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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "amsterdam holland" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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!
• Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.

Fraud email example:

From: infolinepayment advocate <infolinepayment@yahoo.de>
Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 10:17:55 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: LOTTO




*Caution: always keep your winning information to yourself, for anyone you may show your information might apply for your payment and you will be disqualified. scam is so rampant in the internet, we advice you longin into those site for garantee of the lotto payment approval below.
www.snsbank.nl, https://www.snsbank.nl/index.asp?NavigationID=5069,http://www.snsbank.nl/index.asp?NavigationID=3732
http://www.snsreaal.nl/

Claim Procedure From www.lotto.nl

We wish to officially notify you that your payment is being under review and will be released to you as soon as you respond to this letter.we advised you to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to your account through the paying bank.

Bank Claim Procedure
1,Your winning fund is not deductible from your winning because your winning prize is covered with HIGH INSURANCE POLICY and cannot be deducted until it finally transffered to your account.The transfer of your fund will commerce as soon as your claims is processed and your money remitted to your account through the paying bank.the paying bank will contact you about the transfer of your fund.hence we require you to send the payment to enable us get your winning ticket from the N.G.B
(Nethelands Game Board)

2.send to us through email scan or fax your international passport or identity

3,When you effect the payment of the requested amount,you will be invited by the paying bank for the collection of your fund.You will be required to personally come over for the remmittance of your fund by the paying bank or you may solicit our assistance to represent you as regard the remmittance of your fund. it now depends on you to employ either way that will be most suitable for you as regard the remmittance of your fund by the paying bank.

4,Subject to the transfer of the 1 million euros to you by the paying bank, you shall be requested to remit 10% to us from the total money.This is a remuneration for the services render by us.the paying bank.( www.snsbank.nl )they will contact you about the transfer of your fund as soon as we get the winning ticket from the N.G.B


5.We require you to pay 820 euros to obtain your winning ticket number,Transfer 820euros through western union money transfer (www.westernunion.com)

Name:Peter
Surname: Scott
Amsterdam Holland


Send the following information via email as they appear on the western union transfer slip, send the reciept of payment to us such as:
The full Name Of The Sender:
Mtcn, Code Number:
Country where the fund was sent:

Please fill and return the form below
CLAIM FORM
BENEFICIARY:

ADDRESS:

AMOUNT (CONTRACT SUM):

BATCH NUMBER.
TEL:
FAX:
WESTERN UNION PAYMENT CODE NUMBER:
EMAIL ADDRESS:



Please let us know below listed options in which best suit you to recieve your prize,
1.Bank swift wire transfer (Cheque Issued by the Paying Bank )
2.Courier delivery.


Best regards,
Dr John Peters
LAW-ASSOCIATES


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