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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:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• 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.
  • +31612413865 (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.
  • agentdekens@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: lucy edward <lucy@lucyedward3.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 17:00:32 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: PRIZE NOTIFICATION! THANK YOU FOR USING MICROSOFT!!!


PRIZE NOTIFICATION! THANK YOU FOR USING MICROSOFT!!!
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
RESULTS FOR CATEGORY "A" DRAWS.
Sir/Madam,
Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, the results of the first Category draws of THE MICRO/LOTTERY PROMO INT. We are happy to inform you that you have emerged a winner under the First Category, which is part of our promotional draws. The draws are being officially announced today 16th of OCTOBER, 2006.
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 3,500,000 email addresses of individuals and companies from Africa, America, Asia, Australia,Europe, Middle East, and Oceania as part of our International Promotions Program.
Your email address attached to Ticket No:4586394333
with Serial No 2114654777 drew the lucky numbers of
04-01-55-40-89 which subsequently won the lottery in
the 1st category.
You are therefore been approved for a lump sum payout
of 1.000,000.00 EUROS (ONE MILLION EUROS ONLY) in
credit to a file reference number KHLM8774352087 This
is from total prize money of 7.000,000.00(SEVEN
MILLION EUROS ) shared among the international winners
in our 1st -5th categories.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Your fund is now deposited with the paying Bank.
In your best interest to aviod mix up of numbers and names of any kind, we request that you keep the entire details of your award strictly from public notice until the process of transferring your claims has been completed, and your funds remitted to your account.
NOTE: All winnings must be notarized and a certificate of award must be obtained from the Netherlands Gaming Control Board to complete the claims process, this certificate can only be obtained through legal representation so winners will be referred to our Regional Director to assist in this process. Winners are to cover the legal charges for the notarization of the claim forms and the acquisition of the certificate of award .
This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants/nonparticipants of this program.Please contact your claims agent immediately for due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice.
You are advised to contact the agents by email.Failure to do so may warrant disqualification.
NOTE: For easy reference and identification, find below your Reference and Batch numbers. Remember to quote these numbers in your correspondence with your claims agent.
BACTH NO: LHTE/EU/1599/66788
REF. No: LHTE/EU/1570/60654/002
To file for your claim,please contact the fiduciary agent.
***********************************************
MR, CHRIS DEKENS
Tel:+31-612-413-865.
Fax:+31-847-197-552.
E-mail:agentdekens@aim.com
***********************************************
Note that all winning must be claimed not later than 1th of NOVEMBER, 2006.After this date all unclaimed, funds will be included in the next stake.
Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program.
Yours Sincerely,
MRS.LUCY EDWARD.
THE PROMOTION COORDINATOR.

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