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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• 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.
  • +31616949549 (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.
  • staatagency07@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "STAATSLOTERIJ AWARD" <staatagency07@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2007 20:16:40 +0200
Subject: CONFIRMATION FOR YOUR Email Ticket Number: W-91237-H67/B4.

CONFIRMATION FOR YOUR Email Ticket Number: W-91237-H67/B4.
STAATS AWARD INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM
Paleisstraat 5, 2514 JA Den Haag
The Netherlands.
http://www.staatsloterij.nl

REF No: MSB/BC921245/KY14
BATCH No: MBM/207161/007
TICKET No: W-91237-H67/B4

Dear Winner,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the STAATS
LOTERIJ NL Email Winners International programs held on 25th
July,2007.released today 2nd August 2007. Your email address
have been selected as one of the lucky winning address,
therefore you have been approved for a lump sum payout of
950.000.00 Euro (Nine Hundred and fifty Thousand Euro)

To file and claim your winning contact your claim agent with
the following information,s below.

CONTACT PERSON: MR.RENATO TEINZE
TEL: +31-616-949-549
FAX: +31-847-139-212
EMAIL: staatagency07@gmail.com

(1)Full Name :
(2)Tel/Fax # :
(3)Ref, Batch and Ticket Numbers in the email received:
(4)Country origin:
(5)Amount Won:
(6)Age:
(7)Occupation:
(8) Contact Address

NOTE: All winnings must be claimed not later than 16th 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.

Note that if you are not a resident winner of the
Netherlands you will be required to pay for the Insurance
and the legalization/notarization of your winning documents.

CONGRATULATIONS;

Sweepstakes International Program.staatsloterij.
Mr. MORE BOSMAN
Online coordinator.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam