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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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.
  • +31623868256 (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.
  • hwackenhut@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: dolores@dgrossman.orangehome.co.uk
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 14:36:10 +0100 (CET)
Subject: FROM: DOLORES GROSSMAN


FROM: DOLORES GROSSMAN
NEDERLAND DAYZERS:
PALEISSTRAAT 5, 2514 JA,
THE HAGUE, THE NETHERLANDS.
Official Website: www.dayzers.nl
These are your winning information’s:
TICKET NUMBER: DZNL 492 - 714 - 027 / 2006
LUCKY NUMBER: 09, 22, 36, 61, 63, 79, 84
REFRENCE NUMBER: NUWL / DZNL / 48326MST
BATCH NUMBER: DTOW 1396 62U7A
Your email address have won you the sum of 1,000,000.00(One Million Euros) through our email ballot- Jackpot Sweepstakes International Program. Your email attached with the above winning information emerged as one of the 10 (Ten) lucky winning email addresses.
To file for your claims, please contact our Dayzers Claims Department: Tel. +31-623-868-256; Email: hwackenhut@netscape.net Contact person: Dr. JOHAN GALLAGHER for your identity verification, while quoting: (i). your full name(s) and Nationality ;( ii). Reference Number and (iii). Batch Number and (IV).Tel. Number
Note: For more information, you are advice to call Dayzers Nederland Claims Department.
Congratulations once more,
Faithfully yours,
Mrs. Dolores Grossman,
Lottery Coordinator.

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• What can you do when you receive 419 spam