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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
• 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.
  • +31642848411 (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.
  • wslagent@aol.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "raymondjohnson@terra.es" <raymondjohnson@terra.es>
Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 12:23:49 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: URGENT NOTICE (PROMOTION DEPARTMENT)


URGENT NOTICE (PROMOTION DEPARTMENT)
WORLD-SOFTWARE-LOTTO
Notification Centre
Voltastraat 101,7903 AA Harlingin
Netherland.

Dear sir/madam
We are pleased to inform you of our recent concluded SOFTWARE-LOTTERY PROGRAM AWARD held on the 23rd of may 2007 you were entered as independent client with Serial number 7254-511-329, Ref number,317-7764-cvsn Batch number,cvbl-721-27-65, you are therefore been approved to claim a total sum of 450,000.00 (Four Hundred and Fifty Thousand Euro) in cash credited to security file number 401-482-cv. The selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerize email selection system from a datebase of over 250,000 independent email addresses drawn from all the continents.to claim winning prize you are to contact the appointed agent as soon as possible with the formation below

Director of operation mr Williams Bradley
Tel :+31-642-848-411 Fax:+31-847-474-0000
Contact email:wslagent@aol.co.uk

Remenber all winning must be claim not later than 10th of july 2007,to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remenber to quote your Reference number Batch Number,Serial number and Security file number .

This promotion is proudly sponsored by the World-Software-Lotto Netherlands,it has the following legal status registered under the Nevada Netherland registration act of 1975, registered under the foreign lottery payment regulation of 1980,it might also interest you to know that the lottery is registered under section 12a and 80 for email balloting.

Best Regard
Mrs Naomi De Meer
Online co-dinator






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