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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:
  • "from: the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "million united states dollars" (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.
  • +31614373528 (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.
  • appgatinfo@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: STAATSLOTERIJ.NL <appgatinfo@aim.com>
Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 19:23:31 +0200
Subject: RE: LUCKY RECIPIENT( STAATSLOTERIJ RESULT )

RE: STAATSLOTERIJ RESULT (DETAILS)

FROM: THE DESK OF MANAGING DIRECTOR
STAATSLOTERIJ.NL
HEAD OFFICE AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS.
REF NO: SL/2311786008/07
BATCH: 14/0017/IPD
CODE NO: 573881545-NL/2007

Attn: Eligible Winner,
We are pleased to inform you of the result of our computer random selection for the
STAATSLOTERIJ.NL International program held on 26TH May, 2007.Your email address, attached to
ticket number 205-11465886-629, with serial number 3772-99 drew the lucky numbers 7-14-17-23-31-44,
and consequently won the lotto in the "A" category.
The online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 25,000.000.00 e-mail addresses of
individual and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the
Internet, no tickets were sold.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of One Million United States Dollars
(US$1,000,000.00) in cash credited to file : REF NO: SL/2311786008/07. This is from total prize money
of US$2,000,000.00 shared among two categories.
All participants email addresses were extracted/selected through a computer balloting system drawn from
25,500,000.00 email addresses from Middle East, Asia, Africa, Canada, Europe and North America and
Oceania as part of our International Promotions Program, which is conducted annually.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!

To begin your claims, you are urgently requested to contact our claims agent (Appgate Financial Network
Bv) Amsterdam-Netherlands immediately with your telephone number and fax numbers, and make sure
you quote your, REF NO: SL/2311786008/07, your name and contact details in all your correspondence
with the finance institute.
Your allocated claims agent details are as follows.
................................................................................................................
Contact Name: Mr. Alex Rudd
Tel: 0031-614-373-528
Fax: 0031-847-216-445
Reply Email: appgatinfo@aim.com
.................................................................................................................
Remember, all winnings must be claim within Five Weeks, After this date all unclaimed funds will be
return to the promotion company. Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications,
remember to always quote your reference and batch numbers as well as your contact details in all your
correspondence with our paying agency and the legal representative.
Furthermore, should there be any change of address or information about you, do inform our paying agent
and the legal representative as soon as possible to avoid disqualification of winning.

NOTE: All winnings must be notarized and Legalized and a certificate of award
must be obtained from the Netherlands Gaming Control Board to complete the
claims process, this certificate and the notarization/legalization can only be
obtained through legal representative so winners will be referred to our
Regional Director to assist in this process. Winners are to cover the legal
charges for the notarization/legalization of the winning and the acquisition of
the certificate of award not STAATSLOTERIJ.NL

Yours sincerely,

Vos Pool (Mrs. ) (Lottery Coordinator)
STAATSLOTERIJ.NL

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