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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:
  • "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.
  • +31629148125 (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.
  • legaldepartmen1@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • legaldepartmen1@aim.com

Fraud email example:

From: ericka vanbrooks <ericka@ericka.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 20:35:20 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: CONTACT MR. MARCO VAN PHILLIPS.


CONTACT MR. MARCO VAN PHILLIPS.
FROM: GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED LOTTERY
PROMOTERS. WINNING NOTICE FOR CATEGORY "A" WINNER
Dear Lucky Winner,
RE: BONUS LOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING
NOTIFICATION.
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual final draws of BINGO LOTTERY
INTERNATIONAL Lottery programs. The online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 25,000
e- mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search
from the internet, no tickets were sold. After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged
as one of two winners in the category "A" with the following:
INTERNATIONAL PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
REF Number: AKM/231-ILGI0431/06
BATCH No: AKM/15/096/TVFS
TICKET No: 20511465463-7644
SERIAL No: 472-9768-98
LUCKY No: 8-66-97-22-65-99
You as well as the other winner are therefore to receive a cash prize of 1, 000, 000. 00. Euros (One
million Euros only) each from the total payout. Your prize award has been insured with your e-mail address
and will be transferred to you upon meeting our requirements, statutory obligations, verifications,
validations and satisfactory report. To begin the claims processing of your prize winnings you are
advised to contact our licensed and accredited claims agent for category "A" winners with the information
below:
To file for your claim, please contact our /your processing agent
CONTACT MR. MARCO VAN PHILLIPS.
Legal department National Agency .
E-Mail: legaldepartmen1@netscape.net
E-Mail: legaldepartmen1@aim.com
The Netherlands.Tel:+31-62-9148125.Fax:+31-84-7537642.
****************************************************
NOTE:
All winnings must be claimed not later than 14 days. After this date all unclaimed funds would be included
in the next stake. Remember to quote your reference information in all correspondence. You are to keep all
lotto information away from the general public especially your reference and ticket numbers. (This is
important as a case of double claims will not be entertained). Anybody under the age of 18 and members
of the affiliate agencies are automatically not allowed to participate in this program.
Please note;
You are hereby advise to send us the following; 1. Your full name and address
2. Your personal phone and fax number, and 3. Your winning numbers.
Reply to this confidential email account; legaldepartmen1@netscape.net
Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.
Yours truly,
Ericka van Brooks
Lotto Coordinator

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