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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:
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
• 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.
  • +31616231303 (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.
  • statlottos@yahoo.com
  • infoagencies@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: stat lottos <statlottos@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: infoagencies@netscape.net
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 02:34:47 -0800 (PST)
Subject: CONGRATULATION LOTTO WINNING NOTIFICATION!!!


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: statlottos@yahoo.com

CONGRATULATION LOTTO WINNING NOTIFICATION!!!





Aldipromotional co-coordinator

Amsterdam the Netherlands

BATCH NUMBER:638/176/AMB/02

OUR,REF:05/AMSTEL003164/EU

YOU’REF:EU/5056578/EU44



Attn:Lottery Winner,



We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Aldi

Lottery programs held on 10th March 2006 your email

address was attached to one of the ten winning ticket

numbers 561-256-0206 with game Number 612-519-992/KLJ

You are therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of

500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand euro)

CONGRATULATIONS!!


All participants were selected through a computer

ballot system from our sponsors databases,including

over 50,000 companies and 150,000 individual E-mail

addresses and names submitted by our agents drawn

from Asia, Africa, Europe,North And South America,

Oceania and around the world.

To file for your urgent claim, please contact our

approved Agent below with you contact Telephone and Fax number


MR. MULLER CADE

ALDI Lottery Agency

Amsterdam the Netherlands

Tel:+31-616-231-303

Email: infoagencies@netscape.net


It is part of our security protocol to avoid double

claiming and to minimize identification difficulties.


You are advised to keep your winning formation confidential

until your claim is processed successfully and to

avoid unwarranted abuse of this program by some

participants, please note that you will be required

to pay for the issuance of your winning certificate

and all winnings must be claimed not later than 29th March 2006.

In Order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications

remember to quote your reference number and batch

numbers in all correspondence. Furthermore should

there be any change of address do inform our agents as

soon as possible.


Congratulations once more and thank you for being part

of our promotional program.


Note:Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically

disqualified.


Yours faithfully,

MRS. KARIN VAN HELDER



- stat lottos

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