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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "into your nominated bank account" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • +31633741971 (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.
  • banker011011@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Frits Van Gorp " <delottoint@netscape.net>
Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2006 06:23:19 -0400
Subject: YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS WON DE LOTTO

DE LOTTO NETHERLANDS PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
REF Number: DKSA/31-ILG431
BATCH No: YMEV/01/DLIPD
TICKET No: 0511465463-76000
SERIAL No: 4672-978-95
LUCKY No: 8-06-97-22-05-444
FINAL WINNING NOTIFICATION

Dear Sir/Madam,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Lottery Winners
International programs held on the 28th
February 2006 Your E-mail address attached to Ticket number
0511465463-76000 with Serial number
4672-978-95 drew the lucky numbers 8-06-97-22-05-444,which consequently won
in the 2nd category, you
have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of US$1,000,000.00.(One
Million US dallers only) This
is from a total cash prize of 10,000,000.00 Million shared amongst TEN
International Lucky Winners in the
Category B + (Plus).

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

This lottery is a promotional program by DE LOTTO NETHERLANDS, (Biggest
lottery Organization in the
Netherlands) to advertise to the world its existence. All participants
wereselected through a computer ballot
system drawn from over 39,000 companies and 13,000,000 individual email
addresses from all over the world,
as part of our international promotions program, which we intend to
conduct several times a year. Be informed
that your documents have to pass our authority to obtain a clearance, which
shall be attached to your document
in readiness of the subsequent onward transfer into your nominated bank
account with in 24 hours of completion
of the authentication.

Due to the possibility of unscrupulous individuals filing a double claim,we
suggest that you keep this award strictly
confidential until your claim has been processed and notarized and your
certificate of award obtained.

This is in conformity with the lottery claim regulations by our
Organization & the Netherlands Gaming Control Board
This is part of our security protocol measures to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program by
some participants/non participants. All winnings must be claimed not later
than 1st May 2006. After this date all
unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake. Anybody under the age
of 18 is automatically disqualified.

To file for your claim, please contact our /your processing agent.
Mr. James West
Tel: +31-633-741-971
Fax:+31-847-112-700
Email:banker011011@netscape.net

NOTE: All winnings must be notarized and a certificate of award must be
obtained from the Netherlands Gaming
Control Board to complete the claims process, this certificate can only be
obtained through legal representation
so winners will be referred to a lawyer. Winners are to cover the legal
charges for the notarization of the claims
form and the acquisition of the certificate of award not DE LOTTO
NETERLANDS. In order to avoid unnecessary
delays and complications, please do forward your Tel/Fax number to your
processing agent. So you are to
act fast in the claiming of your funds, for delays will compel us to
disperse your funds, in other words, we shall
divert your funds as stated above. Kindly remember to quote your reference
number and batch numbers in all
correspondence Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform
our/your agent as
soon as possible.

Finally, we call on you to make sure that you note every letter clearly as
stated for we will not be held responsible
should there be any complications in this transaction due to laxity on your
part. Congratulations once more from
our members of staff and thank you for being part of ourpromotional
program.

Yours truly
Frits Van Gorp
Lotto Coordinator.

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