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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:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "foreign service manager" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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: n2gs@email.it
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 13:03:10 +0100
Subject: Endeavour To Claim Your Entitlement


FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER, INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
THELOTTER GLOBAL LOTTO,THE NETHERLANDS.
CAMPERST 40-42 1091 AG AMSTERDAM, THE
NETHERLANDS.
REF: OYL /96510460037/06
BATCH: 24/00319/IPD-2006
ATTENTION: RE/ AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement of winners of THELOTTER
GLOBAL LOTTO,THE NETHERLANDS/INTERNATIONAL,PROGRAMMES.You are attached to
ticket number 023-0148-790-459, with serial number 5073-11 drew the lucky
numbers 43-11-44-37-10-40, and consequently won the lottery in
the 3rd category.You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of
US$850,000.00 in cash credited to file REF NO.OYL/96510460037/06. This is
from total prize money of US$58,000,000.00 shared among the Twenty-Nine
international winners in this category.All participants were selected
through a computer ballot system drawn from 25,000 names from Australia, New
Zealand, America, Europe, North America and Asia as part of International
Promotions Programme,which is conducted annually.
CONGRATULATIONS!

Your fund is now deposited with a Security Firm in Amsterdam.Due to the mix
up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award strictly from
public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to
your account.This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming
or unscrupulous acts by participants of this programme.
To begin your claim, please contact your claim agent;
MR TJAN POOT
Email :tjanpoot@aqualityplace.com
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER, RAYMOND CROSSROAD, AMSTERDAM,
For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated
account of your choice.Remember,all prize money must be claimed not later
than 30th November,2006.After this date,all funds will be returned as
unclaimed.
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications,please remember
to quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of your
correspondences with your agent. Furthermore,should there be any change of
your address,do inform your claims agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our
promotions programme.
Sincerely,
VanSteen.
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,THELOTTER GLOBAL LOTTO,THE NETHERLANDS. N.B. Any
breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to
disqualification.
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