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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:
  • "claim 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.
  • +31652066584 (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.
  • harrisonmanl@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: AWARD INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM NL <harrisonmanl@aim.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 09:47:30 +0100
Subject: Winning Notification

AWARD INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM NL 2006

Laan Van Hoornwijk 55, 2289 DG Rijswijk.
Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
BATCH: AIP/1533786/P
REF: AIP/9605482582/BD9



You have won the sum of 2, 000.000.00euros

Our Dear Winner,

You have won the sum of 2, 000.000.00euros (Two Million Euros Only.) From Award
International Program NL Promotion held on December 20, 2006.

After a successful completion of the second category draws of Award Program NL,
International Promotion, You have emerged one of the winners of the, Award
International Program NL,
which is part of our promotional draws. Participants were selected through a
computer ballot system
drawn from 30,000 email addresses of individuals and companies from America,
Africa, Asia, Australia,
Canada, Europe, Middle East, and New Zealand, as part of our International
Promotions Program.

As a category B winner, you have been picked by a computer balloting system,
where only email
addresses are selected, from a total numbers of 30,000 email addresses, drawn
from all over the globe.
After an automated computer ballot of our International Promotions Program
consequently won in the
second Category.

*********************************************************************
Your Email Address was attached to:

Ticket number: APNL-9-U776-NL, with

Reference number: APNL-GT44-7NL

Batch number: APNL-M7P2-4NL

Security file number: APNL-9055/07NL
*********************************************************************


Mr. Mark Harrison.
AWARD INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM NL
TEL: +31-652-066-584
Email: harrisonmanl@aim.com


The above details are the details of your claim agent; do contact him for your
claim.

Please we advice you to keep the award, personal and confidential, till you
winning have be remitted to
you, to avoid double claim.

For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of

your choice,
remember, you must contact your claim agent not later than,JAN 10, 2006
after this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.


NOTE: To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote
your reference and batch numbers, any breach of confidentiality on the part of
the winners will
result to disqualification.

Once again, Congratulations.

Yours Sincerely,

Mr. Frank Willem.
Lottery Co-coordinator International.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam