419 scam: "Staats Award International Program" <info@winning.com> Contact Mr. Renato Teinze For Claim Immediately

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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.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- ",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)
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.
- +31634581452 (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.
- documentationdept.nl@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Staats Award International Program" <info@winning.com>
Reply-To: documentationdept.nl@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 16:42:50 +0700 (ICT)
Subject: Contact Mr. Renato Teinze For Claim Immediately

Staats Award International Program
Paleisstraat 5, 2514 JA Den Haag
The Netherlands.

PROMOTION OFFICIAL PRIZE NOTIFICATION

Dear Sir/Madam,

Your email address has won 950,000:00 Euro(Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand
Euro Only)in the NETHERLANDS STAATSLOTERIJ sponsored by consortium of
software promotion companies.All participants where selected through a
computer ballot system drawn from over 20,000 company and 30,000,000
individual email addresses and names from all over the world drawn from
Europe, Asia,Australia, New Zea land, Middle East, Africa, North and South
America and you are amongst the few lucky recipients that emerge winner in
the 2nd category.

For further Clarification and procedure, please Contact the Claim Office
in charge of your Winning with the details below to facilitate the
processing of your prize!
..........................................................................................
CLAIM OFFICER: MR. RENATO TEINZE
Tel:+31-634-581-452
Tel:+31-616-668-779
Fax:+31-847-139-212
Email: documentationdept.nl@gmail.com
.........................................................................................
Winning Details
(I) Batch numbers: NL 00/73109
(ii) Ticket number: NL 542/02/73
(iii) Ref number: NL/1237/10/00
.......................................................................................
Provide him with the information below:
(1).Full Name:
(2).Contact Address:
(3).Tel/Fax No:
(4).Country / origin:
(5).Age:
(6).Occupation:
(7).Ref No:
(8).Amount Won:
.......................................................................................

Finally, all funds should be claimed by their respective beneficiaries,
not later than 20 days after notification. On behalf of the Board
kindly,accept our warmest congratulations.

Yours Sincerely,
Mrs.Joana Hans
Sweepstakes Coordinator
Copyright © 1991-2009 Nederlandse Staatsloterij.

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