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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:
  • "hundred thousand united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • pacific_insuranceuk@excite.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: NET LOTTO PROMOTIONS NETHERLANDS NLPN <van_clapton02@yahoo.de>
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 14:45:21 +0100 (CET)
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS



Net Lotto Promotions
International Lottery Programs
(Customer Services)

Ref: Ng/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369

WINNING NOTIFICATION

Dear Winner,

NOTIFICATION OF YOUR WINNING
We happily announce to you the draw (#952) of the Net Lottery Promo,
online program held on 1st January 2007.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 02-19-28-33-44-49 (bonus no.21), which subsequently won you the lottery JACKPOT category i.e match 6. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of $900,000.00 (Nine Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03. This is from a total cash prize of $3.600,000.00 shared amongst four (4) lucky winners in this category.

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from
World Wide Web sites through Ballot draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes place yearly.

Note that 10% of your claim will go to the victims of the December 2005 Tsunami Victims.
In view of this, your $900,000.00 (Nine Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) would be released to you by our authorized official paying bank or Insurance company. as they will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact them. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.

To file for your claims. please contact Our Official Paying Insurance company below.

PACIFIC INSURANCE UK.


Emails: pacific_insurance@msn.com
pacific_insuranceuk@excite.com





Email The Insurance company for them to send you Payment Processing form which you will fill and return back to them.



Note: All claims must be made before one month of receipt of this Notification.


Mr Van Clapton
Net lotto Netherlands International Lottery Promotions

APPROVED
Good luck & congratulation,
Net lotto Netherlands International Lottery Promotions.




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