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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "await your urgent response" (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 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.
  • +31644749990 (Netherlands, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: henk der vaart <infolotagency07@yahoo.de>
Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2007 10:00:24 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: FROM THE OFFICE OF DR HENK DER VAART


STAATSLOTERIJ JACKPOT AGENCY
15A ABRAHAM KENEDY STRAAT
1073TV AMSTERDAM THE NETHERLANDS
FAX: 0031-847-304-266.
TEL: 0031-644-749-990.

Attn: Gunilla Gerstenler

This office acknowledged the receipt of your mail and all the contents were well noted.

Note that this office is the processing agency to the lottery company(Staatsloterij the Netherlands),and our obligation is to verify your lucky winning numbers and also to process your winning file and forward it to the office of the payment authority for the final endorsement of the release order of your winning prize.

Therefore,we would advise you to simply call this office if you need more explanations.

You are also kindly advised to fill out your claim processing form, and return it to this office to enable us to proceed with the verification exercise of your winning details and also to process your winning file and forward it to the office of the finance/payment authority.

We await your urgent response.

Best Regards,
Mrs Joana Dijk
(Secretary)
For Dr Henk Der Vaart.



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