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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")
• 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.
  • +448701346354 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +447045700460 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • in_claimsofficerx@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Prize Award Department" <prizedea11@gmail.com>
Reply-To: in_claimsofficerx@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 20:16:49 -0800
Subject: Confirm receipt.......Dear winner


*FROM: THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT

Dear Winner,

RESULTS FOR CATEGORY "A" DRAWS

Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, the results of the *
*First Category draws of LOTTO NETHERLAND. We are happy to inform you
that you have emerged a winner under the First Category, which is part of
our promotional draws. The draws were held prior to your notification .

Participants were selected through a computer balloting system drawn
from 2,500,000 names/email addresses of individuals and companies from
Africa, America, Asia, Australia,Europe, Middle East, and Oceania as
part of our International Promotions Program.

You/Your company email id, attached to ticket number 6422-5-486, with
serial number 59-18 drew the lucky numbers 33-92-78-05 (18) and
consequently won in the First Category.

You have therefore been awarded a lump sum pay out of
1,000.000.00EURO(One million euro) each, which is the winning payout
for Category" A"
winners.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Your fund is now deposited with our transfer agents Oceanic Finance And
Trust Ltd ,and insured in your name. In your best interest and also to
avoid mix up of numbers and names of any kind, we request that you keep
the entire details of your award strictly from public notice until the
process of transferring your claims has been completed, and your funds
remitted to your account.This is part of our security protocol to avoid
double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants/ nonparticipants
of this program.

We also wish to bring to your notice our end of year premium stakes
draw where you stand a chance of winning up to 15,600.000Euro; we hope
that with a part of your prize you will participate in it.

Please contact your claims agent immediately for due processing and
remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice:

**Mr.Edyson Walter
Financial Director,
Oceanic Finance And Trust Ltd,
Terence House/133 London Rd, Thatcham, RG28 4LQ
TEL: +44 -704-570-0460
TEL: +44 -704-570-0463
FAX: +44-870-134-6354
WWW.LOTTO.NL
EMAIL: in_claimsofficerx@yahoo.co.uk


You are advised to contact your claims agent Mr.Edyson Walter via email
immediately. Endeavour to send the details below for Processing of your
Claims. Failure to
do so may warrant disqualification. *
**
*(1) FULL NAME :
(2) FULL ADDRESS :
(3) NATIONALITY:
(4) AGE:
(5) OCCUPATION:
(6 ) WINNING EMAIL:
(7 ) TELEPHONE /FAX NUMBER:
(8) ANNUAL INCOME :
(9) SEX:
(10) MARITAL STATUS :*
**
*You as the category "A" winner is associated with the following winning
information:*

*REF No: TGA-4GA-75339*
*BATCH No: 2007MJL-01
TICKET No: 6422-5-486
SERIAL No: 59-18
WINNING/LUCKY No: 33-92-78-05 (18)*




*NOTE: For easy reference and identification, find below your reference
numbers. Remember to quote these numbers in every one of your
correspondence with your claims agent.

REFERENCE NUMBER: TGA-4GA-75339

Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being
part of our promotional program.

For more inquiring about your claims of winnings ,please call now:
Tell: +44 -704-570-0460, +44 -704-570-0463

Sincerely,



THE LOTTO COORDINATOR,*
**
*Mrs.Nancy Webster(Online Lottery Coordinator)

Blenheim Tower
Westerdoksdijk 60 1056 AE Amsterdam The Netherlands
WWW.LOTTO.NL

*

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