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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.
• 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.
  • paulbryan206@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Toto Lottery <winners@toto.nl>
Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2006 19:39:38 +0200
Subject: Winner

Toto Lottery
Laan van Hoornwijck 356
2212 DG Rijswijk
Amsterdam.Netherlands
www.toto.nl

Dear Winner,

We are please to announce you as one of the 10 lucky winners in the Toto Lotto draw held on the 30th
of June 2006.All 10 winning Addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 50,000,000
international Emails. Your email address emerged alongside 9 others as category 2 Winners in this year's
Annual Toto Lotto Draw.

Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of (one million EUROS) only. The
following particulars Are attached to your lotto payment order:

(i) Winning numbers: 37-13-43-85-67-11
(ii) Email ticket number: FL754/22/76
(iii) Lotto code number: FL23112
(iv) The file Ref number: FL/04/5237900/NL

Please contact the under listed claims officer via email and/or phone as soon as possible for the
immediate release of your winnings and also send him the information requested below:

Mr.Paul Bryan
Tel-0031 644751015
Email- paulbryan206@aim.com


1. NAME IN FULL:................................
2. ADDRESS:.....................................
3. NATIONALITY:.................................
4. AGE:.........................................
5. OCCUPATION:..................................
6. PHONE/FAX:...................................
7.COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE.........



N.B:

Please quote your Reference number in all correspondence with the claims officer.


Winners are advice to keep this award confidential until prize are claimed to avert incidence of
impersonation by unscrupulous elements. Once again on behalf of all our staff,

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Sincerely,
Diana Cury
Promotions Manager
The Toto Lotto Company

The Toto Lotto Awards is proudly sponsored by the Microsoft Corporation, the Intel Group, Toshiba, Dell
Computers,Mackintosh and a Conglomeration of other international IT companies.

The Toto lotto Internet Draw is held once in a year and is so organized to encourage the use of The
Internet and computers worldwide. We are proud to say that over 200 Million Euros are won annually in
more than 150 countries worldwide.

We also encourage you to visit our website at www.toto.nl and Take your chance to play and become
part of our annual winners. Millions are won on a yearly basis on one of the world's most famous lotto
Service.

Anti-fraud resources:

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