419 scam: "Monica, Boeman"<monicaboeman1965@airsoftmail.com> Re: Confirmed Winner!

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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:
- "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
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 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.
- petervanbrook@yahoo.es (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Monica, Boeman" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <petervanbrook@yahoo.es>
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 12:44:26 +0100
Subject: Re: Confirmed Winner!

DESTINY PROMO LOTTERY BV.
Groot Hertoginnelaan 45
2517 Pt Amsterdam,
The Netherlands.

FROM: OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR,
INTERNATIONAL CLAIM DEPARTMENT,
REF NO:DPL / 701-62-6OI00-04
BATCH: XT208/01/XZT

Dear Sir / Madam,

RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION / FINAL NOTICE

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement Today
of winners of the DESTINY PROMO LOTTERY THE
NETHERLANDS, INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM held on 15th January
2011.Your email address was attached to the ticket
number 11583-063; with serial number 3496-00 drew the
lucky numbers 00-11-23-23-00, and consequently won the
lottery in the 1st category.

You have hereby been approved for a lump sum payment
of US$2.5m in cash credited to your file REF NO:DPL /
701-62-6OI00-04. This is from total prize money of
US$25,000.000.00 shared among the ten (10)
International winners in this category. All
participants were selected through a computer Ballot
system drawn from 50,000 email addresses from
AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, AMERICA, EUROPE, NORTH AMERICA
and ASIA as part of international promotions program,
which is conducted annually.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Your fund is now deposited with a Finance House and
insured in your favour due to the mixed up of some
numbers and mail addresses. We ask that you keep this
award strictly from public notice until your claim has
been processed and your money remitted to your
account. This is part of our security protocol to
avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by
participants of this program. We hope with a part of
your prize you will participate in our end of our year
high stakes international lottery. To begin your
claim, please contact your claim agent below
immediately:

MR PETER VAN BROOK
CLAIMS DEPARTMENT
DESTINY PROMO LOTTERY, AMSTERDAM.
E-MAIL ID: petervanbrook@yahoo.es

For due processing and remittance of your prize money
to a designated account of your choice.Remember,all
prize money must be claimed not later than 30TH
JUNE,2011. After this date, all funds will be returned
to us as unclaimed.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complication, please remember to quote your reference
and batch numbers in every one of your correspondences
with our claim department. Furthermore, should there
be any change of your address, do inform our claims
agent as soon as possible.

Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you
for being part of our promotions program. You are
advised to inform us of your receipt of this mail.

Sincerely,

MRS.MONICA BOEMAN.
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
DESTINY PROMO LOTTERY,
THE NETHERLANDS
EMAIL; monicaboeman1965@airsoftmail.com

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