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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 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.
  • dfccbv@yahoo.de

Fraud email example:

From: "vivienne hordijk" <prize_notification_20@msn.com>
Reply-To: claims_vivienne12@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2006 03:51:50 +0000
Subject: PRIZE WINNING NOTIFICATION!!!

FROM: PROMOTIONS DEPARTMENT
NEDERLANDSE INTERNATIONALE LOTERIJ BV
PALEISSTRAAT 55
NL-2500 BP
THE HAGUE
THE NETHERLANDS
PRIZE WINNING NOTIFICATION

PRIZE CATEGORY: “B”
REFERENCE NO: NIL-B-3120-01101980-NLBV
TICKET NO: NIL-B-15-01-05

We are happy to inform you that the recipient email address has been
selected as one of the lucky email addresses in the category "B" of the
online lotto conducted by our company NEDERLANDSE INTERNATIONALE
LOTERIJ BV here in Hague. CONGRATULATIONS! The cyber-lotto was
conducted by a first of its kind automated computer balloting system, where
by email
addresses (25,000 email addresses), were extracted from all continents of
the
world. A draw was held in different categories and winners from
different parts of the world emerged and are entitled to various cash prizes
depending
on their different categories. Thus, you/your company with this email
address, attached to Ticket number: NIL-B-15-01-05 and a Reference number:
NIL-B-3120-01101980-NLBV in the Category B, is entitled to a lump
payout of €2,500,000.00 (Two Million, Five Hundred Thousand Euros).
As a category B winner, selected by computer balloting system where
only email addresses were sorted, from a total number of 25,000
addresses drawn from all over the globe via an automated computer ballot of
our
International Promotions Program, FIVE winners emerged in this category
and therefore each are to receive payouts of €2,500,000,00 (Two
Million, Five Hundred Thousand Euros) from the total of €12,500,000.00
(TWELVE
MILLION,FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND EUROS).
To immediately claim your prize, please contact our Category "B"
financial agents DUTCH FINANCE & CONTRACTING COMPANY BV, below are the
contact information of their financial director:
Mr. Van Leroy
Financial Director
DUTCH FINANCE & CONTRACTING COMPANY BV
NOORDBARGERSTRAAT 77
NL-7812 AA EMMEN
THE NETHERLANDS
Tel/Fax: +31 847300938
E-mail:claimsagent004_dfccbv@yahoo.de
Provide Prize reference number-NIL-B-3120-01101980-NLBV and winning
ticket number-NIL-B-15-01-05 for confirmation. In your best
interest(s), you
must initiate contact within two weeks of receipt of this
correspondence.
DUTCH FINANCE & CONTRACTING COMPANY BV is to handle all matters with
regards to claiming of your prize money. You are also advised to send a
copy of this email, to your claims agent Mr. Van Leroy, when contacting him.
You may be required to provide any of the above information during the
process of collecting your prize. We congratulate you once again and it
is our hope that you participate in any of our international programs
in the nearest future.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Vivienne Hordijk
Promotions Manager
NEDERLANDSE INTERNATIONALE LOTERIJ BV

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