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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.
• 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.
  • unntrust@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "GOLDEN PRIZE WINNING NOTICE!!!" <dynetherlands@netscape.net>
Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2007 11:09:58 +1100
Subject: GOLDEN PRIZE WINNING NOTICE!!!

DAYZERS LOTERIJ INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAM

Date:Sept. 2007

Ref Nr: DZL/CN/6654/CP


Dear Golden Prize Winner ,

GOLDEN PRIZE WINNING NOTICE!!!
Europe/America private international e-games organizers and co-sponsors,
DAYZERS
LOTERIJ, officially bring to your notice of the final draw result of
September-2007 DAYZERS
LOTERIJ- E-game which was conducted at our international corporate office
complex in The Netherlands.
Most recently this foundation set up the NEW LOTTERY SCHEME to give out
prizes
based on COMPUTER BALLOT SYSTEM.By doing this the foundation seek to
encourage the use of Internet for academic and business pursuits.
It!s major aim is to promote music,theater,art,literature,projects in the
social and political arena with a focus on health,as well as science,
research, and higher education.
We wish to congratulate and inform you on the selection of your email
coupon number which was selected among the 45 lucky Golden prize winners.
Your email ID identified with coupon No.DZL2348974321 was selected by our
E-games Random Selection System (ERSS) with entries from the 50,000
different email addresses
enrolled for the E-game.
Your email ID was included among the 50,000 different email addresses
submitted by our partner international email provider companies.
You have won a Golden cash prize of US $1000000.00 (One Million USDollars)
only.

The DAYZERS LOTERIJ Group approved a payout of your Golden cash prize which
will be remunerated directly to you by the official Payment Agency Board.
Our PROCESSING PAYMENT AGENCY will render to you complete assistance and
provide
additional information and procedure for the claims of your won Golden
prize.
For processing of your winning claim, please contact the Information
Officer below who has been assigned to assist you concerning claims of your
won prize..

Contact Person:Mr.George Vallon
E-mail :unntrust@netscape.net
WEBSITE : www.dayzers.nl
Tel: 0031619721531
Fax: 0031847207070
Once again congratulations from all our staffs on your Goldenprize winning.
Your faithfully,
Mrs. Monika Van Bosch

(Group Coordinator)

NB: In accordance with the DAYZERS LOTERIJ E-games policy and
regulaations,this notification is dispatched directly to only the 45 lucky
consolation prize Winners.
This notification also contains information that is proprietary,privileged
or confidential or otherwise legally exempt from disclosure.If you are not
the right recipient whose email address attached to the lucky numbers along
with the winning information’s you are not authorized to read, print,retain,
copy or disseminate this notice or any part of it.

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• What can you do when you receive 419 spam