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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:
  • "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 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.
  • maxvanbasten@lexpress.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "anthony maynard, promo manager" <anthony2maynard@iapdatacom.net>
Reply-To: maxvanbasten@lexpress.net
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2006 06:52:24 +0200
Subject: email prize notification

GLOBALUM LOTTERY PROMOTION, NETHERLANDS.
BRUMASWEG 1742
2088 AC AMSTERDAM,
NETHERLANDS.

FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER, INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,

REF: GLP /26510460037/06

BATCH: 124/00319/IPD

FOR YOUR KIND ATTENTION.

YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS WON THE LOTTERY.

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement for the
month of July, 2006, of winners of the GLOBALUM LOTTERY
PROMOTION, THE NETHERLANDS/ INTERNATIONAL, PROGRAMS holding
for the month of January-June, 2006.

Your company/email address, attached to ticket number
023-0148-790-459, with serial number 5073-11 drew the lucky
numbers 43-11-44-37-10-43, and consequently won the lottery
in the 3rd category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of
US$1,339,000.00 in cash credited to file REF NO. GLP
/26510460037/05. This is from total prize money of
US$24,100,000.00 shared among the eighteen international
winners in this category.

All Participants were selected through a computer ballot
system drawn form 25,000 names from Australia, New Zealand,
America, Europe, North America and Asia as part of
International Promotions Program, which is conducted
annually.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Your fund is now deposited with a Security company, 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. We hope with a part of you prize, you will
participate in our end of year high stakes US$13 million
International Lottery.

To begin your claim, please contact our foreign
service/claims processing manager:
*************************************************************************************************************

ATTN: Mr. Maxwell van Basten
EMAIL ADDRESS:maxvanbasten@lexpress.net

*************************************************************************************************************

For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a
designated account/address of your choice.

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, should there be any change of your address, do
inform your claims agent as soon as possible.

Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for
being part of our promotions program.

Sincerely,

Anthony Maynard.
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
GLOBALUM LOTTERY PROMOTION,
NETHERLANDS
*************************************************************************************************************

GLOBALUM LOTTERY PROMOTION- Notice of Confidentiality

This transmission contains information that may be
confidential and that
may also be privileged. Unless you are the intended
recipient of the message
or authorised to receive it for the intended recipient) you
may not copy,
forward, or otherwise use it, or disclose it or its contents
to anyone else.
If you have received this transmission in error please
notify us immediately
and delete it from your system
*************************************************************************************************************

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