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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:
  • ",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.
  • +31641701434 (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.
  • allan.wouters2@yahoo.de

Fraud email example:

From: babyblue@mchsi.com (Holland E-Lottery)
Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2007 01:47:27 +0000
Subject: Congratulations; Your e-mail winning details:

Congratulations; Your e-mail winning details:
Reference Number: LSLUK/4034/8161
Batch Number: 11/621/2PDH /DZRS/NL/07
Lucky Numbers: 07, 25, 31, 49, 54, 66, 72:

Dear Winner,

With the officially publication of the e-mail lottery ballot international
held on the 24th of September, 2007, we are happy to
inform you that your electronic e-mail address has emerged a winner in the
First Category of our promotional programme for a group of software
manufacturing
companies i.e.The Intel Group, Toshiba, Dell Computers and Microsoft
Corporation to encourage the use of the internet and promote computer
literacy worldwide. Winners were randomly selected by our computerized system,
drawn from company and individual e-mail addresses worldwide.

You have therefore been awarded a lumpsum pay out of 1,000,000.00 (One Million
Euro ), which is the winning payout for Category A winners,already paid
and insured in your name with our Paying bank. For easy reference and
identification purposes, kindly quote:

(i). full Name:
(ii). Nationality:
(iii). Batch Number:
(iiii). Reference Number:

As above - in all your correspondences with our Claims Department Contact
Person: ALLAN WOUTERS
Phone: +31641701434
E-mail:allan.wouters2@yahoo.de

The payment authority of your prize will be issued to effect
immediate/swifttransfer in the mode you will prefer and nominate, upon
satisfactoryreport on your identity verification and validation recommendation
by our Claims Department.

Please Note: All winnings must be claimed not later than 15th of october, 2007.

Congratulations.

Sincerely Yours,
JULIE DER VEERT
Promotion Coordinator
The Netherlands Staatsloterij:
Dayzers Nederland:
Paleisstraat 5, 2514 JA - Den Haag;
The Netherlands:
www.dayzers.nl

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam