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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.
  • +31629347160 (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.
  • infodayzerslotto@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: DAYZERS LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL <infodayzerslotto333@fsmail.net>
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 13:24:24 +0200
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION



CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!

DAYZERS EMAIL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS
PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT

www.dayzers.nl
REF: IJPL/544259609/HR1
BATCH: BST/91993/A

ATTENTION:

AWARD FINAL NOTIFICATION:
We are pleased to inform you of the release, of the
long awaited results of the DAYZERS LOTTERY
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAM
held on the 20th Aug 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 that 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
500,000.00euros(FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND EUROS.)in cash
credited to file reference
number:IPL/4249859609/WP1.This is from a total cash
prize of five milliom 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 international promotion program. Due to mixed up of
some names and addresses, we ask that you keep this award personal, 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 STEVEN FRASER.
DAYZERS E.MAIL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
TEL:+31-629-347-160.
FAX:+31-847-300-602.
Email: infodayzerslotto@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 (30-10-05).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,

Mrs.Jackie Inge.
Co-ordinator International.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam