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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:

• 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.
  • +31643637881 (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.
  • duitseinfo1@aim.com

Fraud email example:

From: uary@uary.orangehome.co.uk
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 19:14:20 +0100 (CET)
Subject: Promotion info





Promotion info

On behalf of the Euro million Centre, we are pleased to present you the result of the International Award Program held on 3rd January 2007 , were your email address was attach to T icket number 55-756-PA,with Serial number 885-405/NL, Batch number 220/404-BT,Ref number66025/05 Draw lucky number 04-09-10-12-22-26-30-36-plus bonus 07)DL,which won the 2nd category, you are therefore been awarded for a lump sum of pay out of One million euros only (€ 1,000.000.00) .Congratulation!!,Ref to the abuse of this program,our board has forestall occurrence of false claim and compersate internet suffers globerly ,

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 25,000 company and 40,000,000 individual Email addresses and names from all over the world. This promotional program takes place every year.

Ref, to mix up of some unwanted claimant you are advice to keep your winning information confidential until your claim has been processed and your money transfer to you.

The financial legal remittance office below will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact them.

Mr. Jeffrey Buuren . (Advocaten)
Email: Duitseinfo1@aim.com, TEL: +31-643-637-881, Fax:+31-847-538-311

Congratulations once more from our members of staff our promotional organizers

Yours Sincerely.
Mrs. Melinda Meuldyk,

Duitse Lotto Euro Lottery Services (Nederland)Postbus 435, 1940 AK Beverwijk.
Copy right reserved © Euro Lottery Services 1994–2006.

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