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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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:
  • "claim 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.
  • gsmfinance202@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Staat Lotto" <staat_lot0637@sympatico.ca>
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 13:16:56 +0000
Subject: CONTACT PAYMENT CO-ORDINATORS FOR YOUR CLAIM !!!

CONTACT PAYMENT CO-ORDINATORS FOR YOUR CLAIM !!!
STAATSLOTERIJ JACKPOT AND PROMOTIONS!!!
KHORHOSTRAAT 155,
AMSTERDAM,
THE NETHERLANDS.

FROM:THE DESK OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT,
SCFN:ABN/5333/025648/03UA.
BATCH:245/2002/GWK

Attn:
We are pleased to inform you of the release today the
13th of march 2006 of the STAATSLOTERIJ JACKPOT AND
PROMOTIONS,NETHERLANDS held on 4th of March 2006. Your
email address attached to the Ticket
No:1001-55896542-5899 with Serial No:6666/05 drew from
the Lucky No:02-22-00-66-99-85-52-12-36-50, which
consequently won the lottery in the FIRST category.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay
out of ONE MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS
(US$1,000,000.00)in cash credited to security file
number ABN/5333/025648/03UA.This is from a total cash
prize of US$4 Million shared among four individuals in
this category.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!.

Your funds is now deposited with our Payment/Finance
Department in the security company to your name ,Due
to the mixed up of some numbers and names,we ask that
you keep this winning a top secret from the public
notice until your claims has been processed and
remitted to your account as this is apart of the
security protocol, to avoid double claiming or
unwarranted taking advantage of this program by
participants.

All participants were selected through a computer
ballot system drawn from the 500,000 company/individal
email addresses from all over the world as part of our
international promotions programme,which we conduct
every Five years.

To begin your claims,please contact your claim agent
in
DR. VAN BURKE
(Director of operations).
Tel:0031-615-492-221.
Fax:0031-847-304-221
Email:gsmfinance202@netscape.net

For processing and remittance of your winning cash
into a designated bank account of your choice,
Remember,all winnings must be claim not later than
March 29th 2006,After this date,All unclaim funds will
be returned to the promotion company.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications, please remember to quote your security
credicted file number and batch numbers respectively
in every correspondence with your claim agent.
Furthermore, should there be any change of your
address,do inform your claim agent as soon as
possible. Congratulations once again from all members
of our staff and thank you for being part of our
promotion programme.

Yours sincerely,
STEFANIA DER HELDER
(promotion manager).

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam