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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 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.
  • belgischebe@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: adline@haack6.orangehome.co.uk
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 22:14:57 +0100 (CET)
Subject: CONTACT OUR OFFICE, YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS HAS JUST WON!!







BELGISCHE LOTTERY RESULT.
(ACCREDITTED LICENSED AGENT)
RUE BELLIARD 55-57
1060 BRUSSEL.


Belgium Lotto Result.

The Co-ordinator
Belgische Lottery,
Lucky & Ref Number: EML.26EPG/0012-4426/0905.1/6/27/39/47-1-6
Reply Email:belgischebe@aim.com
www.belgischelotto.be
DEAR WINNER,
RESULTS FOR BELGISCHE LOTTERY.
Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice the results of the Belgische lottery.
We are happy to inform you that you have emerged a winner under the
First Category, which is part of our promotional draws.
The draws were held prior to your notification. It is a promotional program aimed at encouraging internet users therefore you do not need to buy ticket to
enter for it, Participants were selected through a computer ballot system
drawn from 2,500,000 names/email addresses of individuals and companies from Africa, America, Asia, Australia,Europe, Middle East, and Oceania as
part of our International Promotions Program.
Your name and e-mail address attached to lucky reference number drew a lucky winning number which consequently won the sweep take in the second category in the four parts. you have been approved for a payment of US $850.000.00 (Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand US Dollars) only, in cash credited to lucky reference number EML.26EPG/0012-4426/0905.1/6/27/39/47-1-6.
CONGRATULATIONS!
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/non participants of this program.
Please contact the Belgische Lottery head office immediately for due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice.


COMPANY NAME: BELGISCHE LOTTERY.
Reply e-mail: belgischebe@aim.com

You are advised to contact the office by email within a week
of receiving this notice. Failure to do so may warrant disqualification.
NOTE: For easy reference and identification, find above your lucky reference number. Remember to quote these numbers in every one of your correspondence with our head office..
Congratulations once again from all our staff .
Yours Sincerely,
Mrs.Adline Haack
Secretary.
N.B: Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the
winners will result to disqualification. Please reply to this e-mail.
Contact the Belgische Lottery office immediately. Mr.Ruud Van Bochem.






An Eynsham mother scooped a Lotto jackpot fortune of $742,185,50 on 24th September 2006, thanks to her dedicated grandparents.







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