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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:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• 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.
  • +31643625235 (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.
  • claimagent_dept1@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "lottery cordinator" <williamshore_fortune2@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: claimagent_dept@nyc.com
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 18:26:23 +0100
Subject: STAATSLOTERIJ .NL FINAL NOTIFICATION

Lucky No: 425448/7785

YOUR WINNING DETAILS

Ref  No: CHN/2551256007/11

Batch No: 14/0017/IPD

serial No: GMLA2-003

Ticket No: 12033.

Contact Claim Agent: claimagent_dept1@yahoo.com

Attn: Lottery Winner,

                                             FINAL NOTIFICATION.

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the staatsloterij.nl

lottery

programs held on 12 th of January 2007 with your e-mail address

attached to

one of the winning ticket numbers. You have therefore been approved for

a

lump sum pay out of 500,000,00 euros (Five Hundred Thousand  Euros)

CONGRATULATIONS!!!All participants were  selected through a computer

ballot

system from our sponsors databases, including over 50,000 companies and

150,000 individual E-mail addresses and names submitted by our agents

drawn

from Asia, Africa, Europe, North And South America and around the

world.

To begin your claim, do file for the release of your winning by

contacting

our accredited agent:

Mr. Smith Roland

Foreign Transfer Manager,

Tel: 0031-643625235

Fax: 0031-847595514

Email: claimagent_dept1@yahoo.com

NOTE: All winnings must be notarized to complete the claim process;

winners

will be referred to a Foreign Transfer Manager, to have their winnings  

notarized, all winners are to cover the legal charges not

STAATSLOTERIJ.

NL,Please note that you will be required to pay for the issuance of

your

winning certificate and all winnings must be claimed not later than

31th of

March 2007,after this date all unclaimed winnings will be null and

void. In

Order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications remember to quote

your

reference number and batch numbers in all  correspondence. Furthermore,

should there be any change of address do  inform our agents as soon as

possible.

You are advised to call your claim agent and also provide him with the

following information:

You Names:

Phone/Fax number:

Nationality:

Ref Number:

Batch Number:

Ticket Number:

Congratulations once more and thank you for being part of our

promotional

program.note: Anybody under  the age of 18 is automatically

disqualified.

Yours faithfully

Mr william shore,

Contact your claims agent .

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