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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:

• 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.
  • +31643924134 (Netherlands, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "lotto_amsterdam" <lotto_amsterdam@terra.com.mx>
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 17:14:29 -0600
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION!!!


INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS.
FROM THE PROMOTIONAL MANAGER
LOTTO.NL NATIONAL LOTTERY.
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PAYMENT DEPARTMENT
LIJSTERBESSTRAAT 45-49
POSTBUS 3628.
1042 AMSTERDAM.
www.staatsloterij.nl
AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION.
Dear Lucky Winner,
We are pleased to inform you that you are one of the
selected winners
of the
lotto.nl Lottery Promotion held on 30th June, 2006 in
Amsterdam. Your email
address
attached to ticket number 564 64701565 177, with serial
number 7288/03
drew
the lucky numbers 42-6-37-13-37-8; the lottery was
categorized into
four
zonal (Africa, America, Europe and Asia) stages.
Consequently you have
won
the lottery in the 2nd category. You have therefore
been approved for a
lump
sum pay out of Euros 500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand
Euros ) Credited
to
file REF NO: 428/77/UML,Batch No.
46/304/GMA. All participants were selected through a
computer ballot
system
drawn from 25,000 names from the Middle East, Asia,
Africa,
Canada,Europe,
USA and North America.
All participants in this Lottery Program have been
selected randomly
through
a computer Ballot System drawn from over 200,000
Companies and
30,000,000
individual emails address from all search engines and
web sites. This
promotional program will take place every year until
the games begin in
Beijing China in 2008. However,winners are only
eligible for claims
once.
Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask
that you keep this
award
strictly from public notice until your claim has been
processed and
your
money remitted to your account. This is part of our
security protocol
to
avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by
participants of this
program.
ELIGIBILITY:
This promotion is offered only electronically via the
Internet and is
open
to all persons from age 18 years and above with a valid
email address
and
who live in any of the aforementioned countries. This
promotion is void
in
all other countries and is also void where prohibited.
Principals and
employees of the Dayzers Lottery Promos and its
respective Parents,
subsidiaries and their immediate families are not
eligible.
CLAIMS PROCEDURES:
It is our standard practice to allocate accredited
agents for the
processing
of claims application. It is even more imperative for
overseas winners.
To
begin your claims therefore, you are advised as a
matter of urgency, to
contact the under listed licensed and accredited claims
agent for the
processing of your prize awards winning. Please contact
the clearing
house
(through your claims agent only) the body assigned with
the
verification of
all emergent winner. Therefore all protocols laid down
by them must be
followed so as to facilitate your claims;
CLAIMS PROCESSING OFFICER.
LOTTO.NL 2ND CATEGORY WINNER'S
MR. JERRY MARTINS.
TELEPHONE :+31 643924134
FAX : +31 847216475
EMAIL: interpromo@dellmail.com
Please note that you will be required to pay for the
issuance of your
legal
back up legalization/notarization document in court.
When contacting
your
claims agent, you are to send
1. Your full name and address...
2. Your contact telephone number.......
Remember, you must contact your claim officer not later
than two weeks
of
receiving this notification. After this date, all funds
will be
returned as
unclaimed.
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications, please
remember to Quote your reference and batch numbers in
every one of your
correspondences with your agent. Furthermore you are
seriously advised
to
keep all winning lottery information and numbers
private viz a viz confidential, in
line
with our company security protocol to avoid double
claiming and
unwarranted
abuse of this program by unscrupulous individuals.
Congratulations once again from all members of staffs
and thank you for
being part of our Promotions program.
Yours Sincerely,
MRS. LORETHA WAXLE.
INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY/GAME CO-ORDINATOR,
STAATSLOTERIJ.NL
AMSTERDAM.

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