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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims office" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "hundred thousand united states dollars" (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)
  • ",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)
  • ",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.
  • +31626403076 (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.
  • johnrylands92@yahoo.de (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • marktoffice_nl@yahoo.de

Fraud email example:

From: "INTERNATIONAL BUREAU" <upperrock.gtb@gibtelecom.net>
Reply-To: johnrylands92@yahoo.de
Date: Sat, 24 May 2008 18:06:04 +0200
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION FOR CATEGORY "A" WINNER ONLY


FROM THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR INTERNATIONAL PRIZE AWARD DEPT

*Ref Number: PW EH 9590 OG 0612
*Batch Number: 563881545-NL/2008
*Ticket Number: PA 3502 /8707-01
*Amount Won: USD$2,500,000.00.

Attn: LUCKY WINNER

WINNING NOTIFICATION FOR CATEGORY "A" CYBER LOTTO DRAWS
_______________________________________________________

We are pleased to inform you of results of our cyber lotto draw
of the promotional International lottery Programs.

The online electronic-raffle draws was conducted from an
exclusive list of
25,000,000 e-mail accounts picked by an advanced automated
computer search from the world wide web.

However,no tickets were sold.

After the automated computer ballot collection, your e-mail
address emerged as a winner (category "A") with the following
numbers attached
(Ref Number: EH 9590 OG 0612, Batch Number: 563881545-NL/2008
and Ticket Number: PA 3502 /8707-01.)

You are therefore to receive a cash prize of $2,500,000.00.
(Two Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) from
the total payout sum!
CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Your prize award has been insured with your e-mail address and
will be transferred to you immediately upon which you meet
verifications.

To file in for the processing of your prize winnings, you are
advised to contact our certified claims agent (category "A") on
the address below:

________________________________________________________________
_


CLAIMS AGENT:

MR. JOHN RYLANDS
Tel:+31 626 403 076
Fax:+31 847 455 835

EMAIL:johnrylands92@yahoo.de
marktoffice_nl@yahoo.de


You are advised to provide him with the following information:

First name:
Last Name:
Telephone/Fax number:
Nationality:
Age:
Occupation:

You are to keep all lotto information confidential, especially
your reference numbers and the password of your E-mail address.
Since we do not
know you, if an impostor hacks your E-mail account ID and
claims your money without our knowledge, we shall not be
liable. Double claims will not be
entertained so be careful. Furthermore, should there be any
change of address do inform our agent as soon as possible.


Congratulations!!! And thank you for being a user of the World
Wide Web.

Yours Faithfully,
Mary Van Dotcha
Lottery Coordinator.
Thank you and congratulations!!!


PRIVACY STATEMENT

1. Personal and winning data provided by winners to THIS PROMO
remains known
ONLY to the winner and MARKT INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONAL PROGRAMS
ORGANISATION.

2a. All e-mail addresses, contact information, photographs
and/or personal
data of winners SHALL NOT be published or disclosed on ANY
public or in any
other public place or via any medium accessible to the
public.

2b. All e-mail addresses, contact information, photographs
and/or personal
data of winners SHALL NOT be disclosed to or made available to
any third party
or agent outside the claims office.

3. All e-mail addresses, contact information and/or personal
data of winners
are kept in an isolated database server protected from any
external access
using SSL locking on 6th level binary pharse. This data is made
accessible
ONLY to MARKT INTERNATIONAL CYBER LOTTERY staff and authorized
agents directly
involved with the processing of winners claims.

4. Winners are advised to keep their winning information away
from public
knowledge, in order to avoid any double claims, impersonation or
misrepresentation during the claims process.MARKT INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTIONAL
PROGRAMS ORGANISATION. will not be liable for any misplaced
claims as a owing to your
negligence or publishing of your winning information.


NOTE: DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL, CONTACT
YOUR CLAIMS AGENT

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