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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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:
  • "transfer of your funds" (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 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.
  • +31614681956 (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.
  • remittanceoff12@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Mrs.Sheila Johnson <sheilajohnson64@aim.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 18:54:52 +0200
Subject: YOUR HAVE WON THE STAKE LOTTERY {CONTACT THE PAYING BANK}

ONCE LOTERIA INTERNATIONAL
DESK OF APPROVAL/GAME
GAMING BOARD DEPARTMENT
AMSETRDAM, THE NETHERLANDS

TICKET NO: NK/4092/017/82
FILE REF NUMBERS: MG/904/75296832/SP

Dear Winner/Beneficiary,

Congratulations! We are pleased to inform you that your EMAIL ADDRESSE has been selected as one
of the 38 lucky winners in the email lottery programme conducted by the ONCE LOTERIA on the 31st of
March, 2007. The late release of this result was due to difficulties encountered in sorting out mixed up
numbers and email addresses.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket No: NK/4092/017/82. Result winning numbers 2-5-0-4-9. And
Lotto code number: MAD33964BL. Drew Euro 857,894.73 which was first in the 6 category of the draws.
You are to receive 857,894.73 Euro (Eight hundred and fifty-seven thousand, eight hundred and
ninety-four euro, seventy-three cent only) in cash credited to file REF.MG/904/75296832/SP. This from
a total cash prize 6.000.000 Euro (Six Million) shared among the thirty-eight (38) international lucky
winners in category "6”.

Please be informed that due to mix up in cash pay-outs, we ask you to keep your winning Information
confidential until your fund (857,894.73 Euro) has been fully remitted to you by our accredited pay-point
bank. This measure must be adhered to in order to avoid the loss of your cash prizes, Prize-winners of
our cash prizes are advised to adhere to these instructions to forestall the abuse of this program by other
participants.

It's important to note that this draws were conducted formally, and winners are selected through a
computer balloting system from 10,000,000 individual and companies E-mail addresses, hence, the draws
are conducted around the world through our computer balloting system.

The promotion is sponsored and promoted by Once Loteria. We congratulate you once again. We hope
you will use part of it in our Next draws; the jackpot winning is 20 million Euros. Remember, all Winning
must be claimed not later than one week after this date. If you do not contact and process your winning
prize, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.

Congratulations once again from all members of Once Loteria. Thank you for being part of our
promotional program. For immediate release of your cash prize to you, please kindly contact our
processing Department/paying bank with the following information for onward forwarding to the
Claim/paying bank:

N.B: Terms and conditions to claiming your prize:
************* *******************************************
1. Please quote your Reference number in all correspondence with the claims officer.

2. Indicate your full name and address, Country, Telephone, mobile and fax number and occupation.

3. Your winning prize is not DEDUCTABLE until it has been fully processed, approved and transferred to
your designated account of your choice.

To avoid unnecessary delays/complications with the transfer of your funds, contact our corresponding
paying bank below:


SNS BANK AND SECURITIES
=================================
CONTACT PERSON: MR. JOSEPH STANFORD
TEL: 0031-614-681-956
CONTACT E-MAIL: remittanceoff12@aim.com

Congratulations once again for being part of this promotion.

Yours sincerely,

Mrs. Sheila Johnson
Promotions Manager

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This e-mail Transmission contains information that is confidential and may be privileged. It is intended only
for the addressee(s) named above.
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