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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:

• 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!

Fraud email example:

From: award@awardnewyearbonanza.orangehome.co.uk
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 13:52:11 +0100 (CET)
Subject: END OF YEAR BONANZA!!!!





Ticket Number:NM/BC921854/KY14
POSTCODE LOTTO NL.
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE
AWARD DEPARTMENT.
Koningen Julianaplein 21, 2391 BD
Den Haag,The Netherlands
RESULTS FOR CATEGORY "B" DRAWS


Dear Winner,


Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, the
results of the Second Category draws of THE POSTCODE LOTTO
NL.PROMO INTL., programs held on the 23rd December,2006.
We are happy to inform you that you have emerged as a
winner under the 2nd Category, which is part of our
promotional draws. The results of the draws have been
officially announced .Participants were selected through a
computer ballot system drawn from 2,500,000 email
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:NM/BC921854/KY14,with Prize Number:NM/207161/WOP
and lucky number W-91237-H67/B4, consequently won in the
2nd Category. You have therefore been awarded a lump sum
pay out of 1,000,000 (One Million Euros), which is the
winning payout for Category B winners.


This is from a total cash prize of 10,000,000.00 (Ten
Million Euros) shared among the first Ten (10) lucky
winners in this category.


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 until the
process of transferring your claims has been completed,
and your funds remitted to your account.This is part of
our security protocol to avoid double claims and
unscrupulous acts by Participants/nonparticipants of this
program. Please contact our paying bank immediately for
due processing and remittance of your prize money to a
designated account of your choice:


NOTE: For easy reference and identification, find below
your Ticket and Prize numbers. Remember to quote these
numbers in your correspondence with your paying bank.Also
give them the following informations:


Name
Age
Address
Telephone Number
Ticket Number:NM/BC921854/KY14
Prize Number:NM/207161/WOP.
Notification Date


CONGRATULATIONS!!!


To begin your claims, kindly contact the paying bank
address with your information:
******************************************
Contact Person: Mr.Edward Sager
Email: wagraphabnk@aol.com
Tel: 00 31 644 965 097.


******************************************
NOTE: All claims are nullified after 10 working days from
today if unclaimed.
Congratulations once again from all our staffs, and
thanking you for being part of our promotions program.


Yours Sincerely,
Joan Van Henk (Lottery Coordinator).

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