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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:

• 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 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.
  • phconsultancey@netscape.net

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs.Sandra Schulten" <golflanelottery@winning.com>
Reply-To: "Mrs.Sandra Schulten" <phconsultancey@netscape.net>
Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2006 18:38:17 +0100 (CET)
Subject: CONGRATULATION FOR 2006 EXCLUSIVE LOTTERY RESULT


GOLFLANE LOTTERY.
Voorhaven 65,3010 ch
Rotterdam,Netherlans.
www.lotto.nl

Sir/Madam,

We are pleased to Congratulate and inform you of the exclusive result for the year 2006 of
the Lucky lottery program held on the 29th of Nov. 2005. Your e-mail address attached to
ticket number: 34T 0012-11 with serial number: 23522-722, drew lucky numbers:
4-32-19-38-21-47 which consequently won in the 2nd category. You have therefore been
approved for a lump sum pay-out of FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND Euros.

All participants were selected by a computer ballot system drawn from over 35 thousand
company and 48 million dividual email addresses worldwide. This promotional program
is first of its kind. It was promoted and sponsored by eminent personalities like the
Sultan of Brunei. We hope that with part of your winning, you will participate in our
forthcoming 25 MILLION EURO GRAND SUPER.

For security reasons, we advise you to keep your Winning Information safe until your
claim has been processed and your prize fund remitted to you. This is a part of our
security protocol to curb double claiming attempts and unwarranted abuse of this system
by unscrupulous individuals. Please we shall relaunch our website immediately we finish
fixing some security issues to erase winner information vulnerabilities. You will be
notified.

Please you are requested to come personally to file in your claim. However, if you cannot
make it to Netherlands, please contact the below approved attorney by e-mail to help you
make your claim.

PH.CONSULTANT
Fredrick Ansong
E-mail: phconsultancey@netscape.net

In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your
reference and batch numbers (Ref.: 32D2/632E0710/006, Batch: 002501937-NL06) to
the attorney. Please remember that all winnings must be claimed not later than THREE
WEEKS FROM THE DATE OF NOTIFICATION. All unclaimed prizes will be null and void.

Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform us as soon as possible.
Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being part of our
promotional program.

Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.

Best wishes,

Mrs.Sandra Schulten
Management

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