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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• 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!
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • +34606089732 (Spain, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "loter" <netherland_credit@myway.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 06:03:28 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Contact our payment office






Kind Attention :winner

Re: Award winning processing and remittance of your winnin fund.

We are in receipt of your mail to STAATSLOTERIJ NL Netherlands. Your forwarded mail detailed below is in accordance to the winning numbers we have in our computer.

Ticket number: STNL-6-0812-NL, withReference number: STNL-WF99-5NLBatch number: STNL-3T9T-3NLSecurity file number: STNL-8801/707NL

Furthermore, Your winning payment will be process and remitted through our European liaison office (Santaluz Security Company S.A Madrid Spain). To that regards, you are advice to contact (Mr.David Lemmes the detailed needed information and contactnumber below.

1.Name:...............................................................

2.Address:............................................................

3.MaritalStatus:.....................................................

4.Occupation:.........................................................

5.Age:...............................................................

6.Sex:................................................................

7.Nationality:........................................................

8.Country:...........................................................

9.TelephoneNumber:....................................................

10.FaxNumber:......................................................

11)Account information for credit:……………………………………………………………………….

Mr.David Lemmes Director, Santaluz Security Company Madrid Spain. Email:security_ac@cashette.comTelphone:+34-606-089-732Fax line +34-940-467-438

Soon as you confirm the above information to our liaison office ,Mr David Lemmes will direct you on your winning processing and remittance requirement. You should not fail to contact this office if need be and you should as well follow up Mr David Lemmes instructions to enable a smooth processing and remittance of your winning fund to any of your nominated account.Finally, you should not fail to remember my good work to you when you must have received your winning transfer in your nominated account and you should always keep your winning very secret to yourself until you receive your winning fund in your nominated account to avoid any dive ration or having a double claim. Your urgent cooperation and understanding is needed to all the above regards.

Yours Faithfully,

Barrister Theo M. Dykstra Esq.

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