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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:
  • "claims office" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • ",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)
• 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.
  • +31626417170 (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.
  • informationwon@aol.com

Fraud email example:

From: <informationwon1@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:45:29 +1200
Subject: You were selected a winner !!!

CODDAN LOTTERY ORGANISATION,
Daalwijk 112, Harlem 1442A , Vernider sraat.
Registered No 05370296.
Vat Registered number:864142527.
Ref: Number: NL/6600/77z
Batch Number:nL994500/
LOTTERY AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual
final draws of the Coddan Lottery International Lottery programs held in the
Netherlands on 20th of October 2007. The online cyber lotto draws was
conducted from an exclusive list of 25,000 e-mail addresses of individual
and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search
from the internet. No tickets were sold. Your email address was attached to
ticket number 990-443215000987, drew the lucky numbers 0-92-776-776-23-09,
batch number NL0090/ and consequently won the lottery in category A. You
have therefore been approved of a lump sum pay out of 1.000,000,00

(One Million Euro) in credited to file lottery Ref Number NL/8899/8H. This
is from the total prize funds of 1.000,000,00 Euros shared among the
international winners in categories A with Serial Number: NL/55-664/07. All
participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn form
25,000 company email addresses and 70,000,000 individual email addresses
from Australia, Africa, New Zealand, Europe, South/North America and Asia as
part of International Promotional Program, which is conducted annually.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Your fund is now in the custody of a financial company insured in your File
Reference number. Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we advice that
you keep this lottery winning strictly from public notice until your Claims
has been process and your winning is remitted to you. This is part of our
security policy to avoid double claims or unscrupulous acts by participants
of this program. This lottery program was promoted by our group of
philanthropist headed by the NETHERLAND LOTTERY BOARD. We hope with a part
of your prize, you will participate in our next stakes 8,000,000.00 Euros
International Lottery. To file for your claim, please contact our financial
claims officer

agent:
Mr. Van Rob
Coddan lottery Org
Tel: +316-264-171-70
Fax: +318-471-259-93
informationwon@aol.com

Remember that all winning prize must be claimed not later than one week
After this date, all lottery winning funds that are not claimed will be
returned as unclaimed. Note: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications, please remember to always quote your reference and batch
numbers in every correspondence with your financial/claims agent.
Furthermore, should there be any change of address, do inform your
financial/claim agent as soon as possible. Congratulations once again from
our team of staff and thank you for being part of our promotion. Anybody
under the age of 16 is automatically disqualified.
======================================================================
APPLICATION FOR PRIZE CLAIM (Receipt Official Notification Letter)
[WINNING NO 1013AP-4]
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[FULL NAME OF WINNER]
[FULL MAILING ADDRESS]
[COUNTRY/ REGION]
[STATE/ PROVINCE]
[DATE OF BIRTH]
[SEX]
[MARITAL STATUS]
[OCCUPATION]
[CURRENT E-MAIL]
[TEL HOME]
[CELLPHONE NUMBER]
[FAX]
WINNING INFORMATION:
---------------------------------------------------------
[REFERENCE NUMBER:]
[BATCH NUMBER]
[LOTTERY DATE]
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Submitted Form will be manually verified and processed by the assigned
Claims Processing Officer (CPO) The Processing of your form will be
completed within the next 24 hours of receiving your LOTTERY CLAIMS
APPLICATION FORM-C. You will receive an update on the status of your
Application once completely processed.
========================================================================
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© 2007 CODDAN LOTTERY. All rights reserved. Offer valid to winners who Are
at least 18 years of age. Void where prohibited. No purchase necessary to
claim winning prize. You will need to meet all of the steps to redeem as
outlined in the Terms & Conditions before you can receive your promotional
prizes. To receive this promotion, you must: 1) submit email and Mailing
address information: 2) check your email inbox for "Redemption Notification"
3) Follow Redemption instructions. Once again, accept our congratulations on
your prize winning.

Sincerely,
Yours
Mrs.lilian MARTINS.
(Lottery Co-coordinator)
Coddan Lottery Organisation

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