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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.
  • +31633770311 (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.
  • infokrasloten100@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "info" <infokrasloten01@excite.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2006 05:41:31 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: MICROSOFT OUTLOOK AWARD LOTTERY














KRASLOTEN PROMOTION BVPOSTBUS 3045, 2280 GA,RIJSWIJK, Netherlands.Attn; REF NO; ILPB642857301In view of the yearly sweepstake of the above named organization held on the 30th of June,2006.It is my pleasure to inform you that your e-mail address attached to the above Ref No, ticket star number (45407),serial number 51622, lucky numbers 3-18-40-40-76, batch number EULO/2907/444/908/06 came up in the first dip.This invariably means that you have emerged as the prize recipient in the first category with an allocated sum of Nine Hundred and Seventy Five Thousand United States Dollars(US$975.000.00). Be informed that all participants were selected from a randon computing ballot system.This charitable sweepstake is sponsored by a group of corporate organizations and governmental parastatals drawn from major cities in Europe.As a matter of principle,you are to donate at the minimum one tenth of the fund to an outstandi ng charity project in your locality,after the reception of your
fund.To file for your claim and other enquiries,contact the designated fiducial consultant: Mr. Mark Fish;Contact Email: infokrasloten100@netscape.net, Tel: +31-633-770-311.Please note all winning must be claimed not later than 24th July, 2006.Congratulations once moreFaithfully yours'Mrs. Elenir Henk




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