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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "transfer of your funds" (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)
  • "million united states dollars" (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 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.
  • +31644865470 (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.
  • claimsagency44@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Bank Giro Lotterij International Promotion Programe <claimsagency55@netscape.net>
Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2006 10:33:55 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS ( YOUR EMAIL WON THE LOTTERY)

BANK GIRO LOTTERIJ INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTIONS/ PRIZE AWARD DEPART.
VAN EEWGHENSTRAAT 71 1071 GK,
AMSTERDAM THE NEITHERLANDS


Dear Sir/Madam,

RESULTS FOR CATEGORY "A" DRAWS

Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, the results of the Second Category draws of Bank
Giro Lotterij International Promotion Programe held on the 21st July 2006. We are happy to inform you
that you have emerged as a winner under the First Category, which is part of our promotional draws. The
results of the draws have been officially announced.

Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 2,500,000 email
addresses of individuals and companies from Africa, America, Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East, and
Oceania as part of our International Promotions Program.

Your e-mail address, attached to ticket number 44316939,with File Reference WDG472-97683 lucky
number W-91237217-H?67/B4 and batch number BNM59207161/WOP which consequently won in the
First Category.

You have therefore been awarded a lump sum pay out of $ 1,225,000.00 (One Million Two Hundred And
Twenty Five United States Dollars ), which is the winning payout for Category A winners.
This is from a total cash prize of? $10,000,000.00 (Ten Million United States Dollars) shared amongst the
First Ten (10) lucky winners in this category.

In your best interest to avoid mix up of numbers and names of any kind, we request that you keep the
entire details of your award strictly from public notice until the process of transferring your claims has been
completed, and your funds remitted to a nominated bank account of yours.

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by Participants/non
participants of this program. Please contact your claim agent immediately for due processing and
remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice:

Lastly, in order to avoid unnecessary delays/complications with the transfer of your funds to you, please
always remember to quote your Code number in all correspondence with our legal adviser. To begin your
claim and how to obtain your winning ticket number from the Game Board, please contact our Director,
Claims agent with the following information.
1. Name
2. Telephone /Fax numbers.
3. Age
4. Occupation
5. Country
6. Batch numbers, Ticket number,, lucky number and serial numbers.

GLOBAL NATIONAL AGENCY

Mr. Michael Thomas

Mrs. G.F Saskia

Dr. Edward Makad

Email: claimsagency44@netscape.net

Tel: 31-644-865-470

Fax: 31-847-520-454

Furthermore, should there be any change of your present address, please notify us immediately so to
make the appropriate adjustment.

Congratulations from the management and staffs of Bank Giro Lotterij International Inc

Yours faithfully,

Mrs. Ruth Peterson

The Promotions Manager.

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