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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
• 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.
  • +31630107730 (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.
  • eurmilot@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "SANDA CLANSEIN" <eurmilot@aim.com>
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2007 16:09:30 -0500
Subject: PRIZE AWARD NOTIFICATION

YOU ARE A LUCKY WINNER!!
TICKET NUMBER: 00024537
LAKEFIELDS INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE
AWARD DEPARTMENT
Koningen Julianaplein 21, 2391 BD
Denhaag, The Netherlands
RESULTS FOR CATEGORY B DRAWS

Attn: Winner,

Dear Sir/Madam,

We are pleased to inform you of the release of the
long awaited results of the Lakefields International
Promotions Lottery programmes draws held on the 1st
January, 2007.You were entered unaware as an
independent participants with: Reference Number:
LIP/DH 00014578, and Batch Number DH/82109/LKP.Your
email address attached to the ticket number:00024537,
Serials /N 20201.Draw Lucky # 3652871 draws the lucky
winning number, which consequently won the Lakefields
International Lottery Promotions in the 2nd category.

You have been approved for a payment of the sum
US$1,500,000(One Million, Five Hundred Thousand
U.S.Dollars.) in cash credited to file reference
number: LIP/BCC 00078653. This is from a total cash
prize of US$15,000,000.00{Fifteen Million U.S.Dollars}
shared among the ten international winners in the 2nd
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.
******************************************************
Contact person: V D Ruben
(International Remittance Department)
Postbank NL, Amsterdam-Holland (Netherlands).
www.postbanknl.com
EMAIL:- eurmilot@aim.com
Tel: +31 630 107 730
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: LIP/DH: - 00014578
BATCH No:-DH/82109/LKP

******************************************************
Your security file number is LIP2090/WIN/2006 (keep
personal) Remember; your winning must be claimed not
later than 15th March, 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. SANDA CLANSEIN

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