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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • " lotto international " (no such lottery exists)
  • "national lottery promotion" (no such lottery exists)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "million 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 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.
  • lrpostbanknl@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "TATTS LOTTO" <tattslottos@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 15:51:35 -1100
Subject: TATTS AWARDS NOTIFICATION

TATTS LOTTO
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION
HORSTHUIS, KEIZERSGR 102
1185 CW AMSTERDAM, NETHERLAND

FROM: THE DIRECTOR OF PROMOTIONS
REF: TL921245/75QT
BATCH: IP/10161/TLP

Attn: Winner,

TATTS LOTTO AWARD FINAL NOTIFICATION:

We are pleased to inform you the release of the result of the TATTS LOTTO
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION held a fortnight ago.

You were entered as an independent client with: Reference Number:
TL921245/75QT, and Batch Number IP/10161/TLP. Your email address attached to
the ticket number: 778 that drew the lucky winning number, which
consequently won the sweepstakes in the second category. You have been
approved for a payment of
$1.000.000, 00 (ONE MILLION DOLLARS.) in cash credited to file with
reference number: TL921245/75QT. This is from a total cash prize of (TEN
MILLION DOLLARS) Shared among the ten lucky winners in the First Category.

All participants were selected through a random computer ballot system
drawn from 91,000 (Ninety One thousand) names of email users around the
world, as part of our international promotion programme to promote the use
of internet thereby increasing the market share of computer soft wears.

Due to mix up of some names and addresses, we ask that you keep this award
personal discreet, till your claim has been processed and your funds
remitted to you. This is part of our security measures to avoid double
claiming or unwarranted taking advantage by other participants or
impersonators.

To begin your claim, do file for the release of your winning by contacting
your accredited paying Bank, POST BANK NL where the funds have been
deposited. They will guide you on the best procedure for you to claim your
winnings as all necessary details and approval have been given to them:

Larry Ruzzo.

HEAD, Claims Processing Department
Post Finance/Post Bank NL
Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal 162,
1102 SJ, Amsterdam - Netherlands .
POST FINANCE/POST BANK NL.
Email: lrpostbanknl@aim.com


Please, kindly provide him with the follow required information:

(i). Your name(s),
(ii) Your telephone and fax numbers
(iii) Your contact address
(iv) Your next of kins
(v) Your winning information (Reference and Batch number)
(vi) Your email address, and
(vii) Amount won.


YOUR SECURITY FILE NUMBER IS V-6772/G9 (keep personal) Remember; your
winning must be claimed not later than (30/072007). Failure to claim your
winning prize, it will be added to the next international lottery promotion.


Furthermore, Should there be any change in your address, endeavor to inform
your claim's manager as soon as possible.

Once again, Congratulations.

Yours faithfully,
Suzan Tessier.

DIRECTOR OF PROMOTION.

NOTE: PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT US OR SEND YOUR REPLY TO US RATHER TO POST BANK
NL; ATTN: LARRY RUZZO

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