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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")
  • "claims office" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • ",000,000" (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)
  • "deadline" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• 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.
  • ma1jongh@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • sch22lly@web.nl
  • sch22lly@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs Schrage Lysbeth." <sch22lly@aol.co.uk>
Reply-To: ma1jongh@aim.com
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 18:41:26 +0200
Subject: You are a winner !Congratulation ! !


ONLINE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROGRAM(NETHERLANDS CLAIMS DEPT.)
NATIONALE LOTTERIJ HEADQUARTERS,
European nationalLottery/ lotto Extra award promo.
Add:Papendorpseweg 390 ,3528 BJ Utrecht THE NETHELANDS.
-Toll-Free numbers-
Tel:+31 84 738 3089
Fax:+31 84 738 2274
Sir/Madam,
-WINNING NOTIFICATION !!!
From the Office Desk of Mrs Schrage Lysbeth. the Vice President of Nationale =
Loterij lotto internationale online Award program,The Netherlands.In all due =
Honor and Anticipation ,We gladly announce the results of the =93Nationale =
Lotterij=94 lotto 2007 International extra award program, Held in the =
Dutch-Kingdom ,on the 9th July 2007. Your Email address emerged top =
recognition amongst selected 4 others in the category =91A=92 winner of the =
=93Nationale Loterij=94 lotto extra international Award Program.
You are therefore, been approved to claim a total huge sum pay-out of 1 =
Million Euros (=801,000,000.00},only)!
credited to File:Nllx444/AQ307/0709 This is from a total cash prize of EURO =
10 million to be shared amongst five selected lucky winners.
-HOW WAS THE SELECTION PROCESS DONE-
We are much delighted to inform you that, there were no tickets sold, the =
initial lots were online generated. Winners were randomly selected from an =
initial database of 500,000 emails which was eventually downsized to 5,000 =
from which we eventually selected the final and lucky Five. The lots were =
drawn through a hybrid of International Lottery & Totalizator Systems =
(ILTS),secure online processor,selecting emails from The Middle =
East,Asia,Africa,Canada, Europe, U.S.A and South America.
The Total sum of =801,000,000.00 euros(One Million euros) Deposited afixed =
with the Payment Bank will be released to you by any of our foreigh payment =
offices in Europe. Our European agent will immediately commence the process =
to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you forward your =
receipt.For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning =
information confidential till your claim is processed and your money remitted =
to you in your Country. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid =
double claiming and Unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.To =
ensure a smooth collection of your GRAND PRIZE, You are to contact Your =
FIDUCIARY CLAIM AGENT as instructed in this mail via, EMAIL/FAX {see below} =
within a week of receiving this notice .Hence your Agent will provide you =
with more contact availability as you reciprocate our Notification to =
you,this is as a result of abuse of this Program .
Congratulations !please find full contact winning details below;
OPERATIONS SERVICE MANAGER,
Mr Marinus Adrien jongh,
ADD:Papendorpseweg 390 ,3528 BJ Utrecht THE NETHELANDS.
Email:ma1jongh@aim.com
Fax:+31 84 738 2274
Confidential winning Codes;
Control Number:Nllx444/AQ307/0709
Batch Number: 09w#4414/-KK16
Ticket Number: 3. 9 . 20. 24. 36. 39. 34.
We hereby notify that all winning lottery information and numbers are =
confidential and should be kept as such. We are progressing towards avoiding =
mis-manipulation,-appropriation and abuse of this program by unscrupulous =
individuals. Do not reply to this e-mail, please contact your Claim=92s Agent =
as soon as instructed above. Claims of award Prize starts from date of =
receipt of mail why all prize money must be claimed not later than (7) Seven =
days from the date of receipt of mail .The weekends and non-working Days are =
exclusive.
On behalf of all our staff in =93Nationale Loterij=94 lotto extra Online =
Award Program, the Netherlands lottery draw, accept my Congratulations!
Best Regards,
Mrs Schrage Lysbeth.
{Vice-President)
E-MAIL:sch22lly@web.nl
ALTERNATIVE EMAIL:sch22lly@aim.com
N.B:User Guide: Lotto
1. Please quote the numbers attached to your lottery payment order, in all =
correspondence with the claims officer.2. You must contact the appointed =
agent with your Full Names, ContactTelephone Numbers (Home, Office and Mobile =
Number and also Fax Number) via email to process the immediate payment of =
your prize.3. Be informed that the appointed agent will be required to swear =
an Affidavits of Lotto Claim and also obtain Approval Legal Clearance =
Certificate from the Court here in Netherlands which is in accordance with =
the European Union Financial Act 2004 on payment of International Lottery =
Winners.
Please be aware that the PAYING BANK will affect Payment Swiftly upon =
satisfactory Report, Verifications and validation provided by this fiduciary =
agent. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information =
confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you. Be =
informed that the deadline to claim your winning prize money is 24TH OF JULY =
2007.
The =93Nationale Lotterij=94 lotto draw is held once in a year and is so =
organized to encourage the use of the internet and computers worldwide. We =
are proud to say that over 200 Million Euros are won annually in more than =
150 countries worldwide. To claim your winning prize you are to contact the =
appointed agent as soon as possible for the immediate release of your =
winnings:CONGRATULATIONS, ONCE MORE FROM THE ENTIRE MANAGEMENT AND STAFF =
OF,GTECH ,LOTOMATICA ,GRUPPO LOTTOMATICA AND MICROSOFT COOPERATION TO ALL OUR =
LUCKY WINNERS THIS YEAR. THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF THIS PROMOTIONAL LOTTERY =
PROGRAM.OUR SPECIAL THANKS AND GRATITUDE TO BILL GATES OF MICROSOFT AND ALL =
HIS ASSOCIATES FOR ALLEVIATING POVERTY ROUND THE WORLD.
SINCERELY,

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