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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • ",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)
• 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.
  • +31634244897 (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.
  • loterij.staats@gmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: <Loterij@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 11:50:03 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS



CONTACT CLAIM PROCESSING DEPARTMENT!!
THIRD CATEGORY NOMINEE
E-MAIL INTERNATIONAL DRAW
POSTBUS 16625
2500BP DEN HAAG
THE NETHERLANDS

YOUR REF. No: SNL/4249859609/WP1
YOUR BATCH NO: AT-040SB03-07.

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Staatsloterij
International Prize award Winners that was announced today 19th of July
2007.


Your email address have been selected as one of the lucky winningaddress,
therefore you have been approved for a lump sum payout of Euro
920,000.00. (Nine Hundred And Twenty Thousand Euro only) in the 3rd
category winners. Your email address attached to a Ticket numbers
7775114-6410 with
Serial No: 472-9768-98

Congratulations
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
over 20,000 company and 30,000,000 individual email addresses and names
from all over the world drawn from Europe. America, Asia, Australia, New
Zealand, Middle-East, parts of Africa, North and South America.


To file for your claim, please contact our claim-processing agent with the
contact information below:

********************************************
Mr. Phil Van Vliet
Staatsloterij N.V
CLAIM PROCESSING DEPARTMENT
Tel: +31-634-244-897
Fax: +31 847-195-169
Email: loterij.staats@gmail.com
************************************************

We expect you to provide them with the information below for the
processing of your winning documents.

1 FULL NAMES:..........................................
2 AGE: ................................................
3 OCCUPATION :.........................................
4 SEX:.................................................
5 PHONES AND FAX NUMBERS:..............................
6 COUNTRY OF RESIDENT:.................................
7 NATIONALITY: ........................................
8 MAILING ADDRESS:............................... .....
9 ANNUAL INCOME........................................
10 AMOUNT WON:..........................................
11 REFRENCE NUMBERS.....................................
12 BATCH NUMBERS........................................
13 YOUR WINNING EMAIL ADDRESS...........................
14 SERIAL NUMBERS.......................................
15 TICKET NUMBERS.......................................

NOTE: All winnings must be claimed not later than 15th of August 2007,
after this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake.


Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.


Once again on behalf of all our staffs congratulations as we expect you to
make good use of the funds.

Yours Sincerely,

Carol van Sintei (Mrs).
(Loterij Promotions Coordinator

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