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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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:
  • "foreign service manager" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • +31617578653 (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.
  • claimsrelease@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • fundsclaims@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • makatatracy@winning.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: frieslandnnlbv leeuwandam <frieslandnnlbv@frieslandnnlbv.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 17:21:22 +0100 (CET)
Subject: frieslandnnlbv@frieslandnnlbv.orangehome.co.uk





CONTACT YOUR PAYING BANK.
FRIESLAND BANK NETHERLANDS
PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
LEEWENDAM 545
1104ZB AMSTERDAM NETHERLANDS.
EMAIL:claimsrelease@netscape.net
TEL::0031-623-269-431



RESULTS FOR CATEGORY "A" DRAWS

We are pleased to congratulate you, and announce to you,the results of the First Category draw of FRIESLAND BV NETHERLANDS INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION. We are happy to inform you that you have emerged a winner under the First Category, which is part of our promotional draws. The draws are being officially held on the 14th day of November 2006. Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 2,500,000 e-mails addresses of individuals and companies from Africa, America, Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East,and Oceania as part of our International Promotions Program.

Your e-mail address, attached to Ticket Number:19701212545777, with Serial number:1942/06, which consequently won in the First Category. You have been awarded a lump sum pay-out of €800,000,00 (Eight Hundered Thousand Euros), which is the winning payout for Category "A"winners.This is from a total cash prize of €8,000,000.00 (Eight Million Euros) shared amongst the first Ten (10) lucky winners in this category.

CONGRATULATIONS! Your fund is currently now deposited with the paying Banks.In your best interest to avoid mix up of numbers and names of any kind, we request that you keep the entire details of your award strictly from public notice till the process of transferring your claims has been completed, and your funds remitted to you.

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants/non-participants of this program. Please contact our paying bank (FRIESLAND BANK NETHERLANDS)immediately for due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice:

NOTE: For easy reference and identification,do remember to quote these numbers in your correspondence with your paying bank.

To claim your funds, please contact the paying bank.

CONTACT File/Claim Officer
Mr.Duck Havard.
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER
International Remittance/Credit unit Facility
Management Region (AMSTERDAM THE NETHERLANDS.
Tel: +31 617-578-653
Fax: +31 847-537-844
EMAIL:(fundsclaims@netscape.net]

N.B: All claims are nullified after 14 working days from today 30th of November,2006.

Congratulations once again from all members of Euro Global Lottery International.

Thank you for being part of our promotional program.

Yours in service,


Mrs Tracy Makata
(Lottery Coordinator).
Email::makatatracy@winning.com

Anti-fraud resources:

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