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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 about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• 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.
  • +31649304429 (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.
  • infoapexlinksbv@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Claudia Kerkhof" <claudiakerkhof@sympatico.ca>
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 16:28:45 +0000
Subject: YOU'VE JUST WON!!!


DAYZERS INTERNATIONAL EMAIL LOTTERY
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
Paleisstraat 5
2514 JA Den Haag
AWARD NOTIFICATION FINAL NOTICE
REF: FIL/48304-PAG216361/757
BATCH:BARS/442/636/NR-NL
AWARD/WINNING RESULT NOTIFICATION

Sir/Madam,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the e-mail Lottery Winners
International programs held on the 17th of Mar. 2006. Your e-mail address
attached to ticket number 61911-8821 with serial number 612-70142 drew lucky
numbers 54-3388-02 which Consequently won in the 1St category, you have
therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of US$1,000,000.00 (one
Million United States Dollars)

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your winning
information very confidential till your claims has been processed and your
prize/money Remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid
double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants.
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
over 100,000,000 company and 200,000,000 individual email addresses and
names from all over the world. This promotional program takes place
annually. We hope with part of your winning you will take part in our next
year $2,000,000.00 international lottery. To file for your claim, please
contact our fiducial agent

MR HENRY KARL of the,
APEX LINKS B.V.
TEL: +31-649-304-429.
FAX: +31-847-154-162.
Email: infoapexlinksbv@netscape.net


Note that all winning must be claimed not later than 31St of Mar. 2006.
After this date all unclaimed,funds will be included in the next stake.
Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please
remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all
correspondence. Furthermore,should there be any change of address do inform
our fiducial agent as soon as possible.

Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being
part of our promotional program.
Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.
Sincerely yours,
Claudia Kerkhof(Mrs), Lottery Coordinator.

Anti-fraud resources:

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