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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.
  • +31617924770 (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.
  • duniteofficer@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: DAYZERS LOTERIJ NL <dayzlotterynl@netscape.net>
Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2006 12:59:31 +0200
Subject: CONSOLATION PRIZE WINNING NOTICE!!!


DAYZERS LOTERIJ
NTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAM
Date: 16 April 2006
Ref Nr: DZL/CN/6654/CP
Dear Prize Winner,

CONSOLATION PRIZE WINNING NOTICE!!!
Europe/America private international e-games organizers and
co-sponsors, DAYZERS LOTERIJ, officially bring to your notice of the
final draw result of February-2006 DAYZERS LOTERIJ-wheel E-game which
was conducted at our international corporate office complex in The
Netherlands.
Most recently this foundation set up the NEW LOTTERY SCHEME to give out
prizes based on COMPUTER BALLOT SYSTEM.By doing this the foundation
seek to encourage the use of Internet for academic and business
pursuits.It major aim is to promote
music,theater,art,literature,projects in the social and political arena
with a focus on health,as well as science, research, and higher
education.We wish to congratulate and inform you on the selection of
your email coupon number which was selected among the 45 lucky
consolation prize winners.
Your email ID identified with coupon No.DZL2348974321 and was selected
by our E-games Random Selection System (ERSS) with entries from the
50,000 different email addresses enrolled for the E-game.Your email ID
was included among the 50,000 different email addresses submitted by
our partner international email provider companies.
You have won a consolation cash prize of US $1000000.00 (One Million US
Dollars) only.
The DAYZERS LOTERIJ Group. have approved a payout of your consOlation
cash prize which will be remunerated directly to you by the official
Payment Agency Board.
Our DUE PROCESS UNIT (DPU) will render to you complete assistance and
provide additional information and processes for the claims of your
consolation prize.
For due processing of your winning claim, please contact the DPU
Information Officer Mr. William Vander who has been assigned to assist you.
Contact
MANE : Mr.William Vander
E-mail: duniteofficer@netscape.net
WEBSITE:www.dayzers.nl:
Tel: 0031-617-924-770
Fax: 0031-847-564-528
Once again congratulations from all our staffs on your consolation
prize winning, we hope you will partake in our forth coming DAYZERS
LOTERIJ Email-games.
Regards,
Anita Raynes(Mrs).
(Group Coordinator)
NB: In accordance with the DAYZERS LOTERIJ E-games policy and
regulaations,this notification is dispatched directly to only the 45
lucky consolation prize Winners.
This notification also contains information that is proprietary,
privileged or confidential or otherwise legally exempt from
disclosure.If you are not the right recipient whose email address
attached to the lucky numbers along with the winning information?s you
are not authorized to read, print,retain, copy or disseminate this
notice or any part of it.

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