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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.
• 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.
  • staatsllotto@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Joan Van Fritz (Lottery Coordinator) <joanvanfritz@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 16:26:50 +0200
Subject: CLAIM YOUR WINNING !!!

Dear bixnfleisch,

STAATSLOTERIJ NL.
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE
RESULTS FOR CATEGORY "A" DRAWS
REFERENCE: KVJ 5447839
BATCH NO: SNL/EC236746/YH07.

In view of the yearly sweepstake of the above named organization held on the 11th May, 2007.It is my
pleasure to inform you that your e-mail address attached to the above ticket Number:
NL/EC236746/YH07, Prize Number:JM/934107/WPN and Lucky number W-61228-58/B7, came up in
the first dip.This invariably means that you have emerged as the prize winner of Eight hundred and
seventy thousand euro only (870,000.00 Euros)in the first category. Be informed that all participants were
selected from a random computing ballot system.This charitable sweepstake is sponsored by
Staatsloterij-nl and government parastatals,drawn from major cities in Europe etc.

In your best interest and to avoid mix up of numbers and names of any kind, we request that you keep
the entire details of your award strictly from public notice until the process of transferring your claims has
been completed,and your funds remitted to your account.This is part of our security protocol to avoid
double claims and unscrupulous acts by Participants/nonparticipants of this
program.

For immediate release of your prize money to you,contact our remittance department through the below
information.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Contact Person:MR.GILL MAARTEN
Email: staatsllotto@aim.com
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Also Send to them your following informations:

1. FULL NAMES:.........................................

2. TELEPHONE/FAX NUMBERS:....................

3. REFERENCE NUMBER:............................

4. OCCUPATION:..........................................


NOTE: All winnings must be claimed not later than 30 working days from today,after which all unclaimed
cash prize will be forfeited.

Congratulations,
Yours Sincerely,
Joan Van Fritz(Lottery Coordinator)

Anti-fraud resources:

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