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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "microsoft lottery"
• 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.
  • +31633759193 (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.
  • colehenry22@netscape.net
  • colehenry33@netscape.net
  • colehenry22@netscape.net

Fraud email example:

From: "hildabaade01@go.com" <hildabaade01@go.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 13:48:39 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: CONGRATULATION:AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION.


DAYZERS LOTTERY NATIONAL PROMOTION.THE DESK OF THE MANAGING DIRECTORINTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARDS DEPARTMENTVENLO,NETHERLANDS.
Reply to this email address:colehenry22@netscape.net
REF NO: DL/455223/11BATCH NO:DL/44/63842
RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION/ FINAL NOTICE
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the DAYZERS/GLOBAL SOFTWARE GROUPMICROSOFT LOTTERY which was held on the 15th october,2005,2005.Due to the mix up of numbers, the results were released on the 20th of October,2005. Your name attached to a ticket number 062416/80 with serial number 2113-05drew the lucky numbers 72-33-61-31-52 which consequently won thelottery in the 1st category. You have therefore been approved for a lumpsum payout of 500,000.00.Euros(Five hundred thousand Euros) in cashcredited to the file SECURITY number: DL/600204/77. This is froma total cash prize of 14.000,000.00.Euros (Fourteen Million Euros)shared among twelve (28) international winners in this grand category.CONGRATULATIONS!!! Your funds is now deposited in a suspense accountwith our paying Bank insured to your name waiting remittance into yourbank account.
Due to the privacy policy guiding this lottery promtional programme, weadvice that you keep your award from public notice until your claims hasbeen processed and your money remitted to your nominated bank accountas this is part of our security protocol to avoid doubleclaiming or unwarranted abuse of this program by the general public.
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawnfrom 25,000 names and E-mail addresses from Asia, Australia, New Zealand,Europe and North America as part of our international lottery programwhich we conduct twice every year. We hope that with part of your prize,you will part-take next year in our high stakes 1.3billion EurosInternational Lottery. To claim your Prize, please contact your claimsagent
**********************************************************MR.Henry Cole.TEL: 0031-633-759-193.
E-mail: colehenry22@netscape.netAlternative Email:colehenry33@netscape.net Fax:0031-847-176-417.
Foreign Services Manager, Payment Process and Release Order Department,**********************************************************
for processing and remittance of your prize funds into your designatedbank account.
Note that all prize funds must be claimed not later than 4th November,2005. After this date all funds will be returned as unclaimed for thenext sweepstake. In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications,please endeavor to quote your reference and batch numbers in everycorrespondence with us or your claims agent.
Furthermore, should there be any change in your address, do inform yourclaims agent as soon as possible. Congratulations once again from allmembers of our staff and thanks for being part of our promotions program.
Regards,Mrs. Hilda van Baade.(Lottery Co-ordinator)
Reply to this email address:colehenry22@netscape.net

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