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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 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.
  • writealfredferguson@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • freelotnl@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • winxlottodraw@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: <freelotnl@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: winxlottodraw@netscape.net
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2007 14:27:28 -0600
Subject: CONTACT YOUR PAYING BANK!!!

CONTACT YOUR PAYING BANK!!!
Koningen Julianaplein 21, 2391 BD
Denhaag, The Netherlands
(Lotto affiliate with Subscriber Agents).
From: Mrs A. van Zand (Lottery Co-ordinator) Website: www.freelotto.com
ATTN:

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Freelotto.com Winners
International programs held on the 13th of January, 2007. Your e-mail
address attached to ticket #: 465213578 with prize #: 582107449 NL drew
1,000,000.00 Euro, which was first in the first class of the draws.
You are to receive 800,000,00(Eight Hundered Thousand Euros).
Because of mix up in cash pay-outs, we ask that you keep your winning
information confidential until your money (800,000,00) has been fully
remitted to you by our accredited pay-point bank.
This measure must be adhere to,in order to avoid loss of your cash prize -
winners of our cash prizes are advised to adhere to these instructions to
forestall the abuse of this program by other participants.
It is important to note that this draws were conducted formally, and
winners are selected through an internet ballot system from 50,000
individual and companies e-mail addresses - the draws are conducted around
the world through our internet based ballot system.
The promotion is sponsored and promoted Lotto.nl . We congratulate you once
again. We hope you will use part of it in our next draws; the jackpot
winning is 85million Euro. Remember,all winnings must be claimed not later
than 20days from today.
After this date all unclaimed cash prize will be forfeited and included in
the next sweepstake. Please, in order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications remember to quote personal and winning numbers in all
correspondence with us. Congratulations once again from all members of
lotto.nl.Thank you for being part of our promotional program.

For immediate release of your cash prize to you, please kindly contact our
Paying Bank
address written below.

Send them the following informations:

(i) Your name,
(ii) Contact telephone and fax numbers
(iii) Contact Address
(iv) Your winning numbers
(v) Quote amount won.
(vi) Notification date.

Mr.Alfred Ferguson.
Tel:0031-6209-106-35
E-mail:writealfredferguson@myway.com
E-mail:freelotnl@hotmail.com
E-mail:winxlottodraw@netscape.net
(www.freelotto.com)
*************************************************
Calling hours: Monday-Friday, 9:00am-6:00pm

Congratulations once again.
Yours in service,
Mrs A. van Zand (Lottery Co-ordinator)

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