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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:
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• 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.
  • netherland_ltt@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "netherland lotto" <williams.jean09@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: netherland_ltt2@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 12:44:21 +0000
Subject: FROM: GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED LOTTERY PROMOTERS WINNING NOTICE

FROM: GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED LOTTERY PROMOTERS WINNING NOTICE
FOR CATEGORY "A" WINNER                                                                                                              

 

                                                                               

Mr.Benjaminmoore

Online coordinator 

ELEKTRONIK LOTTO PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION

 

Dear WINNER

 

we are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual final draws of A Lotto International A Netherlands programs.The online cyber lotto draws was onducted from an exclusive list of 25,000,000 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet. No tickets were sold. After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as one of two winners in the category "A" with the following:

 

Ref Number: PC 9590 ES 9414
Batch Number: 573881545-LNG/2005
Ticket Number: PCP 3502 /8707

 

You as well as the other winner are therefore to receive a cash prize of 1,500,000.00. (ONE MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR ONLY) each from the total payout. Your prize award has been insured with your e-mail address and will be transferred to you upon meeting our requirements,statutory obligations, verifications, validations and satisfactory report.To file in for the processing of your prize winnings, you are advised to contact our licensed and accredited claims agent for category "A"winners with the information below;

 

JEAN WILLIAMS (Hs)
Remittance Department Director,
E-mail netherland_ltt@yahoo.com

You are advised to provide her with the following information’s:

Names:
Phone/Fax number:
Nationality:
Ref Number:
Batch Number:
Ticket Number:

 

NOTE: All winnings must be claimed not later than 14 days. thereafter unclaimed funds would be included in the next stake. Remember to quote your reference information in all correspondence.You are to keep all lotto information confidential, especially your reference and ticket numbers. (This is important as a case of double claims will not be entertained).Members of the affiliate agencies are automatically not allowed to participate in this program.

Thank you and congratulations!!!

 

Yours faithfully,

Mr. james moore

Games/Lottery Coordinator.
Lotto International Netherlands
www.lotto.nl

 

this email may contain information which is confidential and/or privileged. The  information is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents is prohibited. If you have received this electronic transmission in error, please notify the sender by telephone or return email and delete the material from your computer.

 

LAST WINNERS ON NETHERLANDS NATIONAL LOTTERY ONLINE GAME.

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