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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:
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
• 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.
  • +32485561097 (Belgium, 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.
  • mrsevijohnson@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • belgiumlotto2006@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?evi=20johnson?= <mrsevijohnson@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: belgiumlotto2006@netscape.net
Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 20:42:53 +0100 (BST)
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!! YOU HAVE WON.


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: mrsevijohnson@yahoo.co.uk

PROMOTIONS DIRECTOR

BEIGLSCHE LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL.

(ACCREDITED LICENSED AGENT)

Belliardstraat, 25-33

1040 BRUSSEL

www.belgischelotto.be

BELGIUM EMAIL LOTTERY (BE) INTERNATIONAL SWEEPTAKES.

Batch Number:57/8703/3PD

Credited file Number:EGS56/50071245/25

ATTENTION. TO WINNERS IN OUR PROGRAM

Sir/Mrs,

We wish to congratulate you over your success in our

computer balloting sweepstake held on the 26 May 2006.

In which email addresses were used. It is a promotional

program aimed at encouraging internet users; therefore

you do not need to buy ticket to enter for it.Your

e-mail address attached to ticket number 738-

13465550-7--798 with serial number 8052-79 drew

lucky numbers 8-10-25-30-32-49 which consequently

won in the 1st category.You have therefore been approved

for a lump sum pay of 1,000,000.00 EUROS (ONE MILLION EUROS)

CONGRATULATIONS!!! .

This is from a total cash prize of ( THIRTY MILLION

EUROS)shared among the thrity international winners

in this category.CONGRATULATIONS!!!Due to mix up of

some numbers and names.

we request that you keep the entire details of your

award strictly from public notice until the process

of transferring your claims has been completed, and

your funds remitted to your account.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 over

50,000 company and 70,000,000 individual email

addresses and names from all over the world.

This promotional program takes place every year,

the lottery was promoted and sponsored by belgium

lottery to compensate some few individuals with

website and email addresses.

We also wish to bring to your notice of our next

year premium stakes draw where you stand a chance

of winning up to 50.000.000 (FIFTY MILLION EUROS)

We hope that with a part of your prize

you will participate in it.

Your fund is now deposited with in a bank under a

fixed deposit bond policy insured to you by our

financial agent.To file for your claim please

contact our financial agent,

(E.U) Foriegn operations manager,

Mr Wright Gerald Thomas Edward. Email:belgiumlotto2006@netscape.net

Tel:+32-485-561-097.

Remember all winning must be claimed not later

than 6th of June 2006.

After this date all unclaimed funds will be included

in the nextstake.

Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays

and complications please remember to quote

your credited file number and Batch numbers

in all correspondence.

Please attach your phone and fax number.

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.



Email:belgiumlotto2006@netscape.net


Sincerely yours,

Lotto Co-ordinator

Mrs.Evi Johnson




- evi johnson

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