419 scam: "LUCKY DAY LOTTO" <bgloterij@netscape.net> GOOD NEWS FOR YOU

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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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- globalfnet@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "LUCKY DAY LOTTO" <bgloterij@netscape.net>
Reply-To: <globalfnet@aim.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:05:09 +0200
Subject: GOOD NEWS FOR YOU

Stichting de Nationale Sporttotalisator

Lucky Day Lotto
Laan van Hoornwijck 55.
2289 DG Rijswijk-The Netherlands.
KVK 41151075

Dear Sir/Madam,

Your email ID has won US$1.000.000.00 in the NETHERLANDS LUCKY DAY LOTTO email award held in the NETHERLANDS, The online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 25,000.000.00 email addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the Internet. (NO TICKETS WERE SOLD).

For further Clarification/Procedure, contact our appointed claims agency on the details below.

****************************************************
Company Name: Global Financial Network
Contact Person: Mr. Jan Peters
Tel/Fax: 31-84-717-9957
Email: globalfnet@aim.com
****************************************************

For the immediate release of your funds, you are to provide the following details to our agent mentioned above,

(1) Full Names:
(2) Address:
(3) Telephone Numbers:
(4) Fax Numbers:
(5) Date of Birth:
(6) Occupation:
(7) Marital Status :
(8) Amount Won:
(9) Country of Origin:
(10) Next of Kin:

Congratulations from all the members of our staff.

Regards,
Mrs. Patricia Van Greg

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