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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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.
• 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 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.
  • lottonlclaim@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "LOTTO.NL COMPANY" <photographix2001ibujcous@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 11:06:51 +0200
Subject: LOTTO.NL MEGA JACKPOT LOTTERY NL.

LOTTO.NL MEGA JACKPOT LOTTERY NL.
LOTTO.NL EMAIL LOTTERY AWARD PROMOTION: THE-NETHERLANDS
REF NO: MSW/56B-672GH/L
BATCH: 4583JL/WIN

Claims Verification Unit Lotto.nl lottery company
Contact Person Mr. Porter Williams
Telephone :0031 619 705 153
Email: lottonlclaim@aim.com

Finally today, we announce the winners of the LOTTO.NL MEGA JACKPOT LOTTO WINNING PROGRAMS held on the 9th of Febuary 2007. Your company or your personal e-mail address, attached to winning number 23-76-06-54-42-100, With serial number 647489, consequently won in the 2nd lottery category Euros 1,500,000.00

You have been approved for a lump sum pay out of Euro1,500,000.00 (One Million Five Hundred Thousand Euros) in cash Credited to file REF NO: MSW/56B-672GH/L and winning number 23-76-06-54-42-100. Selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized email selection machine (TOPAZ) from a database of over 1,000,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world.

The online draws was conducted by a random selection of email addresses from an exclusive list of 29,031 E-mail addresses of individuals and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet. No ticket were sold but all email addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy. This is to encourage our prominent Microsoft Internet Explorer users all over the world, and for the Continues use of E-mail.

It is our standard practice to allocate accredited fiducial officer for the processing of claims application. It is even more imperative for overseas winners. To begin your claims , you are therefore advised as a matter of urgency, to contact the under listed licensed and accredited fiducial officer for the processing of your prize award winning. Please contact the clearing house (through your fiducial officer only) the body assigned with the verification of all emergent winner. Therefore all protocols laid down by them must be followed so as to facilitate your claims process;


Claims Verification Unit Lotto.nl lottery company
Contact Person Mr. Porter Williams
Telephone :0031 619 705 153
Email: lottonlclaim@aim.com

When contacting your fiducial officer, you are to provide them with
1. Your winning reference and batch numbers: REF NO: 428/77/UML, BATCH NO: 46/304/GMA
2. Your full name and address:
3. Your contact telephone number:
4.Quote amount won.
5. Notification date

Remember, you must contact the Claims Verification Unit not later than two weeks of receiving this notification. After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.

In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference and winning numbers in all correspondences with the Claims Verification Unit. You are to keep all lotto information away from the general public especially your ticket number and ballot number. (This is important as a case of double claims will not be entertained)

Sincerely,
Mrs. Loretha Waxle
Online Co-ordinator

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