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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • +31619255502 (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.
  • euromillion2006@excite.it (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: natasha Van wolf <natasha@vanwolf.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 17:18:28 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: FROM THE DESK OF THE DIRECTEUR CONSUMENTENMARKT


FROM THE DESK OF THE DIRECTEUR CONSUMENTENMARKT
EURO MILLIONS LOTTERY
KEMPRING 34-40
1104KE
AMSTERDAM-THE NETHERLANDS
EURO MILLIONS THIRD QUARTER JAKPOT INFORMATION
Please be informed of the result of the EURO MILLIONS on-line free game 2006 drawl on the 17th of sEPTEMBER, 2006. Participants are selected via a computer ballot system.
Your email ID was included among the 25,000 email addresses
Entered for batch EEME/900011/91 with ticket No. NL/501/0008 and ref number EEME/909206/55 subsequently which won in the 2nd category among the 1-9 batch winners. You are therefore advised to lay claim to $3.859.000.00 USD (Three Million Eight Hundred and Fifty Nine Thousand Dollars) in the 2nd category.

TO FILE YOUR CLAIM PLEASE CONTACT OUR CLAIM OFFICER:
Mr. RICHARD MARTENS
E-mail:euromillion2006@excite.it
TEL: +31-619-255-502

You're advised to fill and return the VERIFICATION FORM B’ herein to our Claim officer:
MR. RICHARD MARTENS via email address: euromillion2006@excite.it indicating your winning information’s for verification.

VERIFICATION FORM B’:

NAME:...............

ADDRESS:............

OCCUPATION:.........

AGE:................

E-MAIL ADDRESS:.....

TEL&FAZ NR:.........

WINNING INFORMATION:

BATCH NR:...........

REF NR:........

TICKET NR:..........


Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in all correspondence.
Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our claim officer as soon as possible.

CONGRATULATIONS Once more from our members of staff and thank you for being part of our THIRD QUARTER program.

Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.

Yours Sincerely,
NATASHA VAN WOLF
Lottery Coordinator
EURO MILLIONS

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