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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")
  • "you are advise to" (this email uses bad English)
• 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.
  • +31643683096 (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.
  • carltonfinance1@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: ruth sambesi <ruth_sambesi@web.de>
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 01:52:38 +0200
Subject: WINNING INFORMATION




EUROPEANS LOTTERY AWARD
National Lottery B.V
Waterlloplain
251A-252B,1106ds, Netherland

Ref. NO: JIL/WIN/567/05/00/NLB
Batch. NO: NL/9008/478/962/00

National Lottery happily announce to the beneficiary
of this e-mail account the draw of the EUROPEAN
LOTTERY AWARD program held on the 8th of June,2007.
Your e-mail account attached to ticket number 09-2097
drew the winning numbers:07-09-76-34-00 with star
number (4-5) bonus ball which subsequently won you as
the e-mail beneficiary in the 3rd category. You have
therefore been approved to claim a total sum of EURO
900,000:00.(NINE HUNDRED Thousand Euros) in cash
credited to Ref. NO: JIL/WIN/567/05/00/NLB and Batch.
NO:
NL/9008/478/962/00. This program was created to
promote and encourage the use of Internet free
communications all over the world Please note that
your lucky winning number falls within our
international promotion booklet as indicated in the
play coupon. In view of this, your EURO 900,000:00.
(NINE HUNDRED THOUSAND EUROS) will be process for
claim by our register claim agent;
Meanwhile, our agent will immediately commence
the process to facilitate the release of your winning
prize as soon as your contact is receive by them. For
security reasons, you are advise to keep your winning
information very CONFIDENTIAL until your claim is
processed and your email winning prize remitted to
you. This is part of our precautionary measures to
avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this
program by those you might reveal your winning notice
to, please be warn.
To claim your email winning prize as the bona fide
beneficiary, please send email with your contact and
winning informations to our register claim agent
below:

MR: Manfred Hans
CARLTON FINANCIAL SERVICES
E.mail: carltonfinance1@aim.com [mailto:carltonfinance1@aim.com]
Tell: +31-643-683-096
FAX; 0031-847-462-843

Remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in
all correspondence with your claim agent.
Once again congratulations from National lottery.

Vanessa Badu (MRS)
Online coordinator for EUROPEANS LOTTERY AWARD








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