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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")
  • "claim 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.
  • +31616231379 (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.
  • staatslotagency@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: MORE BOSMAN <more@bosmanmore.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 15:50:51 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: STAATSLOTERIJ NL 2006 YOU HAVE WON!!!


STAATSLOTERIJ NL 2006 YOU HAVE WON!!!
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM
Paleisstraat 5, 2514 JA Den Haag
The Netherlands.
http://www.staatsloterij.nl
Dear Winner,
Following official publication of results of the E-mail electronic online Sweepstakes organized by the staatsloterij corporation, the Slidecircuir award and the Heineken prizes in conjunction with the foundation for the promotion of software products, (F.P.S.), held on the 7th of October 2006 in Den Haag The Netherlands, wherein your electrononic email address emerged as one of the online winning emails in the (B) category and therefore attracted a cash award of One Million Euros (1,000,000.00 Euros)
We write to officially notify you of this award and to advise you to contact the processing office immediately upon receipt of this message for more information concerning the verification, processing and eventual payment of the above prize to you. It is important to note that your award information was released today the 17th of October 2006 with the following particulars attached to it.
(I) Batch numbers: TL 22/15409
(ii) Ticket number: TL754/22/76
(iii) The file Ref number: TL/0534/30/06
Please contact the claim agent to facilitate the release of your prize, You are required to mention the above particulars of your award in every correspondence addressed to the processing agents.
To file for your claim, please contact our FIDUCIARY AGENT:
Mr. Daniel Peterson of STAATS LOTERIJ AGENCY.
TEL:+31-616-231-379, FAX:+31-847-139-212
EMAIL: staatslotagency@aim.com
Once again on behalf of all our staff, CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Sincerely,
HENK SNIDER
Promotions Manager
Netherlands the Lottery company
European promotions.
The staatsloterij Awards is sponsored by a consortium of software promotion companies. The Intel Group, Toshiba, Dell Computers, and other international companies. The staatsloterij internet draw is held periodically and is so organized to encourage the use of the internet and promote computer literacy worldwide. We are proud to say that over 200 Million Dollar are won annually in more than 150 countries worldwide.
We also encourage you to visit our website www.staatsloterij.nl and take your chance and become part of our daily winners. Millions are won on a daily basis on one of the world's most famous staatsloterij service. Who says it is impossible??? Millions have seen this fortune come true with staatsloterij.staatsloterij 's Automatic WIN Ticket service is a great way to make sure that you NEVER MISS YOUR CHANCE TO WIN OVER $11,000,000.00 every day! Simply wait for your turn to be picked by our computer ballot system (or the quick pick option) in each of the six daily staatsloterij games and we'll automatically play your numbers for you every day.
CONGRATULATIONS;
Sweepstakes International Program.staatsloterij.
Mr. MORE BOSMAN
Online coordinator.

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