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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
• 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.
  • +31626376126 (Netherlands, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "LOTTO.NL" <frieslandbank@aol.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2006 03:39:49 +1000
Subject: TICKET NUMBER : 46939894427

TICKET NUMBER: 46939894427
LOTTO NL. INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE
AWARD DEPARTMENT


For: Mr.Van Smith.
Friesland Bank , Koningin Straat 114 ,
Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Tel: +31 626 376 126
Fax: +31 847 248 161
RESULTS FOR CATEGORY "A" DRAWS

Dear Sir/Madam,

Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, the
results of the Second Category
draws of THE LOTT NL.PROMO INT. We are happy to inform
you that you have emerged as a winner under the First
Category, which is part of our promotional draws. The
results of the draws hve been officially announced .
Participants were selected through a computer ballot
system drawn from 2,500,000 email
addresses of individuals and companies from Africa,
America, Asia,Australia, Europe, Middle East, and
Oceania as part of our International Promotions
Program.

Your e-mail address, attached to ticket number
46939,with serial number 472-9768 and lucky number
W-91237-H?67/B4 consequently won in the First
Category. You have therefore been awarded a lump
sumpay out of 1,000,000 (One Million Euros), which is
the winning payout for Category A winners.
This is from a total cash prize of ?10,000,000.00 (Ten
Million Euros) shared amongst the first Ten (10) lucky
winners in this category.
In your best interest to avoid mix up of numbers and
names of any kind, we request that you keep the entire
details of your award strictly from public notice
until the process of transferring your claims has been
completed, and your funds remitted to your
account.This is part of our security protocol to avoid
double claiming or unscrupulous acts by
Participants/nonparticipants of this program. Please
contact our paying bank (Friesland Bank) immediately
for due processing and remittance of your prize money
to a designated account of your choice:

NOTE: For easy reference and identification, find
below your Reference and Batch numbers. Remember to
quote these numbers in your correspondence with your
paying bank.Also give them the following informations
Name
Age
Address
Telephone
Occupation
REF Number: NM/BC921245/KY14
BATCH No: NM/207161/WOP.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Your fund is now deposited with the paying Bank. To
begin your claims, kindly contact the paying bank with
the below information:
***********************************************
Contact person:Mr Van Smith
Email:frieslandbank@aol.com
Tel: +31 626 376 126
Fax: +31 847 248 161

***********************************************
NOTE: All claims are nullified after 10 working days
>from today if unclaimed
Congratulations once again from all our staffs, and
thank you for being part of our promotions
program.

Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Emilly Simons
(Lottery Coordinator)

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