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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.
• 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.
  • +31623025309 (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.
  • winsuperball@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: P.NEUTEBOOM <info33net@netscape.net>
Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2006 10:21:40 +0200
Subject: LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL!!!


SUPERBAL E-MAIL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
AMSTERDAM THE NETHERLANDS.
WINNING NOTIFICATION / FINAL

BATCH NO: BALL/23-44-11-17-21-3
REF. NO: BALL/9-20-2-22-1-33

NOTICE...CONGRATULATIONS!!!

This is to inform you of the release of the E-MAILLOTTERY BALLOT
INTERNATIONAL/ SUPERBAL LOTTERY NL, held on the 28th of March, 2006. Due to
the mix up of numbers,the results were released on the 4th of April
2006.
Your email attached to ticket number20/37/49/70/ with serial number
(60)(59)(30)(70)(45)drew thelucky numbers of 37-86-83-96-33 which
consequently wonthe lottery in the 1st category.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout Of
(1,000,000.00) One million euros only in cash. Due to mix up of some numbers and
names, we ask that You keep your winning information confidential until
your claims has been processed and your 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 only Microsoft users from over 20,000.00 companies and 3,000,000
individual email addresses and names from all over the world. To begin
your lottery claim, please contact our agent below that have been
appointed for the processing of your claim with the email address below, to
begin the processing of your claim:

CONTACT NAME: AMBASSADEUR, JOHAN CRUIJFF.
CITY/ COUNTRY: AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS
FREE SERVICE NUMBER: 0031-623-025-309
FAX NUMBER:0031-847-161-309
EMAIL: winsuperball@netscape.net

Note that all winning must be claimed not later than 18th of April 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 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.

Yours Sincerely,

MR. P. NEUTEBOOM

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