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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:

• 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.
  • +31649206007 (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.
  • andbenj0021@netscape.net

Fraud email example:

From: International Prize Award Department <winnerlist@virgilio.it>
Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2005 22:04:27 +0200
Subject: AWARD WINNING LOTTERY

EUROPEAN UNION INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
INTERNATIONAL WINNERS/PRIZE AWARD
NOTIFICATION.
AVENUE DE TERVUEREN 35/37
B-1040 BRUXELLES.

Ref. Number: 213/4356/66
Batch ID: 13/5260/HL
Pin Number: 100 768 5437

ATTENTION.

Sir/Ma/Miss,

We are pleased to inform you of the result
of the winners of the EURO STAKES (EUL)LOTTERY
euro lottery programs
held on the 31st of July,2005.

This promotional program takes place
every Summer(Yearly)with participants were selected through a computer
ballot system drawn from over 20,000 company and
30,000,000 individual
email addresses and names from all over the world, the lottery
sponsored by leading Software Companies in Europe and America in
promoting
awareness and patronage of their software packages.


Your
e-mail address attached to ticket number 0767--45363763--254 with
serial number 2015--05 drew
lucky numbers 44-5647-567 which
consequently won in the 3rd category.


You have therefore been
approved for a lump sum pay of 1,500,000.00 euros(One Million,Five
hundred thousand euros)in cash credited to your
file with the Ref.
Number: DH/4167/05 and Batch Number:13/5260/HL.This is from a total
cash prize of
18.000.000.00(Eighteen million Euros)shared among the
Twelve international winners in this category.

Due to mix up of some
numbers and names we ask that you keep your winning information
confidential until your claims have been processed and your money
remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol in order to
avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some
participants.
We hope with part of your winning you will take part in
our next year 36 million euro international lottery.

To file for your
claims please contact our financial agent;

Name: Mr Anold Benjamin,
International Remmittance/Credit unit
Facility Management Region
(Abbey
Trust Finance and Securities)
Amsterdam,Netherlands.
TEL:+31-649-206-007
FAX: +31-847-306-039
Email: andbenj0021@netscape.net

Remember
all winning must be claimed not later than 15th of October, 2005
thereafter all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake.

Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications
endevour to quote your Pin numbers in all first correspondence.
Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our agent
as soon as possible.

Visit our site
for more about our weekly lottery program;
https://internet-securenet.secure.powweb.com/lt/euromillions-pop.html


Congratulations!!

Once more from our members
of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.
Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.

Sincerely yours,
Mrs. Annabel Muller,
Lottery Co-ordinator.
Administrative/Customer Service.

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