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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.
  • +32487786026 (Belgium, 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.
  • diamantbankvanbelgie@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: susan derick <susan@susanderick.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 14:17:08 +0100 (CET)
Subject: YOU HAVE WON !!


MICROSOFT / LOTTO BE
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAM
Date: 1st November, 2006
Ref Nr: BMC/231-ILGI0431/06
Batch Nr: EOS/15/096/TVFS
Serial Nr 472-9768-79
Lucky Nr:8-66-97-22-65-55
Ticket Nr: 20511465463-7655
Dear Email Bearer,
CONSOLATION PRIZE WINNING NOTICE!!!
Europe/America private international e-games organizers and Co-sponsors,
MICROSOFT / LOTTO BE, officially bring to your notice of the final draw
result of October-2006 MICROSOFT / LOTTO BE wheel E-game which was conducted
at our international corporate office complex in Belgium.
Most recently this foundation set up the NEW LOTTERY SCHEME to give out
prizes based on COMPUTER BALLOT SYSTEM. By doing this the foundation seek to
encourage the use of Internet for academic and business pursuits. It major
aim is to promote music, theatre, art and literature projects in the social
and political arena with a focus on health, as well as science, research,
and higher education. We wish to congratulate and inform you on the
selection of your email ticket number which was selected among the 10 lucky
consolation prize winners.
Your email ID identified with ticket No. 8-66-97-22-65-55 and was selected
by our E-games Random Selection System (ERSS) with entries from the 50,000
different email addresses enrolled for the E-game. Your email ID was
included among the 50,000 different email addresses submitted by our partner
international email provider companies.
You have won a consolation cash prize of $1,000 000.00 (One million Dollars
Only). The MICROSOFT / LOTTO BE Group have approved a payout of your
consolation cash prize which will be remunerated directly to you by the
Official Payment Agency Board.
Our DUE PROCESS UNIT (DPU) will render to you complete assistance and
provide additional information and processes for the claims of your
consolation prize.
For due processing of your winning claim, please contact the International
Remittance Department Information Officer Mr. Vaisa Hendrix who has been
assigned to assist you.
Contact Person:
NAME: Mr. Vaisa Hendrix
E-mail:. diamantbankvanbelgie@yahoo.com
Tel: +32-487-786-026
Fax: +32-270-647-71
You are advised to provide him with the following information:
Names:
Phone/Fax number:
Nationality:
Ref Number:
Batch Number:
Ticket Number:
All claims are nullified after 14 working days from today
Once again congratulations from all our staffs on your consolation prize
winning, we hope you will partake in our forth coming MICROSOFT / LOTTO BL
Email-games.
Regards,
Susan Derick (Mrs.)
(Group Coordinator)
NB: In accordance with the MICROSOFT / LOTTO BE E-games policy and
regulations, this notification is dispatched directly to only the lucky
consolation prize Winners. This notification also contains information that
is proprietary, privileged or confidential or otherwise legally exempt from
disclosure. If you are not the right recipient whose email address attached
to the lucky numbers along with the winning information’s you are not
authorized to read, print, retain, copy or disseminate this notice or any
part of it.

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