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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:
  • "million us dollars" (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)
  • "hundred thousand us dollars" (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)
  • ",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 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.
  • lottopostbanknl@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Springfields Int'l Ltd" <sringfieldsintlltd@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 14:42:59 -0800
Subject: GOOD NEWS--YOU WON US$2.5MILLION

SPRINGFIELDS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
8-10 WEST STREET,BERWICK,NORTHUMBERLAND, TD15 1AS
UNITED KINGDOM{U.K}

THIS OFFER/PROMOTION IS NOT A JOKE OR A HOAX,SO TAKE IT SERIOUSLY!

Attn:-Winner,

We are pleased to inform you of the release of the long awaited results of
the SPRINGFIELDS INTERNATIONAL[SWEEPSTAKES} PROMOTIONS {lottery
programmes}held
recently.You were entered unaware as an independent participants with
Ticket Number: 719-226-1319 with Serial Number-902-66.Your
email address attached to Lucky Draw number: 5, 12, 30, 11, 17,-43 with
Bonus number 25 which consequently won in the 2nd Category of the
SPRINGFIELDS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED organised Email lottery Programmes.

You have been approved for a payment of the sum US$2,500,000(Two Million,
Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars) in cash credited to file Reference
number:SPFD/BCC 00078653.This is from a total cash prize of
US$25,000,000.00{Twenty Five Million US Dollars} shared among the ten
International
winners in the 2nd categories. All participants were randomly selected
through a computer ballot system drawn from 250,000 names of email users
around the world, as part of their yearly international promotion program
,this programme is sponsored by a conglomeration of multi national
Companies in North/South America, Europe,Oceania and Asia in collaboration
with Computer Hardware and Software manufacturers worldwide.

Due to mix up of some names and addresses, we urge you to keep this winning
personal and discreet until your claims have been processed and your funds
remitted to you, this is part of our security measures to avoid double
claiming or unwarranted abuse of the system by other participants or
impersonators. Your lucky Draw number fell under our European coupon
booklet, thus your winning prize sum is now deposited in a special account
with the OFFICIAL approved European Bank based in Holland-Netherlands-
Bank-POST BANK NL.To begin your claim, DO NOT contact us, instead contact
the approved paying bank as they will guide you step by step until your
winning prize is paid to you.

Dr.Michael W. Stam.
Processing/VerificationDepartment.
Post Bank NL
Antwoornumer 1802,1055AM Amsterdam-Netherlands.
Web-Site:-www.postbank.nl
Email address:- lottopostbanknl@aim.com // lottopostbanknl@aim.com

Also give him the following information:-

YOUR FULL NAMES:-
CONTACT STREET ADDRESS:-
YOUR NATIONALITY {CITIZEN OF WHICH COUNTRY}:-
TELEPHONE NUMBERS-OFFICE/MOBILE:-
FAX NUMBER:-
OCCUPATION:-
YOUR AGE:-
REF Number: SPFD/BCC 00078653.
BATCH No: -SPFD/98657/ BCC

Your security file number is SPFD/2090/WIN/2007/2.5USD (keep
personal).Remember,your winning must be claimed as soon as possible as
failure to claim
your winning prize will obviously mean that your winning prize will be
re-staked in our next lottery draws,so ensure that the needful is done now
and quickly too. Once again, accept our profound and sincere
congratulations on your winning.

CONGRATULATIONS!
Yours Sincerely,
Caroline Taylor Moore{Esq}
{Online Co-Ordinator}

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