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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:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "foreign service manager" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • natpostcode@mrlottery.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "nl" <nllotto@excite.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2006 07:08:46 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Email ticket number: TL754/22/76


















Email ticket number: TL754/22/76REF: DYK/82283922/769 BATCH: 11/621/2PDH /NL Dear Winner,Following official publication of results of theE-mail electronic online Sweepstakes organized by theNationale Postcode loterij International the Slidecircuir awardand the Heineken prizes in conjunction with the foundation for the promotion of software products,(F.P.S.), held on the 20th of June , 2006, in Amsterdam.The Netherlands,wherein your electrononic email address emerged as one of the online winning emails in the 1st category and therefore attracted a cash award of 1,500,000 Euros (One Million Five Hundrend Thousand United State Dollars only),We write to officially notify you of this award and toadvise you to contact the processing office immediately upon receipt of this message for more information concerning theverification, processing and eventual payment of the above prize to you.It is important to note that your award informationwas released today the 7th of July 2006 with
thefollowing particulars attached to it.(I) Award numbers: TL 22/15409(ii) Email ticket number: TL754/22/76(iii) BATCH NUMBER: 75/011/INL(iv) The file REFERENCE NUMBER:: TL/0534/30/05Please contact the claim agents within 5 working daysto facilitate the release of your prize, You are required to mention theabove particulars of your award in every correspondenceaddressed to the processing agents.FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER / CONSULTANT. MR. STEVE LOUIS.NATIONALE POSTCODE SECURITY DEPARTMENT.Phone:31-615-524-070Fax: +31-847-307-136Email:natpostcode@mrlottery.com The Nationale postcode loterij Awards is sponsored by aconsortium of software promotion companies. The Intel Group, Toshiba, Dell Computers, Microsoftand other international companies. The Nationale Postcode loterij internet draw is heldperiodically and is so organized to encourage the use of the internet and promote computer literacy worldwide.We are proud to say that over 20 Million USD are wonannually in more than 150
countries worldwide. Rememer, all winning must be claimed not later than 20th July,2006.Please note, in order to avoid unnecessary delays andcomplications,remember to quote your reference numberand batch number in all correspondence.Once again on behalf of all our staff,CONGRATULATIONS!!!Sincerely,Mrs.Colen Van DijkPromotions Coordinator



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