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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 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.
  • +31616585100 (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.
  • royalfinbv@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: HEMAN LOTTO INTERNATIONAL <hemlotint@aim.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 04:22:03 +0100
Subject: LUCKY WINNER

Heman Lotto International
Evert Van De Beekstraat 108
Amsterdam Netherlands

Ref: XXZP/2001183308/03
Batch: 18/203/ZZV

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Heman lotto Promotional program held on the 15th of
October, 2006. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 756-005-457/GK with serial number
09384743 drew lucky Numbers 9-34-85-56-42-74 which won in the 3rd category.

You have been approved for the payment of 550,000.00(Five Hundred and Fifty Thousand Euro) in cash
credited to file number Tef/0023171521/02.This is from total cash prize of 5,000.000.00 Euro (Five
million Euros) shared among winners in the 3rd category.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
For security and due to mix up of some numbers and names we ask that you keep your winning
information confidential until your claims has been process and your winning fund is Remitted to you. This
is part of our security protocol to avoid impersonation and unwarranted abuse of this program by some
participants. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 20,000
companies and 200,000,000 Individual email addresses and names from all over the world.

This promotional program takes place every three years; the lottery was promoted and sponsored by one
of the World Largest software company. We hope you will be one of our lucky winners in our next
international lottery. To file for your claim contact our accredited agent.

Miss. Judy Huffman
TELL: +31- 616-585-100
FAX: +31 -847-499-543
EMAIL (royalfinbv@netscape.net)

Note that all winnings must be claimed not later than 8th of November 2006. After this date all unclaimed
winning funds will be included in the next stake. Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications always quote your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence with our
accredited agent.
Important Notice: should there be any change of address do inform our accredited agent as soon as
possible. Thank you for being part of our promotional program.

You're sincerely,
MR. VAN BROOK
Promotion manager
Heman Lotto international

Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to Disqualification. Please do not reply
this mail. All correspondence mail should be to your accredited agent.

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