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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.
• 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.
  • doffbanknv@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "opap" <opap@terra.com.mx>
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 15:24:16 -0600
Subject: Congratulations You Won "


OPAP S,A. GREECE
Greek Organisation Of Football Prognostics S,A.
The Hellenic Lottery Organisation.
62 Kifissou Ave.12132 Athens.GREECE.
www.opap .gr.
Sir/Madam,
CONGRATULATIONS: YOU WON 1,000,000.00.
We are pleased to inform you of the result of OPAP. SA Lottery Program , which was held on the 30th, June 2006.
Your e-mail address attached to e-ticket number: 05-32-44-45-50 (01-07) , with Prize Number (match 5): 106285612 drew a prize
of 1,000,000.00 (One Million Euros).This lucky draw came first in the 2nd Category of the Greek Organisation of Football Prognostic S,A, also known as Opap S,A Lotto, You will receive the sum of 1,000,000.00 (One Million Euros) from our authorized bank.
Because of some mix-up with Opap S,A Lotto prizes, including the time limited placed on the payment of your prize:
1,000,000.00, we advice that you keep all information about this prize confidential until your funds: 1,000,000.00
have been transferred to you by our bank. You must adhere to this instruction, strictly, to avoid any delay with the
release of your funds to your person. This program has been abused severally in past, so we are doing our best to
forestall further occurrence of false claims.
This Opap S,A Lotto was conducted under the watchful eyes of 8,000 spectators. Your e-mail address attached to e-ticket number 05-32-44-45-50 (01-07)
was selected and; it came out first by an e-ballot draw from over 250,000 e-mail addresses (personal and corporate e-mail addresses).
This program is sponsored by Greece and cyprus OPAP S,A to faithful internet suffers around the globe.
Congratulations for becoming one of the few lucky winners.
With your permission, your e-mail will also be included in the next Mega lottery is 5Million euro .
You must claim your prize: 1,000,000.00 not later than 10-days from the moment you receive this e-mail. In order to avoid unnecessary delays with your claim from the bank; please contact them, immediately and Furnish them with the following information
1.Full Names..................
2.Residential Address............For Delivery Lotto certificate
3.Phone Number............
4.Fax Number...............
5.Occupation................
6.Sex........... ..............
7.Age...........................
8.Nationality..... ...........
9.Amount /Ticket number............
Here is the contact information:
Bank: Deutsche Offshore Bank, Amsterdam.
Contact person: Mr. Andrian Smith.
Director: Public Finance, Global Markets, Interest Rate and Currency.
Direct-lines: Tel: (+3120) 555 4308.
Fax: (+3184) 757 0927 .
E-mail address:doffbanknv@netscape.net.
Congratulations once from members and staff of Hellenic lottery organisation S,A..
Yours to serve,
Vjertis Von (Ms.) CPA.
Coordinator: Opap S,A Lotto.

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