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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.
• 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.
  • amev75@mynet.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Marian Buitelaar <ventstaat@tugamail.com>
Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2006 18:42:21 +0200
Subject: RE:CONGRATULATIONS YOU ARE A WINNER !!!

INTERNATIONAL ONLINE PROMOTIONS
Headquarters The Nederlands Staatsloterij
Paleisstraat 25
Den Haag,2514 JA
The Netherlands
www.staatsloterij.nl


AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION:

We are pleased to inform you of release of the results for THE NEDERLANDS ONLINE LOTTERY
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAM held on the 31st of August 2006.
You were entered as dependent clients with; Reference Serial Number: 652-66283 and Batch
number AT-040SB06-03.
Your email address attached to the ticket number: 00064513283 that drew
the lucky winning number, which consequently won the sweepstake in the first category, in four
parts. You have been approved for a payment of EURO FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND EURO in cash
credited to file reference number: IPL/4249859609/WP1. This is from a total cash prize of Twelve
million, Five Hundred Thousand Euro shared among the ten international winners in first categories.
Congratulations! All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
Fifty thousand names of email users around the world, as part of our international promotion program.

Due to mix up of some names and addresses, we ask that you keep this award personal, till your claims
has been processed and your funds remitted to you.
This is part of our security measures to avoid double claiming or unwarranted advantage of the situation
by other participants or impersonators. You are to contact our accredited agent who will represent your
interest through the process of the payment of your prize money.

Name: Mr Andre Ooijer
E-mail:amev75@mynet.com
Tel: (0031) 616 004 351
AMEV Praktijk Voorzening

Remember to quote your winning information,that is your reference serial number and do note that all
winning must be claimed not later than (29th of September, 2006).
You are required to forward the following details to help facilitate the processing of your claims and
certificate which will facilitate the release of your winnings.

1. Full Name:

2. Residential Address:

3. Phone Number:

4. Fax Number:

5. Occupation:

6. Sex:

7. Age:

8. Nationality:

9. Present Country:

You are advice to forward these information's as soon as possible to enable us attend to your file. Once
again, Congratulations.

Yours Sincerely,

Ms Marian Buitelaar
Netherlands Staat Loterij

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam