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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.
  • +31620876370 (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.
  • primerclaim@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: pamela bakerss <pamela@bakersspamela.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 16:17:13 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!! YOU HAVE WON


CONGRATULATIONS!!! YOU HAVE WON
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD
EURO MILLION INT LOTTERY PROMOTION
WATERLOOPLAIN PINTO 43,1090 HOLLAND .
Winner- REF: LP/26510460037/03
BATCH: 24/00319/IPE

It is our pleasure to inform you of the declaration and announcement of winners of the EUROPE MILLION INT LOTTERY AWARD held on 16Th of October 2006.Having picked your mail address by our electronic web site visitors collectors in-recognition of your patronage to the Internet services, in the final draw,your name was attached to ticket number 004-5117963-198, with serial number 99375,drew the lucky numbers 05-07-11-12-13-27, and consequently won the lottery in the 2ND category.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out Of euro850.000.00 (Eight Hundred and fifty Thousand Euro) in cash accredited file No:LP/26510460037/03.This is from a total cash prize of euro48,400,00000 shared among the 22 international winners in this category.All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 25,000 names from Africa, Australia, New Zea land, America,Europe,North America and Asia as part of International Promotions Program that is conducted annually to encourage the use of Internet and Internet based programs. We are delighted to express our heartfelt congratulations to you.
Your fund is now deposited at one of our sponsor's Security and Finance Trust house and insured in your name. But due to the mix up of some numbers and names during sorting of winners, we ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money paid to you in cash or Remitted to your designated bank account. This is part of our security measure to avoid double claiming or Unscrupulous acts by participants in this program.
We hope that with a fraction of you prize, you will be able to own your web site and assist the less privilege in your society and also participate in our next year high stakes promotions of euro100million International Lottery.To begin your claim, please contact the accredited company stated below
DETON PRIMER SECURITIES & FINANCE.
ZONE A OFFICE HOLLAND
Email:primerclaim@netscape.net
Tel:+31 620 876 370
Phill Jones
(Director of Operations )
For information on how you will commence the due Processing and remittance of your prize money to your designated account.Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than 7Th Nov 2006.After this duration,all funds will be returned to the Ministry of Economic Affairs as unclaimed.
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of your correspondences with us or to our coordinate sponsor's bank. Should there be any change of your address, do inform your claims processing agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to disqualification.
Yours sincerely
Pamela Baker
(THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER)

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