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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "global mega lottery"
• 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 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.
  • +31626538998 (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.
  • tonyvanmore1002@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Brigit Willem" <megalotto2005@netscape.net>
Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2006 01:01:02 +0100
Subject: YOUR EMAIL WON THE LOTTERY

FROM: THE DESK OF THE LOTTO CHANCELLOR, WINNING
NOTIFICATION.
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,

REF: KIY/47560460037/02.
BATCH: 24/23519/YHI

ATTENTION: RE/ AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE
We are pleased to inform you that you have been
selected as a winner in
the REAL EXCHANGE LOTTO PROMO ,THE GLOBAL MEGA LOTTERY INT.,PROGRAMS
held in
AMSTERDAM through a computer ballot system Your
company/Your email, is
attached to ticket number
023-5876-790-279, with serial number 3673-10 drew the
lucky numbers
43-14-42-37-69-25, and
consequently won the lottery in the first category.
You have therefore
been approved for a lump sum pay
out of US$800 000:00 in cash credited to file REF: KIY /47560460037/02.
This is from total prize money
of US$20,000,000.00 shared among the 25 international
winners in this
category. All participants were
selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
30,000 names from
Australia, New Zealand,
America, Europe, North America, Asia, and Africa as
part of
International Promotions Program, which is
conducted annually. CONGRATULATIONS! Your fund is now deposited with a
Finance House insured
in your name. Due to the mix up of some numbers and
names, we ask that
you keep this award strictly
from public notice until your claim has been processed
and your money
remitted to your account. This is
part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming
or unscrupulous
acts by Participants of this program.
We hope with a part of you prize, you will participate
in our end of
year high stakes US$5.7 Million
Netherlands International Lottery.
To begin your claim, please contact our
international claims agent:

Mr. TONY VAN MORE
Email: tonyvanmore1002@netscape.net
Tel: +31-626-538-998
INTERNATIONAL COORDINATOR,

For due processing and remittance of your prize money
to a designated
account of your choice.
Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later
than 30th/ 04/
2006. After this date, all funds will
be returned as unclaimed. NOTE: In order to avoid
unnecessary delays
and complications, please
remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in
every one of your
correspondences with your
agent. Furthermore, should there be any change of your
address, do
inform your claim's agent as soon as
possible. Congratulations again from all our staff and
thank you for
being part of our promotions program.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Brigit Willem
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER, GLOBAL MEGA LOTTERY
INTERNATIONAL
N.B.
Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the
winners will
Result to disqualification.

All participants below the age of18 are automatically disqualified.

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