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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "to your nominated bank account" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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 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.
  • consultancy003@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "favour share" <favourshare4@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 17:52:12 +0200
Subject: CONTACT PAYMENT CO-ORDINATOR!!!

CONTACT PAYMENT CO-ORDINATOR!!!
STAATSLOTERIJ JACKPOT AND PROMOTIONS
KHORHOSTRAAT 155,
AMSTERDAM,
THE NETHERLANDS.

FROM:THE DESK OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT,
SCFN:ABN/5333/025648/03UA.
BATCH:245/2002/GWK

WE ARE PLEASED TO INFORM YOU TODAY THE 10TH OF JULY 2006. RESULT OF THE
STAATSLOTERIJ JACKPOT AND PROMOTIONS, NETHERLANDS. HELD ON 6TH OF JULY 2006.
YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS ATTACHED TO THE TICKET NO:1001-55896542-5899 WITH SERIAL
NO:6666/05 DREW FROM THE LUCKY NO:02-22-00-66-99-85-52-12-36-50, WHICH
CONSEQUENTLY WON THE LOTTERY IN THE FIRST CATEGORY. YOU HAVE THEREFORE BEEN
APPROVED FOR A LUMP SUM PAY OUT OF ONE MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS
(US$1,000,000.00) IN CASH CREDITED TO SECURITY FILE NUMBER
ABN/5333/025648/03UA.
THIS IS FROM A TOTAL CASH PRIZE OF US$4 MILLION SHARE AMONG FOUR INDIVIDUALS
IN
THIS CATEGORY.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!.

DUE TO MIXED UP OF SOME NUMBERS AND NAMES, WE ASK THAT YOU KEEP THIS WINNING
INFORMATIONS OUT OF THE PUBLIC NOTICE UNTIL YOUR CLAIM HAS BEEN PROCESSED
AND YOUR FUNDS REMITTED TO YOUR NOMINATED BANK ACCOUNT AS THIS IS PART OF
THE SECURITY PROTOCOL, TO AVOID DOUBLE CLAIMING OR UNWARRANTED COMPLICATIONS
OF THIS PROGRAM BY PARTICIPANTS.

ALL PARTICIPANTS WERE SELECTED THROUGH A COMPUTER BALLOT SYSTEM DRAWN FROM
900,000 COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL EMAIL ADDRESSES FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD AS PART
OF OUR
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS PROGRAMM WHICH WE CONDUCT EVERY FIVE YEARS.

TO BEGIN YOUR CLAIMS, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR AGENT.
MR. ZADOK PETERS
TEL: 0031 - 617 644 971
FAX: 0031 - 847 153 719
Email: consultancy003@netscape.net

FOR PROCESSING AND REMMITTANCE OF YOUR WINNING CASH INTO A DESIGNATED BANK
ACCOUNT OF YOUR CHOICE, REMEMBER, ALL WINNINGS MUST BE CLAIM NOT LATER THAN
JULY 24TH 2006, AFTER THIS DATE, ALL UNCLAIM FUNDS WILL BE RETURNED TO THE
PROMOTION COMPANY.


NOTE: IN ORDER TO AVOID UNNECESSARY DELAYS AND COMPLICATIONS, PLEASE
REMEMBER TO QUOTE YOUR SECURITY FILE NUMBER, BATCH NUMBERS, YOUR FULL NAMES,
TELEPHONE NUMBER, FAX NUMBER AND ADDRESS IN ALL CORRESPONDENCE WITH YOUR
CLAIM AGENT.
FURTHERMORE, SHOULD THERE BE ANY CHANGE OF YOUR ADDRESS, DO INFORM YOUR
CLAIM AGENT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN FROM ALL MEMBERS OF OUR STAFF AND THANK YOU
FOR BEING PART OF OUR PROMOTIONAL PROGRAMME.

NOTE: ANYBODY UNDER THE AGE OF 18 IS AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED.

YOURS SINCERELY,
DR. STEFANIA DER HELDER,
(PROMOTION MANAGER).

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