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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:
  • "claim 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.
  • staatsclaim@aol.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: bar nare <jlawrenq3@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 14:28:42 +0100
Subject: GOOD NEWS!!! YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS HAS WON.



GOOD NEWS!!! YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS HAS WON.STAATSLOTERIJ JACKPOT AND PROMOTIONSKHORHOSTRAAT 155,AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS. FROM:THE DESK OF THE MANAGING DIRECTORINTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT,SERIAL NO:6669034/P4BATCH NO:245/2002/GWK Attn:We are pleased to inform you of the release today the 29th of May 2007 of the STAATSLOTERIJ JACKPOT AND PROMOTIONS, NETHERLANDS held on 28th of May 2007. Youremail address attached to the Ticket No:1001-56542-5899 with drew from the Lucky No:22-00-99-36-50, which consequently won the lottery in the FIRST category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of ONE MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS(US$1,000,000.00)in cash credited toSerial No:6669034/P4This is from a total cash prize of US$4 Million shared among four individuals in this category. CONGRATULATIONS!!! Due to the mixed up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this winning a top secret from the public notice until your claims has been processed and remitted to your account as this is apart of the security protocol, to avoid double claiming or unwarranted taking advantage of this program by participants. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 950,000 company/individual email addresses from all over the world as part of our international promotions program, which we conduct every Five years. To begin your claims, please contact your claim agentMR. WILLIAMS PETERS TEL: 0031 - 624 594 794FAX: 0031 - 847 111 492 Email: staatsclaim@aol.co.uk
For processing and remittance of your winning cash into a designated bank account of your choice, Remember, all winnings must be claim not later than June 15th 2007. After this date, all unclaim funds will be returned to the promotion company. NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your serial credicted file number, batch numbers, your full names, telephone number, fax number and address in all correspondence with your claim agent. Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform your claim agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations once again from all members of our staff and thank you for being part of our promotion program. Yours sincerely,DR. SUSAN EDWARDS(Promotion Manager).
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