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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:
  • "claim 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.
  • +31629593750 (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.
  • nationalagency15@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "llucky day lottery internation" <nationallawyersnodhmepn@netscape.net>
Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2006 06:05:58 +1100
Subject: congratulation

FFROM: GLOBAL SWEEPTAKES LUCKY DAY ANNUAL
LOTTERY PROMOTIONS.
WINNING NOTIFICATION FOR CATEGORY "C" WINNER.
ADDRESS: KIKKERSTRAAT 32,1156 BL NETHERLAND.

Dear Lucky Winner,
RE: GLOBAL SWEEPTAKES LUCKY DAY LOTTERY PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION!

We are pleased to inform you of the result of CATEGORY {C} lottery draws
of Global Sweepstakes of
Lucky day international Lottery Programs held on the 12th AUGUST, 2006.
METHOD OF SELECTING
WINNERS: Participants were selected anonymously through online cyber
ballot system (Computer Ballot)
from over 35,000 companies and 70,000 individual names and e-mail
addresses all over the world. At the final
draw your e-mail address emerged as the winner of our last jackpot. This
promotional program takes place annually
as the year CATEGORY {C} and it is promoted and sponsored by Orient
software corporation (Orient Networks)
It is met to reward some individuals and corporations who have devoted
their time and resources surfing
the World Wide Web (www) .No tickets were sold. After this automated
computer ballot, your e-mail address
emerged as the winner in the category "A" with the following: Ref Number:
4549/337-5247/LNI Batch Number:
26371545-LNI/2005 Ticket Number: 7746017 Draw Lucky Numbers: 821009-121 You
have therefore been approved
for a lump sum pay out of $ 1.5000.000,00 (ONE MILLION FIVE
HUNDREDTHOUSAND USD),Congratulation! Your
prize award has been insured with your e-mail address and will be
transferred to you upon meeting our requirements,
statutory obligations, Verifications, validations and satisfactory report.
To begin the claim processing of your prize winnings
, you are advised to contact our licensed and accredited claim agent for
category "C" winner with the information's below:

Contact person:
Dr Peter Jaaps
E-mail: nationalagency15@netscape.net
TEL: +31 629 593 750
FAX: +31-84-7 465 672.

NOTE: All winnings must be claimed not later than the 26th of AUGUST 2006.
After this date all unclaimed funds would be included in the next stake.
Remember to quote your reference information in all correspondence. Due to
mix up of some numbers and names/programme abuse, we ask that you keep your
winning information confidential until your claim has been processed and
your money remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid
double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants.
Anybody under the age of 18 and members of the affiliate agencies are
automatically not allowed to participate in this program. Furthermore,
should there be any change of address do inform our agent as soon as
possible.

Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being
part of our promotional program.

Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Mar yam Van Duke.
Lottery Coordinator.

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