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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • ",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.
  • +31634239219 (Netherlands, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "EURO-MILLION LOTTO NL" <nl_lotto3@libero.it>
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:36:01 +1200
Subject: NUMBER: 049824589

EURO-MILLION LOTTO NL,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE
AWARD DEPARTMENT
NUMBER: 049824589
www.lotto.nl

RESULTS FOR CATEGORY "A" DRAWS

ATTENTION:Sir/Madam,

Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, the results of the
Second Category draws of THE LOTTO NL.PROMO INT. We are happy to inform you
that you have emerged as a winner under the First Category, which is part of
our promotional draws. The results of the draws have been officially
announced .
Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
2,500,000 email addresses of individuals and companies from Africa, America,
Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East, and Oceania as part of our
International Promotions Program.
Your email address, attached to ticket number 049824589,with serial number
990-4289 and lucky number P-065377-H?22/a7 Number: NM/BC921245/KY14
BATCH No: NM/207161/WOP consequently won in the First Category. You have
therefore been awarded a lump sum pay out of 1,000,000 (One Million Euros),
which is the winning payout for Category A winners. This is from a total
cash prize of 10,000,000.00 (Ten Million Euros) shared amongst the first Ten
(10) lucky winners in this category. In your best interest 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 funds remitted to your
account.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or
unscrupulous acts by participants/no participants of this program.
Please contact our paying bank immediately for due processing and
remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice.
NOTE: For easy reference and identification, find below your Reference and
Batch numbers. Remember to quote these numbers in your correspondence with
your paying bank. Also give them the following information:

1.Name
2.Age
3.Address
4.Telephone
5.Ticket and Serial Number:

Ref Number: NM/BC921245/KY14
BATCH No: NM/207161/WOP

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Your fund is now deposited with the paying Bank. To begin your claims,
kindly contact the paying bank with the below information:
***********************************************
Bank Name:Direkt Bank
Contact person: Mr.Van Rob
International Remittance Officer
E-mail: direktbanksnlll@ozu.es
Tel: +316 342 392 19
Fax: +318 471 194 36
***********************************************
NOTE: All claims are nullified after 10 working days from today if
unclaimed Congratulations once again from all our staffs, and thank you for
being part of our promotions program.

Yours Sincerely,
Heleen Joris (Mrs.)

Anti-fraud resources:

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