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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:

• 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.
  • +31622084223 (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.
  • greenhousefinance@myway.com

Fraud email example:

From: price@priceaward.orangehome.co.uk
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 21:52:14 +0100 (CET)
Subject: PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT


PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
DAYZERS INTERNATIONAL
PALEIASTRAAT 5,
2514 JA DEN HAAG,
NETHERLANDS.
www.dayzers.nl
We happily announce to you the Yearly Draw Result of the Dayzers Online loterij International programs held in De Netherlands Yearly.
Your participation for this Online loterij was selected from your e-mail domain and your e-mail luckily won a raffle ticket that entered you for this year draw held at the Headquaters today.Your e-mail address attached to
TicketNumber: PP 3502/8707-01
Ref Number: PW 9590 ES 9414,
Batch Number: JE 573881545-NL/2005

eventually won you in the RAFFLE DRAW/006 MEGA MEDIUM JACKPOT.
You have therefore been approved to legally claim a total sum of 1,000,000.00. (One Million Euros)from dayzers loterij your prize award has been insured and will be transferred to you upon meeting our requirements, statutory obligations, verifications, validations and satisfactory report.
To file for your claim, please forward the following information(s) below ;

(i) FULL NAMES.

(ii) CITY, STATE AND COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE.

(iii) AGE, SEX AND MARITAL STATUS.

(iv) DIRECT PHONE/FAX NUMBER (STATE PREFERED TIME TO CALL).

(v) OCCUPATION AND ANNUAL INCOME.
(vi) TICKET,REF,BATCH NUMBER AND YOUR LUCKY EMAIL ADDRESS.

To our European Verification/Payment Agent online.
*************************************************
Mr: Peterson David.
Email:greenhousefinance@myway.com
Tel+31-622-084-223
***************************************************
NOTICE: Verification claims with error or any information(s) missing above for payment will be dishonoured and disqualified as abuse to our Policy Terms and conditions.
By order of the Netherland authorities all winnings must be legalized in The High court Netherlands. and also winnings must be registered with the National Certification Board. The N. C. B. will issue a certificate of award in acknowledgement of the win, this completes your claim.
We are fully aware of Scams and Fraudulent acts by some loterij organisations and Winners all over the World, you are seriuosly warned not to be a part of it.
Note that the DAYZERS LOTERIJ do not participate in such practices and is highly against
Internet Scams/Fraud.
This is in accordance with section 13(1) (n) of the National Gambling Board as
adopted in 1993 and amended on 3rd July 1996 by the constitutional assembly. This is to protect winners and to avoid misappropriation of funds.
Congratulations
once more from all members and staffs of Dayzers.
Sincerely Yours
Mona Henks(Dr.)
International Relation Officer.
Thank you and congratulations!!!

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