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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.
• 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.
  • +31644913291 (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.
  • abnfinancegro@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: ruth van der kemp <ruth@ruthvanderk.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2006 18:09:28 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: CONTACT YOUR PAYMENT OFFICER


CONTACT YOUR PAYMENT OFFICER

FREE LOTTO.COM
4412 Beds 721 Koningin Julianaplein 32,
Rotterdam, the Netherlands
(Lotto affiliate with Subscriber Agents).

Sir/Madam,
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Free Lotto International
Winners International programs held on the 5th Octomber, 2006. Your e-mail address
attached to ticket No: 00903228100 with prize winning No: 778009/NL, drew (USD1,500,000.00)
which was first in the 2nd class of the draws. You are to receive
USD1,500,000.00 (One Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars).
Be informed because of mix up in cash pay-outs, we ask that you keep your winning
information confidential until your fund (USD1,500,000.00) has been fully remitted
to you by our accredited pay-point bank. This measure must be adhere to avoid loss
of your cash prize - winners of our cash prizes are advised to adhere to these
instructions to forestall the abuse of this program by other participants.
It's important to note that this draws were conducted formally, and winners
are selected through an internet ballot system from 70,000 individual
and companies e-mail addresses - the draws are conducted around the world
through our internet based ballot system. The promotion is sponsored and promoted
by free lotto.com
We congratulate you once again. We hope you will use part of it in our next draws;
the jackpot winning is EUR80 million. Remember, all winning must be claimed not
later than 20 days. After this date all unclaimed cash prize will be forfeited and
included in the next sweepstake. Please, in order to avoidunnecessary delays and
complications remember to quote your winning numbers in all correspondence with us.
Congratulations once again from all members of Free Lotto International and
thank you for being part of our promotional program. Kindly send the following
information to the paying officer for immediate release of fund
Your Names:..........................................
Telephone.............................................
Fax NUmber:............................................
Nationality:...........................................
Age:...........Amount.............Winning Numbers.......
Mr. Simon Jones
Abn Finance Group
Goldlessstraat 897
6547 JK Alkmaar
The Netherlands
TEL: +31-644-913-291
EMAIL ADDRESS:abnfinancegro@netscape.net
Congratulations once again.
Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Ruth Van Der Kemp
Promotion Director

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