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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "inter continental alliance finance & securities"
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "onward remittance to your account of your choice" (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)
  • "minimum opening balance" (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
  • "transfer of your funds" (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 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.
  • +31649216997 (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.
  • intcontlalliance@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: intcontlalliance@netscape.net
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2006 07:10:50 -0400
Subject: INTER CONTINENTAL ALLIANCE FINANCE & SECURITIES






INTER CONTINENTAL ALLIANCE FINANCE & SECURITIES.
De Boelelaan 1105 1081HV,
Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Tel: +31-649-216-997
Fax: +31-205-248-770
E-mail:intcontlalliance@netscape.net
E-mail:continentalalliance@accountant.com

Attn: J. Bonacho,

This is to acknowledge the receipt of your e-mail and to confirm the validity of the winning notification. Be informed that you have been approved to receive the sum of Eur1,000,000.00 (One Million Euros Only),as the new winner of the last Lottery held by Winx Lotto International,The Netherlands.

We the entire member of Inter Continental Alliance Finance & Securities wish to congratulate you for being one of the lucky winners of this year category. This is an independent promotion and is unconnected to any publication. No purchase necessary. Be informed that this lottery promotion was conducted through the Internet worldwide random selection, the participants and winners where picked randomly through a computer ballot system and you have been picked as one of the lucky winners. You are advised to treat this with all seriousness.

However, your funds are presently domiciled in the Automated suspense account (ASA) of the Central Bank of The Netherlands and because of this, we are advising you to open a new account with us so that your funds can be transferred from the central bank suspense account into your bank account with us and subsequently your funds will be further transfered to any designated bank account of your choice. For now, your funds will remain in the Automated Suspense Account pending on when you open a normal account with us to receive your funds from the ASA of the central bank.

NOTE: funds in a suspense account can neither be transferred nor deducted from,until the holding bank (Inter Continental Alliance Finance & Securities)in this instance,formally open a normal account for the beneficiaries to receive their various funds. After then, the funds can then be remitted to the beneficiary of the new account. These measures are standard financial
regulations by European Central Bank (ECB) since the commencement of the global fight against terrorism and the enactment of the new anti-money laundry acts. This is also in line with the European law guiding all financial matters in an
attempt to curb unlawful tempering of funds.

ACCOUNT OPTIONS:

We have different types of accounts for your class of funds transfer; the 'Savings account', 'Current account' and the Corporate account. The flexibility of the Saving's account is that you can transfer your funds (Eur1,000,000.00) from here to your account in your country in a minimum of Eight(8)Working days,while current account gives you the same flexibility and need a minimum of Five(5)Working days for your funds to be in your local account and finally the
cooperate account though gives you the same flexibility but the remittance of your funds can be completed in One(1)day.

Note: You must open one of these accounts to facilitate the transfer of your funds from the central bank's automated suspense account for onward remittance to your account of your choice.To proceed with this transaction therefore, you need to inform us of your choice of account so that we can furnish you with the basic requirements: Minimum Initial Deposit (minimum opening balance). We will also send to you the account opening form/fund release order, to fill and return to us within the next 24hrs.

Finally, kindly notify this office the type of account you wish to set up with this financial institution, and also furnish us the following:

1. Full Names / Address:

2. Nationality / Place of Birth:

3. Sex / Marital Status:

4. Occupation :

5. Telephone/Fax Number:

Thanks for banking with us.

We await your immediate response.

Best regards.

Mrs.Linda Van Dak,
For Mr. Mike Anderson,
(International Remittance Department).
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