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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 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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "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 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.
  • +31613261039 (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.
  • claimofficer2006@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: <coordinator01@nonomail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 19:36:53 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!! (AWARD NOTIFICATION)



Message-ID: <079576f78ed7b567630d8dd1cfa7756a@localhost>

X-Sender: coordinator01@nonomail.com

User-Agent: RoundCube Webmail/0.1-20051021

Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"

Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit



CONGRATULATIONS!!! (AWARD NOTIFICATION)

SUPERBAL SPONSOR LOTERIJ NL INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONSPROMOTIONS/PRIZE

AWARDDEPT

www.superbal.nl



CONGRATULATIONS!!! WINNING NOTIFICATION



Dear Sir/Madam,



We write to inform you of the release of our SUPERBAL

E-MAILINTERNATIONALLOTTERY PROMOTION PROGRAMM. The draw was held on the 24th March, 2006. The result was released officially on the 26th, 2006.



Your e-mail address attached to ticket NL 462/06/QR drew lucky

numbers4-12-24-33 consequently won the lottery in the SECOND

CATEGORY.You have therefore been approved for payment of 500,000.00 Euro only(FIVE

HUNDRED THOUSAND EURO ONLY). Your cash credited is attached to:

FILE: 9075-06BATCH NO: QARL-NL 9024



Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we advise that you keep

yourwinning information confidential until your claim has been processed andyour

money remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol toavoid double

claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by somepaticipants. All

participants were selected through a computer ballotsystem drawnfrom

only Microsoft users from over 20,000 companies and 3,000,000individual

e-mail addresses from all over the world. Thispromotional program takes place

annually.To begin the process of claim,please contact our CLAIM AGENT with

theinformation provided below:



Mr James Silver



Tel: +31 613 261 039

Fax: +31 847 243 436



E-mail: claimofficer2006@netscape.net



Mr James Silver is your direct claim agent and responsible for

the processing and transfer ofyour winnings to you. Your security file number is

PL-891-J2-M*/06(Please, keep personal). Any claim not made before 25th

April, 2006, willbe returned to the MINISTERIAL VAN DE ECONOMIA

NETHERLANDS.





Also in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, rememberto

quote your reference number and batch numbers in all yourcorrespondence

with him. Furthermore, should there be any change ofaddress do inform us as

quickly aspossible.



Congratulations once more and thank you for being part of our promotional

program.



Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.



Yours Sincerely

Mrs.Annette Blopp.Vice President

(SUPERBAL SPONSOR LOTERIJ E-MAIL INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY)

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