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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 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.
  • veenhof_ohlsen@mailz.net

Fraud email example:

From: rietdijt kruger <rkruger@boursomail.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2005 16:13:22 -0000
Subject: Please Endervour To Claim Your Prize, Congratulations!




FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER, INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
SWEETWIN PROMO LOTTERY,THE NETHERLANDS.
CAMPERST 40-42 1091 AG AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS.
REF: OYL /96510460037/05
BATCH: 24/00319/IPD

ATTENTION: RE/ AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement of
winners of the
SWEETWIN PROMO LOTTERY,THE
NETHERLANDS/INTERNATIONAL,PROGRAMMES held on 19th
September,2005.
You are attached to ticket number 023-0148-790-459, with
serial number 5073-11 drew the lucky numbers 43-11-44-37-
10-40, and consequently won the lottery in the 3rd
category.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of
US$2,000,000.00 in cash credited to file REF
NO.OYL/96510460037/05. This is from total prize money of
US$58,000,000.00 shared among the Twenty-Nine
international winners in this category. All participants
were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
25,000 names 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 Security Firm in
Amsterdam. Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, 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 you
prize, you will articipate in our end of year high stakes
US$1.3 Million International Lottery.

To begin your claim, please contact your claim agent;
MR VEENHOF OHLSEN.
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER, RAYMOND CROSSROAD, AMSTERDAM,
Email : veenhof_ohlsen@mailz.net

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 31st October,2005.
After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications, please remember to quote your reference and
batch numbers in every one of your correspondences with
your agent. Furthermore, should there be any change of
your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as
possible.
Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for
being part of our promotions programme.

Sincerely,
Kruger Rietdijk.
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER, SWEETWIN PROMO LOTTERY,THE
NETHERLANDS.
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the
winners will
result to disqualification.
SORRY FOR THE LATE INFORMATION THANKS



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