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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "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 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.
  • +31625471514 (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.
  • infodayzerslott@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: DAYZERS INT'L LOTTERY <infodayzerslott@netscape.net>
Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2005 22:10:25 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATION YOU HAVE WON

DAYZERS EMAIL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS
PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT
www.dayzers.nl
REF: IJPL/544259609/HR1
BATCH: BST/91993/A
AWARD FINAL NOTIFICATION:
We are pleased to inform you of the release, of the long awaited results of
the end of year DAYZERS LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAM held on the 29th
September 2005.You were entered as dependent clients with: Reference
Number:NM/BF3534654/FB13, and Batch number NM/572655/KOP.
Your email address attached to the ticket number:239707 drew the lucky
winning number, which consequently won the sweeptake in the first category, in
four parts. You have been approved for a payment of 1,000,000.00 Euro(ONE MILLION EURO
ONLY.)in cash credited to file reference number:IPL/4249859609/WP1. This is
from a total cash prize of Ten Million euros shared among the ten
international winners in first categories.
congratulations!!!!!
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
50,000 (Fifty thousand)names of email users around the world, as part of our
end of year international promotion program.
Due to mixed up of some names and addresses, we ask that you keep this award
personal and confidential, till your claims has been processed and your funds
remitted to you. This is part
of our security measures to avoid double claiming or
unwarranted taking advantage of the situation by other participants or
impersonators.

To begin your claim,do file for the release of your winning by contacting your/our accredited agent
MR. AARON VAN MEER
DAYZERS E.MAIL LOTTERY
INTERNATIONAL
TEL:+31-625-471-514
FAX:+31-20-524-8960.
Email: infodayzerslott@netscape.net
website... www.dayzers.nl
They are your agent, and responsible for the processing and transfer of your
winnings to you. YOUR SECURITY FILE NUMBER IS W-91237-H°67/B4 (keep
personal) Remember, your winning must be claimed not later than
(15-10-05).failure to claim your
winning/fund will
be added to next 10,000.000
euros international lottery program.Furthermore, should there be any change
in your address, do inform
your claims agent as soon as possible.
Once again, Congratulations.
Yours Sincerely,
Mr.Goddie Van Dirk.
Lottery Co-ordinator International.

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