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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "clearance certificate" (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "deadline" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• 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.
  • +31619022327 (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.
  • berger01jacobus@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • info-superlottery@consultant.com
  • mag50hofman@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: MRs MAGDALENA HOFMANN <noreply@superlottery.com>
Reply-To: berger01jacobus@aim.com
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 20:53:37 +0100
Subject: GRAND PRIZE WINNER ! CONGRATULATIONS !!


European Internationallottery Award prize .
{ACCREDITED LICENSE AGENT WITH LOTTO.NET INTERNATIONAL B.V,
Affiliate Sponsor of SUPER-LOTTO Extra Award online program} ,
ADD:Hofstadter 15,1114 XW,Alkmaar ,The Netherlands.
Sir/Madam,
AWARDS ! AWARDS !! AWARDS !!!

YOU HAVE WON, THANKS TO MICROSOFT COOPERATION ! You are legally merited and won at the Lotto.net Awards end of year 2006 Superlotto international online program in the category of The ANNUAL EURO GRAND STAKE PROMO .You have been Choosen as one of the five lucky winners in the first edition of the LOTTO.NET Super-Lotto TEN MILLION EURO GRAND STAKE PROMO {€10,000,000.00} extra award Program held on the 9th of December..2006 whereby alump sum pay-out of five million euros would be shared amongst selected lucky winners.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
You have therefore been approved of, a huge pay-out of 1 Million Euro(€1,000,000.00},Only)!
HOW WAS THE SELECTION DONE?
Almost 95% of the email draws in this category went in favour of the five selected winners this year draw,that means your email address amongst the rest arose massively in this category.Winners were randomly selected from an initial database of (101.793) draws of Browsed and generated email online, which we digitally downsize to (5.000) from which we eventually selected the final and lucky five.Your email address emerged alongside four[4] others as a first category in this edition of the superlotto online draw.That makes lotto.net particularly proud!
We are also proud to say that over 200 Million Euros are won annually in more than 150 countries worldwide.The process of collecting your winnings, is to be handled by our Prize Transfer Agents.To ensure a smooth collection of your Grand prize, You are to contact Your FIDUCIAL CLAIMS AGENT VIA email or fax within a week of receiving this notice. Please find full contact details below:
Mr JACOB BERGER .
Operation Service Manager,
ADD:Hofstadter 15,1114 XW,
Alkmaar ,The Netherlands.
TEL:+31-619-022-327.
FAX:+31-847-271-904.
Email:berger01jacobus@aim.com
Due to terrorist/Scam abuse of this program FEEDBACK WILL BE ALERTED VIA EMAIL
"superlotto"<noreply@superlottery.com> AND"superlotto"<info-superlottery@consultant.com>.
As soon as you contact your claims agent please provide him with your full names,country of residence and address along with the following information below:
CONTROL N°:SLNSA52/X001#05/A1.
BATCH N°:512/W05-317
LUCKY N°:15-1-26-3-37-7
TICKET N°:99173
Furthermore you are seriously advised to keep all winning lottery information and numbers from the public in-line with our company security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by unscrupulous individuals.Please do not reply to this mail, contact your claims agent as instructed above.Remember all prize money must be claimed not later than 22nd of December.2006,
Why claims begin 13th of December...2006 EXEMPTIONS WEEKENDS AND NON WORKING DAYS.{i.e;A GRACE OF 7 WORKING DAYS TO CLAIM THE AWARD}.On behalf of all our staff in SUPER LOTTO EXTRA ONLINE AWARD PROGRAM,THE NETHERLANDS lottery draw, accept my ..Congratulations!
Best Regards,
MRs MAGDALENA HOFMANN.{VICE-PRESIDENT)
E-MAIL:mag50hofman@aim.com
N.B:LOTTO.NET INTERNATIONAL B.V affiliate sponsor of super lotto extra Award online program is so organized annually to encourage the use of the internet and computers worldwide. Lotto.net and its entourage,are network of international lottery association for companies whose products and services sell online via digital communications to consumers, for example by means of the internet .Each company that are members of the association keeps to the rules of lotto.org guarantee.Annually some Group of conglomeration of International IT company and professional jury ask what is at present the best lottery Company of the Netherlands.(March 2006)and the result lives us with no question unanswered “Netherlands lotto” our Priority.Lotto.net wants that trust gladly preserved.We work of it daily hard to make customers already our clients satisfy.
See steps to claiming your prize;
1.Please quote the numbers attached to your lottery payment order, in all correspondence with the claims officer.
2. You must contact the appointed agent with your Full Names, Contact Telephone Numbers (Home, Office and Mobile Number and also Fax Number) via email to process the immediate payment of your prize.
3. Be informed that the appointed agent will be required to swear an Affidavits of Lotto Claim and also obtain Approval Legal Clearance Certificate from the Court here in the Netherlands which is in accordance with the European Union Financial Act 2004 on payment of International Lottery Winners.
Please be aware that the PAYING BANK will Effect Payment Swiftly upon satisfactory Report, Verifications and validation provided by this fiduciary agent.For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you.Be informed that the deadline to claim your winning prize money is affix as mentioned above.
CONGRATULATIONS, ONCE MORE FROM THE ENTIRE MANAGEMENT AND STAFF OF MICROSOFT COOPERATION TO ALL OUR LUCKY WINNERS THIS YEAR. THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF THIS PROMOTIONAL LOTTERY PROGRAM. OUR SPECIAL THANKS AND GRATITUDE TO BILL GATES OF MICROSOFT AND ALL HIS ENTOURAGE FOR ALLEVIATING POVERTY ROUND THE WORLD.
SINCERELY,

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