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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "netherlands gaming board"
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claims director" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • ",500,000" (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)
  • "00,000.00" (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.
  • +31623672641 (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.
  • infoclaimvandirk2@yahoo.de (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • info_dayzerlotteryagent@yahoo.gr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: infoclaimvandirk2@yahoo.de
Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2007 13:01:52 GMT
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!


NOTIFICATION! NOTIFICATION!! NOTIFICATION!!!
DAYZERS LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS.
Lotto Winners of 1,500,000.00 Euros
Ref. Number: NL/BC7765468/WW14
Coupon Number: NM/896161/WOP
www.dayzers.nl
*DAYZERS LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS*
Dear Prize Winner,

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today of winners of
the DAYZERS LOTTERY BV, DE NETHERLANDS of your email lottery winning for
2007 DAYZERS LOTTO-Wheel held on 23th nov 2007.
All participants for the online version were selected randomly from
World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from
over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed
online.

Ref. Number: NL/BC7765468/WW14
Lottery Group: Bonus ball number:02
Prize Amount: 1.500,000 (One Million Five Hundred Thousand Euro Only)

You are to keep your ref. number and coupon number from the public,
until you have been processed and your money remitted to your personal
account.

Your Contact Officer is:
Mr. Van Dirk
PALEISSTRAAT 5
2514 JA DEN HAAG
THE NETHERLAND
TEL:0031-623-672-641
FAX: 0031 84 737 0369
Email:infoclaimvandirk2@yahoo.de
NOTE: Please remember to quote your reference and coupon numbers in all
correspondences with your claims director and congratulations once
again.

Sincerely,
DASIEY HANS (Dr.)
International Relation Officer.

NB: All response should be mail to De Award
Department:infoclaimvandirk2@yahoo.de





NOTIFICATION! NOTIFICATION!! NOTIFICATION!!!
www.dayzers.nl
DAYZERS LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS.
We wish to congratulate and inform you On the selection today,You
Won
the sum of =a31.500,000 you must contact the appointed agent with your
Full Names,
Age,
Address,
Occupation,
Telephone No.
Ref. Number: NL/BC7765468/WW14
Coupon Number: NM/896161/WOP
Contact Mr.Van Dirk With the following addresses below:
Email:info_dayzerlotteryagent@yahoo.gr

Sincerely,
DASIEY HANS (Dr.)
International Relation Officer.

Copyright =a9 2007 NETHERLANDS GAMING BOARD AUTHORITY

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