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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)
  • "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)
  • "deadline" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
• 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.
  • rob71bernard@aim.com

Fraud email example:

From: "oost77yvonne@extra.hu" <oost77yvonne@extra.hu>
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:56:46 +0000
Subject: You have won! Congratulations!!



Dear Winner,
({I.G.B.}online International Draw ! ! !)
We proudly announce the results of the &ldquo;({I.G.B.}International
gaming Board Annual Email Award Prize .)&rdquo; NationalLottery/Lotto
2007 extra award program Held in the Dutch Kingdom,on the 7th January
2008. Your Email address emerged top recognition amongst selected 4
others in the category &lsquo;A&rsquo; winners of the &ldquo;Nationale
Loterij&rdquo;lotto extra international Award Program.You are
therefore, been approved to claim a total sum pay-out of 1 Million
Euros (&euro;1,000,000.00},only)!credited to Control/receipt
Number:IGB-Nl/9115Lx/005,this is from a total cash prize of EURO
&euro;7,000,000 Seven million euros to be shared amongst five
selected lucky winners.
The selection process was such a delight since ,the initial lots
were online generated .This is to inform you that there were no
tickets sold. Winners were randomly selected from an highly secure
server console with a starting point of 500,000 emails which was
eventually downsized to 5,000 from which we eventually selected the
final and lucky Five.The lots were drawn through an hybrid of IT
Global network system formanting emails into our secure access console
onto the administrative command center .
The Total sum of &euro;1,000,000.00 euros(One Million euros)
Deposited afixed with the Payment Bank will be released to you by any
of our foreign payment offices in Europe. Our European agent will
immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your
funds as soon as you forward your receipt.For security reasons, you
are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your
claim is processed and your money remitted to you in your Country.
This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and
Unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned,to ensure a smooth
collection of your GRAND PRIZE,You are to provide all pre-requiresites
needed by the company to process your claim file, as non -provision of
valid information may result to disqualification.Please unfailingly
attache this mail when contacting your assigned agent ,find full
contact details below;
Congratulations !!!
Foreign Operation Service Manager
Mr Rob Bernard,
TEL/FAX:+31 84 740 7966
ADD: Lange Voorhout 86, 2514 EJ Den Haag
Email:rob71bernard@aim.com,
Control Number:IGB-Nl/9115Lx/005
Batch Number: 121-B033#05X2q
Ticket Number:05641
Draw receipt Number:11,12,14,20,30,36,23
Congratulations !
The National lottery /lotto international online draw is held once
a year and is so organized to compensate ,encourage internet users and
computers worldwide.To claim your winning prize you are to contact the
appointed agent as soon as possible as assigned above for the
immediate release of your winnings.
We hereby notify that all winning lottery information and numbers
are confidential and should be kept as such. We are progressing
towards avoiding mis-manipulation,-appropriation and abuse of this
program by unscrupulous individuals from our security and surveillance
department. Be informed that the deadline to claim your winning prize
money is 22nd january, 2008 why prize money must be claimed not later
than (7) Seven working days from the date of receipt of this
mail,while claim begins on the 14th of January 2008.The weekends and
non-working Days are exclusive.
On behalf of all our staff in &ldquo;Nationale Loterij&rdquo; Lotto
extra Online Award Program, the Netherlands lottery draw, accept my
Congratulations!
Best Regards,
Mrs. Y.R.C. van Oort
{lottery Director}C.E.O
E-MAIL:yrcvanOort33@aol.nl
Note:Please do not reply to this email - replies will not be
monitored ,this is a robot email contact,please use the following link
in all replys :
FULL NAMES:____________________________
WINNING EMAIL ADDRESS:_________________
TICKET NUMBER:_________________________
CONGRATULATIONS!!! ONCE MORE FROM THE ENTIRE MANAGEMENT AND STAFF OF
MICROSOFT COOPERATION TO ALL OUR LUCKY WINNERS THIS YEAR. THANK YOU
FOR BEING PART OF THIS PROMOTIONAL LOTTERY PROGRAM.OUR SPECIAL THANKS
AND GRATITUDE TO BILL GATES OF MICROSOFT AND ALL HIS ASSOCIATES FOR
ALLEVIATING POVERTY ROUND THE WORLD. SINCERELY,
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Legyen neked is extra postaládád és ingyen 2 gigabájt tárhelyed,
látogass el ide: http://extra.hu

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