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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "netherlands gaming board"
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • ",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.
  • +31614856624 (Netherlands, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "alliancenet.org2@virgilio.it" <alliancenet.org2@virgilio.it>
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 13:21:58 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Letter of Notice:



Letter of Notice:
Lotto nl International b.v , Laan van Hoornwijck 55,
2289 DG Rijswijk-Den Haag-Netherlands.

De Lotto (stichting de Nationale Sporttotalisator)
Tel: +31- 614 856 624.
Fax: +31- 847 549 511.

Attn: Email ID Owner,
Letter of Notice
This email is to notify you that you have won an Award Sum of €1.500,000,00 Euro iin Nl Lotto nl held in Den Haag The Netherlands. Winners were picked by computerized system, drawn from over 50,000,000 companies and individuals email addresses worldwide.

Please contact the payment director by phone or email with your winning info. Batch nr: SPYU6868, Ref.nr: 5687SPL876.
For further details: Contact: Dr. Mike Mejia.
Email: lotto.nl.info@aol.nl (or) staatclaims@aol.nl Tel/Fax: +31- 847 549 511.
***************************************************************
To file for claim, email your: Full Name, Tel number, Occupation, Age, country. Lotto nl is lawful sponsored by the Netherlands Gaming Board Corporation.

Please you are expected to make your claims immediately. Any claim not made before 30 Days will be transfer to the suspense vault of the Netherlands Gaming Board. Congratulations!!!
Sincerely yours,
Mrs. F. Drenthe (Co-ordinator)

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam