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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.
• 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.
  • +31644933329 (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.
  • mwrichpostbanknl@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mike" <mwrichpostbanknl@aim.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 10:25:10 -1000
Subject: YOU WON,CONTACT THE PAYING BANK.....................


Attn:-Winner,

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 30th 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 3rd
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 3rd 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 their
international promotion program to say thank you for using their
soft/hardwares in your computer/internet; 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.

Mr.M.W.Richards
Processing Department
Post Bank NL
Piet Heinkade 221 1018 MG Amsterdam
Postbus 8019
1002 AVÂ Amsterdam-Netherlands.
web-site:-www.postbank.nl
Email address:-mwrichpostbanknl@aim.com
Tel:-++31-6449-33329.{Between 9.00Hrs GMT-18.30Hrs GMT-Monday through
Friday.
Fax:-++31-8471-41653
Also give him the following information:-YOUR FULL NAMES,CONTACT STREET
ADDRESS,TELEPHONE NUMBERS{OFFICE AND MOBILE},FAX NUMBER,OCCUPATION AND
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.Mary Jan-Kurt

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