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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.
  • +31620800970 (Netherlands, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "Ms. Julie Vernon" <multitune@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2007 01:19:16 -1100
Subject:

NEW YEAR BONANZA
MULTI-TUNE INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE
ENEGELSEWEG 228 6706 AD HELMOND POSTBUS67
5700 AK HELMOND
NETHERLANDS.

RESULTS FOR CATEGORY \D\ DRAWS

Attn: Winner

We are pleased to inform you of the release of the long awaited results
of the Multi-Tune International Promotions Lottery programmes draws
held on the 30th Of January, 2007.You were entered unaware as an
independent participants with:Reference number:MUT/NV/130012 , and
Batch Number DC/1420/MUT.Your email address attached to the Ticket
number:090906, Serials /#196609.Draw Lucky # 251276 draws the lucky
winning number, which consequently won the Multi-Tune International
Lottery Promotions in the 4th category.

You have been approved for a payment of the sum €450,000 (FourHundred and
Fifty Thousand Euros.) in cash credited to file Reference
Number:MUT/NV/130012. This is from a total cash prize of €4,500,000.00 {Four
Million, Five Hundred Thousand Euros} shared among the ten international
winners in the 4th categories. All participants were
randomly selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 250,000 (Two
Hundred and Fifty thousand) names of email users around the world, as part
of our international promotion program; this programme is sponsored by the
Conglomeration of computer software/Hardware manufacturers worldwide.

Due to mix up of some names and addresses, we urge you to keep this winning
personal and discreet until your claims have been processed and your funds
remitted to you, this is part of our security measures to avoid double
claiming or unwarranted abuse of the system by other participants or
impersonators. Your fund is now deposited in a special account with
the paying Bank-POST BANK NL. To begin your claim, DO NOT contact us,
instead contact the approved paying bank based in Holland (Netherlands),
as they will guide you step by step until your winning prize is Paid to
you.

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Contact person: Mr. Peters Van Doer Boar. (Processing Department)
Post Bank Piet Heinkade 221, 1018MG Amsterdam, Netherlands.
WEB SITE: - www.postbank.nl
EMAIL: - pvdbpostbanknl1@aol.co.uk Tel: - ++31-62-0800-970.
Holland-Netherlands
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Also give him the following information:

(1) YOUR FULL NAMES:
(2) CONTACT ADDRESS:
(3) TELEPHONE NUMBERS {OFFICE AND MOBILE}:
(4) FAX NUMBER:
(5) OCCUPATION:
(6) YOUR AGE:
REF Number: MUT/NV/130012
BATCH No: - DC/1420/MUT

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Your security file number is MUT/2090/WIN/2007 (keep personal) Remember;
your winning must be claimed not later than 23rd February, 2007. Failure to
claim your winning prize will obviously mean that your winning prize will be
re-staked in our next lottery draws which comes up very shortly ,so ensure
that the needful is done now and quickly too.

Once again, accept our profound and sincere congratulations on your
winning.

Yours Sincerely.
Ms. Julie Vernon

The Online Coordinator. Multi-Tune International

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