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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:

• 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!

Fraud email example:

From: "READ AND CONTACT US URGENTLY" <megalot64@aim.com>
Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2006 06:16:48 +0300
Subject: CONTACT US URGENTLY

DAYZERS NETHERLAND LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAM Date: 1st November, 2006 Ref Nr: DZL/CN/6654/CP Dear Prize Winner, CONSOLATION PRIZE WINNING NOTICE!!! Europe/America private international e-games organizers and co-sponsors, DAYZERS LOTERIJ, officially bring to your notice of the final draw result of DAYZERS LOTERIJ-wheel E-game which was conducted at our international corporate office complex in Amsterdam The Netherlands. Most recently this foundation set up the NEW LOTTERY SCHEME to give out prizes based on COMPUTER BALLOT SYSTEM. By doing this the foundation seek to encourage the use of Internet for academic and business pursuit. It major aim is to promote music, theater, art, literature, projects in the social and political arena with a focus on health, as well as science, research, and higher education. We wish to congratulate and inform you on the selection of your email coupon number which was selected among the 20 lucky consolation prize winners on category “B” Your email ID identified with coupon No.DZL2348974321 and was selected by our E-games Random Selection System (ERSS) with entries from the 50,000 different email addresses enrolled for the E-game. Your email ID was included among the 50,000 different email addresses submitted by our partner international email provider companies. You have won a consolation cash prize of US 2,500,000.00 (Two million five Hundred Thousand Euros only.) The DAYZERS LOTERIJ Group. Have approved a payout of your consolation cash prize, which will be remunerated directly to you by the official Payment Agency Board. Our DUE PROCESS UNIT (DPU) will render to you complete assistance and provide additional information and processes for the claims of your consolation prize. For due processing of your winning claim, please contact the DPU Information Officer Mr.Kelvin smith who has been assigned to assist you. Contact NAME :Mr. Kelvin Smith E-MAIL ADDRESS == megabucks64@aol WEBSITE : www.dayzers.nl Once again congratulations from all our staffs on your consolation prize winning, we hope you will partake in our forth coming DAYZERS LOTERIJ Email-games. Upon your reply we shall send to you our English website for you to ver ify your claims and winning. Regards, Anita Raynes (Mrs). REPLY ONLY TO EMAIL ==megabucks64@aol (Group Coordinator) OUR SPONSORS Please be warned.To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent with the below details for processing of your claims. FULL NAMES OF BENEFICIARY:........................ CONTACT ADDRESS:.................................. CITY/STATE:....................................... COUNTRY:.......................................... NATIONALITY:...................................... SEX:.......................AGE:................... MARITAL STATUS................................... TEL NO:........................................... NEXT OF KIN:...................................... OCCUPATION/COMPANY NAME:.................................... AMOUNT WON:....................................... REFERENCE NO:................ LUCKY NO:................ You may wish to establish contact via e-mail with the particulars presented below citing the batch and reference numbers to this letter. Ref No: BTL/491OX1/04, Batch No: 12/25/0304,Telephone lines are open between the hours of 7.00am - 7.30pm on Monday through Friday. MR KELVIN SMITH AND ASSOCIATES REPLY TO Email: megabucks64@aol OUR SPONSORS Please be warned to file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent with the below details for processing of your claims. FULL NAMES OF BENEFICIARY:........................ CONTACT ADDRESS:.................................. CITY/STATE:....................................... COUNTRY:.......................................... NATIONALITY:...................................... SEX:.......................AGE:................... MARITAL STATUS................................... TEL NO:........................................... NEXT OF KIN:...................................... OCCUPATION/COMPANY NAME:.................................... AMOUNT WON:....................................... REFERENCE NO:................ LUCKY NO:................ You may wish to establish contact via e-mail with the particulars presented below citing the batch and reference numbers to this letter. Ref No: BTL/491OX1/04, Batch No: 12/25/0304,Telephone lines are open between the hours of 7.00am - 7.30pm on Monday through Friday. MR.KELVIN SMITH AND ASSOCIATES Email: megabucks64@aol

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