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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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Please note about this email:

• It is a fake lottery scam (4 typical phrases found).
  
• It lists mobile phone numbers or call redirection numbers (no bank, lottery, etc would use mobile phones to take customer calls).
  

Fraud email example:

From: "promotions manager" <interlottonl@i12.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 21:46:58 +0200
Subject: Email Lottery Draw 2005 results

Email Lottery Draw 2005 results

FROM: GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED LOTTERY
PROMOTERS. WINNING NOTICE FOR CATEGORY \"B\" WINNER

Dear Lucky Winner,

RE:BONUS LOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual
final draws of De Lotto Netherlands International Lottery programs.The online
cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 100,000 e-mail
addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random
computer search from the internet from various continents of the world.No
tickets were sold.After this automated computer ballot,your e-mail address emerged
as one of two winners in the category \"B\" with the following:

Ref Number: 35149/337-5247/LNI
Batch Number: 26371545-LNI/2005
Ticket Number: 54866235

You as well as the other winners are therefore to receive a cash prize
of 1,500,000.00. (ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND EUROS) each from the
total payout of ?1,500,000.00 Euro in category "B".Your prize award has been
insured with your e-mail address and will be transferred to you upon meeting
our requirements, statutory obligations, verifications, validations and
satisfactory report.To begin the claims processing of your prize
winnings you are advised to contact our licensed and accredited claims agent for
category \"B\" winners with the information below:

 

Mr. Peter Gutman
Financial Director,
Diamond Finance Bv,
1104 kE Poort Bijlmerplein
Amsterdam,Netherlands.
E-mail:diamondfinance_bv@tangana.com
Tel: 31-617-582-414
Fax: 31-205-248-664

 

NOTE:All winnings must be claimed not later than 30 days.After this
date all unclaimed funds would be included in the next stake. Remember to quote
your reference information in all correspondence.You are to keep all lotto
information away from the general public especially your reference and
ticket numbers.(This is important as a case of double claims will not be
entertained).Anybody under the age of 18 and members of the affiliate
agencies are automatically not allowed to participate in this program.

Thank you and congratulations!!!

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Mrs. Linda Van Voss

Games/Lottery Coordinator.

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