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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:
  • "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash)
• 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.
  • +31622851045 (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.
  • genicconsultingagency@fsmail.net

Fraud email example:

From: "Director Neal" <rneal@lotto.nl>
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 17:43:36
Subject: Congratulations: The Sanex Lotto award winner !!!




SANEX LOTTO
23 RIJNWEGSTRAAT,AMSTERDAM,NETHERLANDS


TO WINNERS IN OUR PROGRAM

Good day,

This is to congratulate you over your success in our computer balloting sweepstake held on 6th October,2005 in which your email address attached to ticket number LNT456780909893 and drew the lucky numbers 4-10-12-55-25-87,batch number 4978/NL, serial number IL/PLW/18-C0547671754 and consequently won the sum of U.S $1million dollars from the total prize money of $15,800,000 shared among the seventeen international winners. This is a millennium scientific computer game in which email addresses were used and it is a promotional program aimed at encouraging internet users;so you do not need to buy a ticket to enter for our online lotto program. Note that this program was sponsored by a group of Millionaire philanthropist,and headed by the Netherlands government. This email is not one of those numerous lotto email scams you might have received in the past which always require you to sign out a blank cheque or give out your bank information in order to perpetrate their illicit lotto scams. Please note that thi

s winning is very real and legitimate and your exercising good faith in this our lottery program will enable us remit your winning funds to you in your preferred mode of payment without any further delay. Therefore,to confirm the legitimacy of our lottery program, the below website is one of the websites we are running over the internet concerning our lottery programs in the Netherlands.
http://www.lotto.nl/lotto/execute/intro?node=lottointros&default=lottorootnode&ad=0

However,to begin your claim,being non-netherlands resident or citizen,you are required within five days to officially notarize your winning claim at the Dutch Court of Justice in the Netherlands to sign the Release Order and the clearance papers that will enable the paying Genic Consulting Agency release your winning funds to you. But in case you cannot come to the Netherlands within the stipulated two days,do inform your claim officer to make proper arrangement regarding your claim notarization. Once your claim is fully notarized and a copy of the Notary receipt from the court is forwarded to us,we will provide you with your Award winning Certificate. Please for more information concerning the claim of your winning funds,we advise you to forward a confirmation email to your claim officer at the paying Genic Consulting Agency and as well follow their claim instructions. Below is the contact details of your claim officer:

MR.CURTIS LUCAS
(PAYMENT DIRECTOR)
GENIC CONSULTING AGENCY
AMSTERDAM,NL
TELEPHONE: +31-622851045
EMAIL: genicconsultingagency@fsmail.net

Conclusively, Sanex Lotto is not a scam organization therefore this mail should not be treated as a scam scheme or be taken for granted,we are backed up by the appropriate
lottery law in the Netherlands and only the successful winners in this our online lotto program receive this congratulation mail and because you won that is why this mail is being directed to you. Remember that all prize money must be claimed not later than 7 working days. After the last day, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.
Congratulations once again from our team of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.

Sincerely,
Director
Rita neal
(Lottery Coordinator)

Anti-fraud resources:

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