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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:
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "foreign service manager" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • +31616725622 (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.
  • info.armstrong@yahoo.de (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: sachsenlottogmbh40@comcast.net
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 23:34:10 +0000
Subject: YOU EMERGED ONE OF THE LUCKY WINNERS OF SACHSENLOTTO-GMBH THIS YEAR.....CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sachsen Lotto-GmbH
Central Office
Management and Central Services:
Sachsen Strauss 8814, Rotterdam,
Amsterdam,The Netherlands.

Reference Number: SL/06-GmbH/4009
Batch: SL/06- GmbH/3434

CLAIMS NOTICE:
This is to announce to you the name of the selected winners of the END OF YEAR international public result of
the Sachsen Lotto-GmbH Program,held in Amsterdam the Netherlands.Sachsen Lotto-GmbH Program draws was
conducted from an exclusive list of 25,000,000 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by
an advanced automated random computer ballot search from the internet as part of our END OF YEAR international
promotions program 'NO TICKETS OR DRAFTS WERE SOLD'.After this automated computer ballot,your e-mail address
attached to serial number 25-6565 drew the lucky numbers 6-13-18-24-33-39 which consequently qualified you
as one of first fifty (50) lucky winners in this release.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of €1000,000.000 (ONE MILLION EURO) in cash credited to
file SL/06-GmbH/4009. This is from a total cash prize of €50 Million Euro(Fifty Million Euro) shared amongst the
first Fifty (50) lucky winners in this category.

ELIGIBILITY:
This promotion is offered only electronically via the Internet and is open to all persons
>from age 18 years and above with a valid email address.Principals and employees of the Sachsen Lotto-GmbH &co.
and its respective Parents,subsidiaries and their immediate families are not eligible to participate in this promotion.
CLAIMS PROCEDURES:

It is our standard practice to allocate accredited agents for the processing of claims application.
It is even more imperative for overseas winners.
To begin your claims,you are therefore advised as a matter of urgency,to contact the under listed
licensed and accredited claims agent for the processing of your prize award winning.Contact the clearing
house through your underlisted claims agent only.
----------------------------------
Mr.Gray Armstrong
(Foreign service manager)
Information and Payment Bureau
Sachsen Lotto-GmbH.
Contact E-mail address: info.armstrong@yahoo.de
Telephone: +31-616-725-622
Fax: +31-847-592-103
----------------------------------
Mr.Gray Armstrong's office will assist you in the processing and remittance of your prize funds.
Note that all prize funds must be claimed not later than One month.After this date all funds
will be returned to the LOTTERIE TREASURY as unclaimed.

Yours Faithfully,
Mrs.Julia Flo
Promotions Manager.
Sachsen Lotto-GmbH.

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