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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:
  • "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.
  • +31626374825 (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.
  • nl@yahoo.de

Fraud email example:

From: "royal_lottery_amsterdam@go.com" <royal_lottery_amsterdam@go.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2005 19:26:26 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION DEPT


ROYAL AMSTER LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL.INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAMBERGNNA-STRAAT N° 21267890 AMSTERDAM NETHERLANDS.FROM: THE DIRECTOR OF PROMOTIONSINTERNATIONAL PROMOTION DEPT.
SECURITY FILE NO:DL/678921/C11.REF: ICL/4245678609/LMR.BATCH: ML/91663/BAN.
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today22nd of October 2005,of winners of the ROYAL AMSTERLOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAMS held onSeptember,2005.
Your email address attached to ticket number023-56678230954, drew thelucky numbers 7-14-21-42-49-59, batch numberML/91663/BAN.and consequently won the lottery in the 1st category.You have therefore been approved of a lump sum pay outof EURO 1,500.000.00(One Million Five Hundred and ThousandEuro)in credited to file Lottery Reference numberICL/4245678609/LMR. This is from total prize money ofEuro 3,000,000.00 shared among the twointernational winners in categories B with securityfile number:IL/FLW/12-C036789192.All participants wereselected through a computer ballot system drawn from100,000 company email addresses and 80,000,000individual email addresses from Australia,Africa,NewZealand, America, Europe,North America and Asia aspart of International Promotions Program, which isconducted annually.
CONGRATULATIONS! Your fund is now in custody of afinancial Security company insured in your FILEREFERENCE.Due to the mix up of some numbers andnames,we ask that you keep this award strictly frompublic notice until your claim has been processed andyour money remitted to your account. This is part ofour security protocol to avoid double claiming orunscrupulous acts by participants of this program.This lottery program was promoted by our groupof philanthropist and Dutch Royal family here inNetherlands. We hope with a part of you prize,you Will participate in our end ofyear high stakes EURO 25,000,000.00 millionInternational Lottery.
To file for your claim,please contact our fiduciaryAgent: Mr.Jan Van BoerDiamond Finance BVAmsterdam,NetherlandsPhone: +31-626-374-825Fax: +31-84-719-1553Email: claimsagent1_nl@yahoo.de
Please be aware that your Paying Authority will effect Payment Swiftly upon satisfactory Report,verifications and validation provided by ourprocessing Agent; that would be designated to yourfile. For due processing and remittance of yourwinning prize to your designated account of yourchoice. Be informed that all prize money must beclaimed not later than 17th of November 2005.Afterthis date,all funds will be returned as unclaimed.NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays andcomplications,you are to contact Mr.Jan Van Boerwith followings details below:
1. Your full names,telephone,contact address and2. quote your reference/batch numbers in anycorrespondences with us or our designated agent.Furthermore, should there be any change of youraddress, do inform your claims agent as soon aspossible. Congratulations once again from our team ofstaff and thank you for being part of our promotionalProgram.
Yours sincerely,Ms,Linda Van Voss

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