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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 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 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 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.
  • step44fly@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "ALISHA" <lotterysupervisor@walla.com> (may be fake)
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2006 10:01:52 -0700
Subject: YOU ARE A WINNER


CONTACT THE AGENCY.
PROMOTIONS/PRICE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
NATIONAL DAYZERS
LOTTERIJ NL
SERIAL NO:5386/02
REF NO: BGM/0207859035/09.
BATCH NO:
27/4424/APL.
DEPOSIT CODE: W-97098754-67/B4.
VISIT: www.dayzers.nl

AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION/ FINAL NOTICE.

Dear Winner,

The National
Dayzerslotterij NL wishes to inform you the results of the E-mail
address ballot lottery international program held in The Netherlands
on 26th April, 2006. Your email address was attached to ticket
number 56475600545-188, with serial number 5386/02 drew with lucky
numbers 43-11-44-37-10-43, and consequently you Won the lottery in the
(B) category.All participants were selected through a computer ballot
system drawn from Microsoft users from 30 Thousand company and
individual email addresses.

You are therefore been approved for a
lump sum of One Million Two Hundred Thousand Euro. (€1,200,000.00 )
Be advice to 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,

For the release of your winning,kindly contact the
approved claims agent:-

Mr.Stephen Rolands ( lottery cliams agent )

TEL:
0031 646 744 063

FAX: 0031 847 552 270
step44fly@yahoo.co.uk


Our agent will immediately commence Your claim process to facilitate
the Release of your funds as soon as you contact him and you are to
quote your lucky number for confirmation on your winning in every
correspondences with claims agent.

All winning must be claimed not
later than One month of recieving this Notice. After this date all
unclaimed funds will be retured back to European Union Treasury as
unclaimed Fund. Furthermore, should there be any Change of your
address; do inform your claims agent as soon as possible.

Congratulations!! again from all our staffs and thank you for being
part of our promotional lottery program.

Yours faithfully,

Mrs. Alisha Bennett


Lottery Supervisor ( Promotion Directors Office NL )

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam