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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.
  • +31622598161 (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.
  • chatteredinfor11@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: susan@susangilbert3.orangehome.co.uk
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 13:33:52 +0100 (CET)
Subject: READ YOUR BASS CLAIM.


BASS LOTTERY PROMOTION NL.
2391 Beds 152 Koningin 21 ,
Den Haag, The Nederlands.
(Lotto affiliate with Subscriber Agents).
From: Susan Gilbert.
(Lottery Coordinator)
Sir/adam,
CONGRATULATIONS !!!
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Lotto NL Winners
International programs prior to winning notification on Your e-mail
address attached to ticket #: 055903228100 with prize #
1178009/UK drew 700,000.00 Euros which was first in the 2ndclass of
the draws. You are to receive 700,000.00 Euros (Seven Hundred thousand
Euros). Because of mix up in cash pay-outs, we ask that you keep your
winning information confidential until your money (700,000.00 Euros)
has been fully
remitted to you by our accredited pay-point bank. This measure must be
adhere to avoid loss of your cash prize - winners of our cash prizes
are advised to adhere to these instructions to forestall the abuse of
this program by other participants. It's important to note that this
draws were conducted formally, and winners are selected through an
internet ballot system from 60,000 individual and companies e-mail
addresses - the draws are conducted around the world through our
internet based ballot system. The promotion is sponsored and promoted
Lotto NL.
We congratulate you once again. We hope you will use part of it in our
next draws; the jackpot winning is ?85million. Remember, all winning
must be claimed not later than 20 days. After this date all unclaimed
cash prize will be forfeited and included in the next sweepstake.
Please, in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications remember
to quote personal and winning numbers in all correspondence with us.
Congratulations once again from all members of Lotto
NL. Thank you for being part of our promotional program. For immediate
release of your cash prize to you, please kindly contact our Paying
Bank (Chartered Finance & Securities Den Haag.) Send them the
following:
(i). Your names,
(ii) Contact telephone and fax numbers
(iii) Contact Address
(iv) your winning numbers
(v) Quote amount won.
Contact person: Mr.John Pitcher.
Email : chatteredinfor11@netscape.net
Tel: +31 622-598-161.
Congratulations once again.
Yours in service,
Susan Gilbert

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