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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "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 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.
  • +31633755921 (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.
  • martynjensen@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Mrs.Vivian Hart <eumillions@netscape.net>
Reply-To: martynjensen@netscape.net
Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 00:48:45 +0200
Subject: WINNING NOTICE FOR CATEGORY "B" WINNER


WINNING NOTICE FOR CATEGORY "B" WINNER
http://www.euromillion.be/euromillions.php?action=recentdraw
Dear Lucky Winner,
We are pleased to inform you today being the 8th of May 2006 of the result of the just concluded final draws from -E-GAMES PROMOTION held here in the Royal Dutch Republic.
This online cyber draw was conducted from an exclusive list of 60,000 000 e-
mail addresses of individuals and corporate bodies, picked by an advanced
automated random computer search from the internet. No tickets were sold. After
this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as one of eight
winners in the category "B" with the following:
Ref Number: 967/00215/NNL
Batch Number: 200/2312-/2006
Ticket Number: 85455/6883
Serial Number: 14006/14
Therefore, you including other eight winners in category "B" are entitled to receive a total cash prize of €850,000.00. (EIGHTY AND FIFTY THOUSAND EUROS ONLY) each, from the total payout €30.000.000 .00, shared amongst the thirty-five (35) lucky winners in all different categories. Your prize awards have been insured with your winning e-mail address and will be transferred to you after due verifications, validations of your winning details.
To begin the claims processing of your prize winnings you are advised to
contact our licensed and accredited claims agent for category "B" winners only with
the information below:
Mr. Martyn Jensen
Fiduciary Agent,
Amsterdam, NL
E-mail: martynjensen@netscape.net
Tel:+31- 633 755 921
Remember to quote your reference information in all correspondence with your agent.
Thank you and congratulations!!!
Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Vivian Hart
International programs
Cordinator

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