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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")
• 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.
  • +31647148968 (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.
  • bemaxclaims@netscape.net

Fraud email example:

From: CAROL SMITH <delit_payagency@walla.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 03:26:41 -0700
Subject: CONGRATULATION YOU ARE A WINNER


The National Lottery
EURO MILLIONS PROMO/PRIZE:DEPARMENT
DEVESTEIN 780,ZIUD-OOST(Customer Services)
Ref: NL/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369

FINAL WINNING NOTIFICATION:


Dear Lucky Winner,

BONUS LOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING
NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to notify you the draw of the EURO MILLIONS PROMO/PRIZE:
DEPARMENT Online
Sweepstakes International Lottery Program held on October 3, 2005.
Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from a pool
of over 25,000 names of
distinguished professionals drawn from Europe, America, Asia, Australia, New
Zealand, MiddleEast,parts
of Africa, and North & South America as part of our international promotions
programmed conducted
annually to encourage prospective overseas entries. We hope with part of your
prize awards, you will
take part in our subsequent lottery jackpots.
The result of our computer draw selected your name and email address attached
to eticket number:
56475600545188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: , , , , ,
with lucky bonus number
which subsequently won you the lottery in the 1st category i.e.5 1 star
Category.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of 1,350,000(One
Million, Three Hundred and
Fifty Thousand Euro) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.This is from
a total cash prize shared
amongst the first Six (6) lucky winners in this category i.e.5+1 star
Category
Your prize award has been insured in your name and is ready for claims. To
begin your claims therefore,
you are advised to expeditiously contact our licensed and accredited claim
agent for Overseas Lottery
Winners within a period of 18 days (date of this email inclusive) for the
processing of your winning and
remittance to your designated bank account after all statutory obligations
have been satisfactorily
dispensed with.
This promotion takes place weekly. Please note that your lucky winning number
falls within our European
booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In
view of this, your
1,350,000(One Million, Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand Euro) would be
released to you by any of our
payment offices in Europe.
Please be informed that claims not processed within the stipulated period may
be forfeited to the pool
without further notice.
Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the
release of your funds as
soon as you contact him. You may wish to establish contact via email with the
particulars presented
below citing the batch and reference numbers to this letter between the hours
of 8.00am 7.30pm on
Monday through Saturday.
Overseas Claims Unit
Netherlands Lottery Fiduciary
Contact Person: Maxwell Hendricks
Email: bemaxclaims@netscape.net
Phone:+31-647-148-968
Fax: +31 205 248 821
Our winners are assured of the utmost standards of confidentiality, and press
anonymity until the end of
proceedings, and beyond where they so desire. Be further advised to maintain
the strictest level of
confidentiality until the end of proceedings to circumvent problems associated
with fraudulent claims.
This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this
program.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
At your disposal, we remain.
Very Truly Yours,
Carol Smith.



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intended only for the use of
the intended recipient(s) and may contain information that is privileged,
confidential and prohibited from >
unauthorized disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended
recipient of this message, any
dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited.
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error, please notify the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the
original message.

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