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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 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.
  • pacifictrustnl1@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Per Buchholz" <per.buchholz@lgf.dk>
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 23:35:03 +0200
Subject: VS: Congratulation You Have Won!!!



-----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
Fra: luckydaylot@clover.net [mailto:luckydaylot@clover.net]
Sendt: 12. oktober 2006 14:57
Emne: [Norton AntiSpam] Congratulation You Have Won!!!

Congratulation You Have Won!!!
Lucky Day Lottery. The Netherlands
Address: Hovestraag Centrum, 7721BV Cayman NL.
Your Ref: Number: GLNL132/756/4007
Your Batch Number: SGN8901527-BB67

Attn: Sir/ Madam.

We are pleased to inform you of the result of The Lottery Winners
International programs held on the 12th of September 2006,Your e-mail
address was attached to ticket number 27511465896-6410 with serial number
3772-510 drew lucky numbers 7-14-88-23-31-45 which consequently won in the
1st category, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay of Euro
1,000,000.00 (One Million Euro).

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your winning
information confidential until your claims 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
and non-participants.
All participants where selected through a computer ballot system drawn
from over 20,000 company and 30,000,000 individual email addresses and
names from all over the world we hope with part of your winning you will
take part in our next year 50 million international lottery. To file for
your claim, please contact your agent with the contact information below:

Director of Operation
Mr. Aaron Van Brook
Pacific Trust Agency The Netherlands
Tel: 0031 633 735 902
Fax: +31-847-512-664
E-mail: pacifictrustnl1@aim.com

Please Remember, all winning must be claimed not later than 30th of
October 2006. After this date, all unclaimed funds will be included in the
next stake.Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications please remember to quote your reference number and batch
numbers in all correspondence. Furthermore, should there be any change of
address do inform your agent as soon as possible.

Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for
being part of our promotional program. Note: Anybody under the age of 18
is automatically disqualified.

Sincerely yours,
Mrs. Christy Van Basten.
Lottery Co-coordinator.

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