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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.
  • lcapitabank00@netscape.net

Fraud email example:

From: <nllotery11waqoxsck@zwallet.com>
Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2006 10:07:01 -1100
Subject: YOU HAVE WON:

Postcode Lottery INT'L
Patenlaan 23, 2288ee Rijwijk
Den Haag, the Netherlands.
(Lotto affiliate with Subscriber Agents).
From: Joan Van Henk(Lottery Co-ordinator)
www.postcodeloterij.nl

ATTN:

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Postcode Loterij-NL Winners International programs held on the 3rd March, 2006. Your e-mail address attached to ticket #: 0175655522 with prize #: 31765549 NL drew €1,000,000.00 which was first in the first class of the draws. You are to receive €1,000,000.00 (One Million Euros). Because of mix up in cash pay-outs, we ask that you keep your winning information confidential until your money (€1,000,000.00) has been fully remitted to you by our accredited pay-point bank. This measure must be adhere to,in order to avoid loss of your cash prize - winners of our cash prizes are advised to adhere to these instructions to forestall the abuse of this program by other participants. It is important to note that this draws were conducted formally, and winners are selected through an internet ballot system from 50,000 individual and companies e-mail addresses - the draws are conducted around the world through our internet based ballot system. The promotion is sponsored and promoted Postcode Loterij-NL . We congratulate you once again. We hope you will use part of it in our next draws; the jackpot winning is €85million. Remember,all winnings must be claimed not later than 20days from today.After this date all unclaimed cash prize will be forfeited and included in the next sweepstake. Please, in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications remember to quote personal and winning numbers in all correspondence with us. Congratulations once again from all members of Postcode Loterij-NL.Thank you for being part of our promotional program.

For immediate release of your cash prize to you, please kindly contact our Paying Bank
address written below.

Send them the following informations:

(i) Your name,
(ii) Contact telephone and fax numbers
(iii) Contact Address
(iv) Your winning numbers
(v) Quote amount won.
(vi) Notification date.

Contact person: Mr.Patrick Rowley
E-mail: lcapitabank00@netscape.net
Tel: 00 31 643 786 512

Congratulations once again.
Yours in service,
Joan Van Henk(Lottery Co-ordinator)

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