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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:
  • "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-rstarnetpromo@aol.com

Fraud email example:

From: MRS.SARAH ANDREW. <andrew_sarah2@myway.com>
Reply-To: rstarnetpromo@aol.com
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:08:35 +0100
Subject: FROM: STARNET LOTTO NETHERLANDS.


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

RESULT FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH SWEEPSTAKES PROGRAM:


OUR DEAR WINNER,
ON BEHALF OF STARNET LOTTO NEDERLAND ORGANIZATION IN COLLABORATION WITH
OUR GOODWILL AND PHILANTROPIC SPONSORERS,BE
NOTIFIED;YOU HAVE WON THE SUM OF (ONE MILLION EUROS) FROM STARNET LOTTO
AND GAMING CORPORATION CONDUCTED 1ST OF MARCH,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 795 - 021 - 339 / 2008
LUCKY NUMBER: 36, 97, 56, 34, 14, 00, 04
REFRENCE NUMBER: GHTU / SNL /321003MJH
BATCH NUMBER: BVGT 6109 9321NCV

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 MAY , 2008).
PLEASE CONTACT OUR APPROVED CLAIM DEPARTMENT IN 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 SHOULD BE 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-rstarnetpromo@aol.com

REGARDS,
MRS.SARAH ANDREW.


PROMOTIONS CORDINATOR.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam