419 scam: MRS.SARAH ANDREW. <sarahandrew33@yahoo.com> FROM: STARNET LOTTO NETHERLANDS.

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "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 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.
- +31643916889 (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.
- email-dralbertronald@excite.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: MRS.SARAH ANDREW. <sarahandrew33@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: dralbertronald@myway.com
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 12:35:32 +0100
Subject: FROM: STARNET LOTTO NETHERLANDS.

FROM: STARNET LOTTO NETHERLANDS.
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/ PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
RESULTS FOR CATEGORY " A " DRAWS

RESULT MONTH OF JANUARY SWEEPSTAKES PROGRAM:

OUR DEAR WINNER,
ON BEHALF OF STARNET LOTTO NEDERLAND ORGANIZATION IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR =
GOODWILL PROMOTERS,BE NOTIFIED;YOU HAVE WON THE SUM OF (ONE MILLION EURO) =
FROM STARNET LOTTO AND GAMING CORPORATION CONDUCTED 5TH OF JANUARY,2008. THE =
WINNING TICKET WAS SELECTED FROM A DATA BASE OF INTERNET E-MAIL USERS, FROM =
WHICH YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS CAME OUT AS THE WINNING COUPON.

THESE ARE YOUR WINNING DETAILS:

TICKET NUMBER: SNL 441 - 024 - 028 / 2008
LUCKY NUMBER: 10, 12, 36, 66, 77, 70, 82
REFRENCE NUMBER: NUWL / SNL / 48326MST
BATCH NUMBER: DTOW 1450 62U7A

WE THEREBY CONTACT YOU TO CLAIM YOUR WINNING AMOUNT QUICKLY AS THIS IS A =
MONTHLY LOTTERY. FAILURE TO CLAIM YOUR WIN WILL RESULT INTO THE REVERSION OF =
THE WINNING SUM TO OUR FOLLOWING MONTH LOTTO. (CLAIMS DEADLINE, 1ST OF MARCH =
, 2008). PLEASE CONTACT OUR APPROVED CLAIM DEPARTMENT FOR YOUR REGION WITH =
YOUR WINNING INFORMATIONS.

BE INFORMED, DUE TO THE MIXUP OF CERTAIN NAMES,YOU ARE ADVISED TO KEEP YOUR =
WINNING INFORMATION CONFIDENTIAL UNTIL YOUR CLAIM HAS BEEN PROCESSED AND YOUR =
MONEY PAID TO YOU.
CONTACT STARNET CLAIMS DEPARTMENT FOR YOUR IDENTITY VERIFICATION,WHILE =
QUOTING: (1). YOUR FULL NAME(S) AND NATIONALITY ;(2).YOUR WINNING =
INFORMATION; (3).TELEPHONE NUMBER .
NOTE: THESE INFORMATIONS SENT TO STARNET CLAIMS DEPARTMENT WITH UNDERLISTED =
DETAILS:

STARNET LOTTO NETHERLANDS
DR. ALBERT RONALD
STARNET CLAIMS CLAIMS DEPARTMENT.
TEL: 0031-643 916 889
FAX-0031-847 347 882
Email-dralbertronald@excite.com
REGARDS,
MRS. SARAH ANDREW.
PROMOTIONS CORDINATOR.

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