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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.
  • mollen4robin@aol.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • robijnvmollen@europe.com
  • inf0_l0tt0eur0pa.bv@mail.com
  • annacth_beren@europe.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Mrs.Anne-Catherien BERENSEN. <ann1cathberen@aol.co.uk>
Reply-To: mollen4robin@aol.co.uk
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 21:48:52 +0200
Subject: Allotted Prize Winner ! Cogratulations !!


Super-Lotto International Online Award Prize
Sponsors and accredited license Agent to ;
LOTTO-EUROPA internet extra Award program The Netherlands.
Add: Bruistensingel 152EXT.A,’s-hertogenbosch, the Netherlands
Dear Winner,
We are obliged to inform you that, the results of the super lotto 2007 LOTTO-EUROPA Internet extra award program are out. Amongst the selected five lucky winners in this category, your Email address emerged top recognition in The LOTTO-EUROPA sweepstake held on the 14th April 2007. Earlier proceeding shows that you are an absolute winner in the third edition of the category E” lots drawn online, for the payment of Five million euros to selected winners whose email address/s attached to the winning ticket Numbers. The sponsors of this program have giving away lump sum payout to the selected four (4) winners in this category,since the previous years we were able to give away tremendous amount of money to selected winners .
We are much delighted to inform you that, there would be no tickets to be sold since the initial was promulgated via the registration of lots online. As far as this program is concern tickets in this category, are computer generated.For accuracy we took to the ream and came up with the electronic computer mechanism ; A Digitally computer network,Winners were statistically selected from a hybrid of Global network programming by an electronic data processor{F-E.P}.
Congratulations!!!
The Total Sum of Nine Hundred and Ninety Nine Thousand Euros only {€999,000} has been made available for claims with beneficiary’s confidential winning codes, deposited to your name with our European Bank.
The lotto-Europa Awards program is proudly sponsored and secured by the Microsoft Corporation, the Intel- Group, and Toshiba, Dell computers, cyber-luck, Mackintosh and a conglomeration of other international IT companies. The lotto-Europa draws is first of its kind and hope you will be part of the twenty million euros end of year Grand Prize Sweepstake holding everyonce in a year .
We congratulate you once more!!! for being part of the lottery program .For a regular amassing of Award prize Winners are required to contact the designated claims Agent via Email and Fax Number for their Grand Award Prize within the stipulated giving dates .Please we acknowledge that you contact the Claims Agent as instructed in this mail here below;
Mr.Robijns VAN MOLLEN,
Operation Service Manager,
ADD:Bruistensingel 152EXT.A,’s-hertogenbosch, the Netherlands
TEL/FAX: +31 84 712 3008 {85ct/m}
Email: mollen4robin@aol.co.uk
Alternative Email:robijnvmollen@europe.com
We have taken strict measures to eradicate the publicity and unwarranted abuse of this program by unscrupulous artist who attempt to Claim ,subuse this program and untruely use the program for illicit advert i.e. the influx of donations and parasitic methodology applied online should be notified us immediately via mail for scrutiny.{Email:inf0_l0tt0eur0pa.bv@mail.com }
While the hours stay, Contact your Claims Agent or submit full Contact details; Names, Country of Residence and Address along with the following information below:
CONTROL N°:1218-0196/s01LU
BATCH N°:LU651083#E
TICKET N°:1036070
We hereby notify that all winning lottery information and numbers are confidential and should be kept as such. We are progressing towards avoiding mis-manipulation,-appropriation and abuse of this program by unscrupulous individuals. Do not reply to this e-mail, please contact your Claim's Agent as indicated above. Claims of award Prize starts-off from date of inception 17th of April, 2007 why all prize money must be claimed not later than 25th of April, 2007.The weekends and non-working Days are not inclusive in the Claims of your Award prize Money.
On the Honor of the Board of directors and members of staff in super-lotto international online Award Program LOTTO-EUROPA lottery draw the Netherlands, Accept our Congratulations!
Mrs.Anne-Catherien BERENSEN.
{VICE-PRESIDENT)
E-MAIL:annacth_beren@europe.com
NOTE: This program is so organized to encourage the use of the internet and computers worldwide. We are proud to say that, over 200 Million Euros are won annually in more than (150) Country’s worldwide.
Sincerely.

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