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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "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.
  • +31644943847 (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.
  • @gawab.com

Fraud email example:

From: "lottonlclaimdepartment&verification" <lottonlclaim@gawab.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 12:47:50 GMT
Subject: PRIZE TRANSFER PROCESSING FORM.



LOTTO.NL
Laan van Hoornwijck 55 2289 DG Rijswijk, The Netherlands
Inslagenlijn: 0909-0202 Uitslagenlijn: 0900-9525
TEl: 0031-644 -943-847
Fax: 0031-847-300-761.
www.lotto.nl
ATTENTION: Ernaldo F. Caballas: CAP/428/77/UML.

Congratulations!!!

This is to acknowledge the reciept of your email, we are obliged to inform
you that your email address has been awarded a lump sum pay-out of
Euro1,000,000.00 from the free (Independent Computer Email Ballot) lottery
Program by the lotto.nl.

We the entire staff of lotto.nl lottery company wish to congratulate you
for being one of the lucky winners in this season's lottery promotion. 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, for the payment of your winning
prize of the 'A' draw 2nd category winning prize of Euro1,000,000.00 (One
Million Euros Only).

Attached with this mail is the Prize-Transfer Processing Form which must be
completed and faxed back to this office for the processing and notarization
of your winning documents in court. You are to send a copy of your ID,
passport or driver's license for proof of identity for us to proceed with
the transfer of your winning prize to you, this is to forestall
impersonation from lucky winners.

You must understand that you were randomly selected for this draw through
your email address, so the notarization process is vital because with this
we can legally ascertain that the lucky winning email address as well as
the winning details do infact belong to you, without the processed and
notarized file, the N.G.C.B will not issue the (Certificate Of Award) which
makes you legally entitle to the Euro1,000,000.00 prize funds, because
without this you have no legal claim on the funds. Winners are responsible
for the administrative charge for notarization.
The Form allows you to indicate the mode of payment you will prefer. Note:
The claiming process must be completed before the claims expiration date as
stipulated in the award notification email.
In view of the above, you are to contact your claims agent Mr. Morgan Roch.
on Tel: 00 31 644 943 847, Fax: 0031 847 300 761, 0031 847 300 762, for
further clarification as regards to your claim.

Yours Sincerely,
Mrs.Adline HAACK.
Secretary (Prize Transfer Dept.)
lotto.nl

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