATSLOTERIJ.NL
Paleisstraat 5, 2514 JA Den Haag.
THE Netherlands.

REF: YPL/4249859609/WX5
BATCH: GLV/91663/AU
SECURITY CODE:W-91238-H-67/B5

Attn:Lucky Email Address Prize Winner,


We are pleased to inform you of the release, of the long awaited results of
the STAATLOTERIJ NL INTERNATIONALPROMOTION PROGRAME, held on the 26th of May
2006. You were entered as an independent client with:Reference Number:
YPL/4249859609/WX5,and Batch Number: GLV/91663/AU.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 €1,000,000.00 (ONE MILLION EURO) in
cash credited to file reference number:HPL/4247159609/WP2.This is from a
total cash prize of TEN MILLION EURO Shared among the 10 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 Winning Prize award personal, till your claim has been
processed and your funds remitted to you.

This is part of our security measures to avoid double claiming or
unwarranted individual 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 Licensed Fiducial/Claims Agent:


MR. HANS HUNTER.
Licensed Fiducial/Claims Agent to STAATLOTERIJ NL,
Tel: +31 644 753 805.
Fax: +31 847 438 364.

Reply Email:hansconsults@netscape.net

NOTE: All winnings must be notarized to complete the claim process; winners
will be referred to a Licensed Fiducial/Claims Agent to STAATLOTERIJ NL, to
have their winnings notarized.Winners are to cover the processing and
admistrative tax charges and not STAATSLOTERIJ.NL,

Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please
remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all
correspondence.Mr Hans Hunter is your Licensed Fiducial/Claims Agent, and
he is 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 One week. After this
date,funds might be returned as unclaimed.Furthermore,should there be any
change in your address, do inform your Licensed Fiducial/Claims Agent as
soon as possible.

Yours Truly,

MRS. SARAH.VAN.HENK.
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 Licensed Fiducial/Claims
Agent :

Mr.Hans Hunter.
Email Address: hansconsults@netscape.net

www.staatsloterij.nl

WARNING: 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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