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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 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.
  • englishdept5@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "wee emm" <emmvan017@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2007 13:38:07 +0100
Subject: DEAR WINNER

DEAR WINNER

NOTIFICATION!!! YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS HAS WON A PROMOTION (TWO Million DOLLAR
Prize) IN LOTTO.NL

We are happy to inform you that you have emerged a winner of TWO million
DOLLAR
(2,000,000.00)DOLLARS. NOTE: to file for your claim, please contact the
fiduciary
Dept Find below your Reference and Batch numbers.

Remember to quote these numbers in your correspondence with your claims
agent.
Mr.JP VAN HERKS, PROMOTION DATE: 26Th-02-2007. Remember all winning
must be claimed not later than 20Th-03-2007 after this date, all
unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake. REFERENCE NUMBER:

LSLUK/2031/8161/06,
BATCH NUM:15/162/IP, TICKET NUM:
NHP/8902/AML/4021,
SERIAL NUMBER: HGL/233/HO/16634
LUCKY No: 4-13-21-27-36-38-45
Our Contact Dept Email Address:: englishdept5@aim.com
***********************************************
MR. JP VAN HERKS
(OPERATIONAL MANAGER
TEL:31-644-749-563
FAX:31-84-753-4987
Our Contact Dept Email Address:: englishdept5@aim.com
**********************************************

Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your winning
information
confidential until your claims has been processed and your money Remitted to
you.
This is part of our security protocol To avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse
of this program by some participants.

Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part
of our
promotions program.Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically
disqualified.

Sincerely Yours,
Mrs Irena Rudy.
Lottery Coordinator.
Our Contact Agent Email Address:: englishdept5@aim.com

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