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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 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.
  • +31633701179 (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.
  • informationwon@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: " Ms Becky Hugo " <Remitance@aim.com>
Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2006 07:31:43 +1100
Subject: From Ms Becky Hugo..

HOLLAND CASINO INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY.
Daalwijk 112, Harlem 1442A, Netherlands
Tel: +31-633-701-179
Fax: +31-847-253-251/


Sir/Madam.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Holland Casino.. NL
Winners International programs held on the 20th..September, 2006. Your
e-mail address
attached to ticket #: 00203228888 with prize # 901023/NL drew...
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of EIGHT HUNDRED
THOUSAND EURO (800,000.00) in cash credited to security file number
WK/5333/025648/03AD.This is from a total cash prize of 2 Million euro share
among four individuals in this category, Because of mix up in cash pay-outs,
we ask that you keep your winning information confidential until your money
(8,000,000.00) has been fully remitted to you by our accredited pay-point
bank. This measure must be adhere to avoid loss of your cash prize -
winners of our cash prizes are advised to adhere to these instructions to
forestall the abuse of this program by other participants. It's important
to note that this draws were conducted formally, and winners are selected
through an internet ballot system from 60,000 individual and companies
e-mail addresses - the draws are conducted around the world through our
internet based ballot system. The promotion is sponsored and promoted by
Lotto NL.
We congratulate you once again. We hope you will use part of it in our next
draws; the jackpot winning is ..85million euro, Remember, all winning must
be claimed not later than 20 days. After this date all unclaimed cash prize
will be forfeited. Please, in order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications remember to quote personal and winning numbers in all
correspondence with us .Congratulations once again from all members of Lotto
NL. Thank you for being part of our promotional program.
Send them the following:

(i). Your names,
(ii) Contact telephone and fax numbers
(iii) Contact Address
(iv) your winning numbers
(v) Quote amount won.
For immediate release of your cash prize to you, please kindly contact.


Contact person: Mr Goodman Gerald
(International Credit Department)
E-mail: Informationwon@aim.com
Tel: +31-633-701-179
Fax: +31-847-253-251


Congratulations once again.
Yours in service,
Ms Becky Hugo
(Secretary)

Anti-fraud resources:

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