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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:
  • "fiduciary 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.
  • infoclaimagent@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: gwdJudy Van Brook (Mrs) <info@onlinelotteryo.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 19:43:18 +0200
Subject: CONTACT YOUR CLAIM AGENT >>>>>>>CONGRATULATION YOU WON

FROM THE OFFICE OF THE ONLINE COORDINATOR
APPLE LOTTERY SWEEPSTAKES INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT

AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION

Ref Number: APP-55521000-NL06
Batch Number: 994/05/AL306

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded final draws (#1068) of the Apple Lottery
International Online Sweepstakes program held on 20th October, 2006 which is now available for claims.

Your participation for this online lottery was selected from your Email Domain and your Email address
luckily won a raffle ticket that entered you for the raffle draw whose results has just been released.

This online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 21,000 e-mail addresses of
individual and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the
internet.

NOTE: NO TICKETS WERE SOLD.

After the automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as one of two winners in the Match 5
plus bonus category with the following winning information's:

WINNING INFORMATION
Batch Number: 994/05/AL306
Reference Number: AP/9420X2/68NL
Ticket number: APP-55521000-NL06
File Number: AL-555190/555
Serial Number: 421100/06

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of 1,500,000.00 (One Million Five Hundred
Thousand Euros) in cash credited to file Number: AL-555190/555. This is from a total cash prize of
16,500,000 Million shared amongst the (22) lucky winners in your winning category "Match 5 plus".

Your prize award has been insured with your e-mail address and will be remitted to you upon meeting our
requirements, statutory obligations, verifications, validations and satisfactory report.

This Lottery is approved by the Netherlands Gaming Board and also licensed by The International
Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR). Principals and employees of the Apple Lottery and its
respective Parents, subsidiaries and their immediate families are not eligible.

CLAIMS PROCEDURES:
It is our standard practice to allocate accredited agents for the processing of claims application. In other
to claim your 1,500,000.00 (One Million Five Hundred Thousand Euros) prize winning, you are required to
fill out the (VERIFICATION AND FUND RELEASE FORM) below and send it to our under listed licensed
and accredited Fiduciary agent via fax or email for proper legal verifications.

---------------------------------------------------
Accredited Fiduciary Agent:

MR. PAUL ANDERSON
Tel: (+31) 644 010 052
Fax: (+31) 847-581-409
Email: infoclaimagent@netscape.net
----------------------------------------------------------

VERIFICATION AND FUND RELEASE FORM
(Personal Information's) :

Full Names: ........................
Address...............................
Country. ...............................
Telephone No: ........... Fax .................
Occupation.: ...............................

Company.: ..............................

Marital Status : ..............................

Amount Won:...............................

Age.: ...................................
Email Address:..............................
Gender.: .................................
Nationality.: ................................

Accept my hearty congratulations once again on behalf of the staffs and members of the Apple Lottery
Online Sweepstakes International program!!!

Yours faithfully,
Judy Van Brook (Mrs)
Online coordinator for The Apple Lottery NL
Sweepstakes International Program.

___________________________________________________________________________

Confidentiality Notice:


Please note that this email, and any files that may be attached to it, is/are confidential and is/are
intended for the sole use of the individual(s) or entity) to which it/they is/are addressed. Any use,
distribution, copying or disclosure by any other person or entity is strictly prohibited under applicable law
(s).
___________________________________________________________________________



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