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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "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.
  • +31620881205 (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.
  • winneremail2006@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: owner box <owner@ownerbox.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 12:53:25 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: CONTACT OUR OFFICE. YOU HAVE WON!!!!!!!


CONTACT OUR OFFICE. YOU HAVE WON!!!!!!!
WORD LOTTO ABONNEE INTERNATIONAL
DE LOTTO JACKPOT STAAT.
PRIZE REMITTANCE DIVISION
Office Address:Laan van Hoornwijck 55
2289 DG Rijswijk
Postbus 3074
2280 GB Rijswijk
EMAIL: winneremail2006@netscape.net
Tel; +31-62088-1205
LUCKY NO:0098976.
REF NO.10098
sera NO.5909009
BATCH NO.888kS,
TICKET NO.3401

Dear Sir/Madam
We are please to inform you that you have won a lottery programme from WORD LOTTO ABONNEE INTERNATIONAL. This is an official notification of your lotto winning in the WORD LOTTO ABONNEE AUTOMATIC SUBSCRIPTION TICKET GAME (W.L.A.I) played on 19 Oct, 2006 at the lottery office complex hall Den-Haag Holland.
You have won a WORD LOTTO ABONNEE PRIZE OF €500,000,00 Five Hundred Thousand euro only, a prize payout of your winning has been approved by the WORD LOTTO ABONNEE in accordance with the Europe Millione lottery ordinance, you are authorized as the lotto prize winner to request claims of your winning prize.
The WORD LOTTO ABONNEE INTERNATIONAL AUTOMATIC SUBSCRIPTION TICKET (W.L.A.I.) GAME is an online promotional program organized by the WORD LOTTO ABONNEE INTERNATIONAL .
After randomly selecting 1000,000 participants from an initial database of 300,000 emails all participants were selected through a computer ballot system from the Middle East, Asia, Africa, Canada, Europe, USA and South America as part our International Promotions Program, which was conducted in view of launching ourselves into the Sweepstakes Industry Worldwide and zoning all participants by their respective continents from across the globe, we produced an extensive list from which you have emerged as one of the winners of the Grand Draw prize.
This promotional program takes place every four years. Total of 1000,000 emails different email addresses are entered for the WORD LOTTO ABONNEE INTERNATIONAL AUTOMATIC SUBSCRIPTION TICKET GAME (W.L.A.I). All email addresses entered for the game are submitted by our partner international email service providers/ marketing companies and public services providers.
Winners are randomly selected systematically through our Electronic Random Selection System (ERSS). Your email ID was included among the 300,000 email addresses, and yours was luckily selected among 1-5 batch winners.
Note ********Note*********************Note**********************
That the WORD LOTTO ABONNEE INTERNATIONAL will remit prize payout to only winners who email address officially won,and will be aloud for their prize claims.
You are required to file your claims by Contacting our International Claim Department Center ; !!!English Spoken Officer!!! (Mr.Frank Garrik.) Processing officer. As soon as the Processing officer received your winning information, a non resident claim form will be send to you.All non resident has to Legalize his /her claim file at the Netherlands High Court of Justice here in Den Haag. There after your claim file will be send to the pay bank for immediate remittance of your winning prize of 500.000 Euro only.
NOTE!!!!!!!
All winners most claim his/her prize not later then Two week of this notification. Also note that there will be some vital documents relating to your winning that you may required to come and Sign to claim your winning. Line with this. If you are unable to come travail to Holland. Then a lawyer will be appointed for to act on your behalf.

(i)Your names,
(ii)State amount won.
(iii)Contact Address
(iv)Your winning numbers
(v)Contact telephones and fax numbers.
THIS EMAIL WAS SENT FROM THE DESK OF THE ORGANIZATION PRESIDENT WORD LOTTO ABONNEE INTERNATIONAL , ON BEHALF OF W.L.A.I. GAMES 2005. CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR WINNING.

N.B ; PLEASE SEND YOUR REPLY EMAIL TO THE PROCESSING DEPARTMENT WITH YOUR WINNING INFORMATION AND YOUR FULL NAME ALONG WITH YOUR CONTACT TELEPHONE NUMBERS.

Contact person:Mr. Frank Garrik
NON RESIDENT PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
Email:winneremail2006@netscape.net
Telephone: +31-62088-1205

SINCERELY,
MRS. UKEY .W. KAMP.
PRESIDENT LOTTERY CO-ORDINATOR. W.L.A. I.

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