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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • +31633785385 (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.
  • quadcruiseclaims@gawab.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Quad Cruise" <quadcruise1@gawab.com>
Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2006 21:58:05 -0200
Subject: GOOD NEWS

Number: PP 3502 /8707-01
QUAD CRUISE AWARD.
RESULTS STAATSLOTERIJ.NL
AWARD.
No 21 MANNI-STRAAT 1309HA
AMSTERDAM/NETHERLANDS
FROM THE DESK OF
THE DIRECTOR:
QUAD CRUISE INTERNATIONAL PRIZE AWARD DEPT
WINNING
NOTIFICATION FOR CATEGORY "A"
WINNER ONLY
ATTENTION!
We are pleased to
inform you of the result of the last
final annual draw of our LOTTERY
INTERNATIONAL
Programs. The online cyber lotto draws was conducted
from an exclusive list of 25,000,000 e-mail addresses
of individuals
and corporate institutions,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 a winner in
the category "A" with
the following numbers attached Ref Number: QC
9590 ES
9414,Batch Number: 573881545-NL/2005 and Ticket
Number: PP 3502
/8707-01.You are therefore to receive
a cash prize of$1,500,000.00.
(One Million Five Hundred
ThousandUnited States Dollars)from the total
payout.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Your prize award has been insured with
your e-mail
address and will be transferred to you upon meeting
our
requirements, statutory obligations,verifications,
validations and
satisfactory report. Tofile in for the
processing of your prize
winnings, youare advised to
contact our Certified and Accreditedclaims
agent for
category "A" winners with the information below:
*****************************************************
Name: Paul Vanfrant
Email: quadcruiseclaims@gawab.com
Tel : +31-633-785-385
Fax : +31-847-109-009
**********************************************
You are advised to provide him
with the following
information:
1.Given Name (As Stated in your ID)
2.Telephone/Fax number:
3.Nationality:
4.Age:
NOTE: All winnings must be
claimed not later than 14
days; thereafter unclaimed funds would be
included in
the next stake. Remember to quote your reference
information in all correspondence.
You are to keep all lottery
information confidential,
especially your reference and ticket numbers.
(This is
important as a case of double claim will not be
tolerated).
Members of affiliated agencies are PROHIBITED from
participating in
this program.
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.regards,
Walter Jones.
Lottery Coordinator.
***This email may
contain confidential and/or
privileged information.
The information is
intended solely for the use of the
individual or entity named above. If
you are not the
intended recipient, be aware that any disclosure,
copying, distribution or use of the contents is
prohibited. If you
have received this electronic
transmission in error, please notify the
sender by
telephone or return email and delete the material from
your
computer.***

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