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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:

• 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!

Fraud email example:

From: Joan Van Fritz (Lottery Coordinator) <dayzer1lotto@aol.nl>
Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2007 19:48:26 +0200
Subject: YOU HAVE BEEN SELECTED AS A WINNER !!!!


Dear Luck winner bixnfleisch,

DAYZER LOTTO NL.
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE
RESULTS FOR CATEGORY "A" DRAWS
www.dayzer.nl
Ticket Number:NL/EC236746/YH07.
REFERENCE: KVJ 5447839


In view of the yearly sweepstake of the above named organization held on the 19th March, 2007.It is my
pleasure to inform you that your e-mail address attached to the above ticket
Number:NL/EC236746/YH07, Prize Number:JM/934107/WPN and Lucky number
W-61228-58/B7,came up in the first dip.This invariably means that you have emerged as the prize
recipient of (870,000.00 Euros)in the first category with an allocated sum of 7,830,000.00 (Seven Million
Eight hundred And Thirty Thousand Euros) shared among the first Nine (9) lucky winners in this
category.Be informed that all participants were selected from a random computing ballot system.This
charitable sweepstake is sponsored by Dayzerloterij-nl and government parastatals, drawn from major
cities in Europe.

In your best interest and to avoid mix up of numbers and names of any kind, we request that you keep
the entire details of your award strictly from public notice until the process
of transferring your claims has been completed,and your funds remitted to your account.This is part of our
security protocol to avoid double claims and unscrupulous acts by Participants/nonparticipants of this
program.

For immediate release of your cash prize to you,contact our remittance department through the below
information.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Contact Person:Mr.LEO MARTINS
Email: dayzer1lotto@aol.nl
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Also Send to them your following informations:

1. FULL NAMES:______
2. ADDRESS:_______
3. SEX:__________
4. AGE:__________
5. MARITAL STATUS:____________
6. OCCUPATION:_______________________
7. TELEPHONE/FAX NUMBERS:__________
8. TICKET NUMBER:____________________
9. REFERENCE NUMBER:_______________


NOTE: All winnings must be claimed not later than 30 working days from today,after which all unclaimed
cash prize will be forfeited.

Congratulations,
Yours Sincerely,
Joan Van Fritz(Lottery Coordinator)

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