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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:
  • "claim 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.
  • +31634239983 (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.
  • scooplottoagent@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "info customer care unit" <datadetails38@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 12:02:03 -0500
Subject: 20/08/2007 DRAW RESULTS(CONTACT DAVID VAN DIRK)

SCOOPLOTERIJ NL.
RESULTS FOR CATEGORY "B" DRAWS
Ticket Number:NL/BC336791/HY08.

Contact Claim Agent:
Mr. Mr.David Van Dirk
Foreign Transfer Manager,
Tel: 0031-634239983
Fax: 0031-847595514
scooplottoagent@gmail.com

Dear Winner,

In view of the yearly sweepstake of the above named organization held on the
20th August,2007.We hereby inform you that your e-mail address attached to
ticket Number:NL/BC336791/HY08,and Prize Number:PM/934107/JN.NL. This
invariably means that you have emerged as the prize recipient
of(€1,000,000Euros)in the category "B" with an allocated sum of
€10,000,000.00 EUROS(Ten Million Euros) shared among the first Ten (10)lucky
winners in this category.

All participants were selected from a random computer ballot system,in this
charitable sweepstake which is sponsored by scooploterij.nl and private
companies/organisations,from major cities in Europe.
To avoid mix up of numbers and names of any kind,we request that you keep
the entire details of your award strictly from public notice until the
process of transferring your claims has been completed,and your fund
remitted to your account.This is part of our security protocol to avoid
double claims and unscrupulous acts by Participants/non-participants of this
program.

NOTE: All winnings must be claimed not later than 31st of october 2007,after
this date all unclaimed winnings will be null and void. To file in your
claims and other enquiries,contact your claim agent on address written below
with the following details:

(1) NAME..................

(2) FULL CONTACT ADDRESS.............

(3) TELEPHONE/FAX NUMBERS..........

(4) TICKET AND PRIZE NUMBERS..........

(5) OCCUPATION...............

(6) NOTIFICATION DATE...............

(7) COUNTRY...............

(8) AMOUNT WON €...................
=============================
Mr.David Van Dirk
Foreign Transfer Manager,
Tel: 0031-634239983
Fax: 0031-847595514
scooplottoagent@gmail.com
=============================
Yours Sincerely,
Wilfred Jones(Lottery Coordinator)

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