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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:
  • "fiduciary agent" (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)
• 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.
  • +31643663271 (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.
  • slpfiduciaryagt@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "yohandyke@terra.es" <yohandyke@terra.es>
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 07:54:25 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: E-mail Success.



E-mail Success.




Dear Sis/Madam!


We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Lottery Winners International programs held on the 26/07/2007 in the

Netherlands. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number :EL-46939 with serial number: EL-472-9768,Batch number:

NM/207161/WOP, and drew the lucky numbers 7-1-8-36-4-22 which consequently won in the 1st category, you have therefore been

approved for a lump sum pay out of 1,000,000.00 (One million Euros).


This lottery is a promotional program by Staatsloterij , (Biggest lottery Organization in the Netherlands) to advertise to

the world its existence. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 50,000 companies and

2,000,000 individual email addresses from all over the world, as part of our promotionional program,This promotion takes

place annually. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is

processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is a part of our

precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements.

For further inquiry,please Contact our Fiduciary Agent:
Mr. BOMMEL GRIMSHAW.
AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS.
TEL:+31-643-663-271
Fax:+31-847-116-715
Reply Email:slpfiduciaryagt@aim.com
STAATSLOTERIJ REDEMPTION CENTRE, AMSTERDAM.THE NETHERLANDS.

Cheers

Mrs.Yohan Dyke.






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