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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")
• 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.
  • +31620874831 (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.
  • financetrust@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Alfred Riemen" <na_lotterypromo14@rediffmail.com>
Date: 30 Oct 2006 14:59:57 -0000
Subject: YOU HAVE WON!!


YOU HAVE WON!!FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONAL LOTTERY COORDINATOR,INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/ PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.KROPAAR STRAAT 34, 1032LA,AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ref. Number:&nbsp; NM/BC64367/KY23Batch Number: NM/34w45/WOPDear winner,We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Lottery Winners International programs held on the 24th october 2006,Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 1942896-9032 which drew lucky numbers 11-0-17-31-60- 75-9&nbsp; which consequently won in the 1st category,Therefore,you have been approved for a lump sum pay out of 1,500,000.00 Euros (One Million Five Hundred Thousand Euros)&nbsp;&nbsp;
This is from a total cash prize of 3 Million Euros,shared amongst the First Three lucky winners in this category.All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer draw system and extracted from over 25,000 company email addresses and 30,000,000 Individual email addresses from Australia, New Zealand, America,Europe,North America and Asia as part of International Promotions Program.Europe Klassenlotterie wish to be grateful to sponsorswho made this year\'s program a reality (Sponsors//www.25peaces.at) Revenue for this programme is derived from the&nbsp; financing from major multinational firms cut across the European community. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our Netherlands booklet representative office.In view of this,your One Million Five Hundred Thousand Euros) ould be released to you by our payment office in Europe. Our Netherlands agent will immediately commence theprocess to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.For secur
ity reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.&nbsp; This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted&nbsp; abuse ofthis program by some unscrupulous elements.Please be warned To filefor your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:&nbsp; 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000Mr. Alfred RiemenClaims processing managerEUROPW LOTTO PLUSEmail:financetrust@aim.com Tel: +31-620-874-831Fax: +31-84-759-1591 20280000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000&nbsp; Immediately to process your winning&nbsp;&nbsp; which willnot take more than 10 working days from today. Congratulations once more,Rebecca Folly Info. Dir.11&nbsp; NB:Kindly indicate your Ticket No in yourreply.&nbsp;&nbsp; Yours Sincerely,Mr. Alfred RiemenLottery CoordinatorEuropw Lottery Program.

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