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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.
  • +31644893481 (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.
  • mmelakos@gawab.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: henk@hvan7.orangehome.co.uk
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 16:17:38 +0100 (CET)
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS FROM MEMBERS AND STAFF OF STAATS LOTERIJ FOR YOUR
WINNING.


CONGRATULATIONS FROM MEMBERS AND STAFF OF STAATS LOTERIJ FOR YOUR WINNING.
THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
STAATSLOTERIJ LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
B.V. Boeing Avenue 44 9459 PE Schiphol-Rijk.

RESULTS FOR CATEGORY "A" DRAWS

Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, the results of the First Category draws of STAATSLOTERIJ LOTTERY INT.

We are happy to inform you that you have emerged a winner under the First Category, which is part of our Christmas promotional draws held on 20th December, 2006. 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 50941465206-529, with serial number 5772-54 drew the lucky numbers 3-4-17-28-35-44 and consequently won in the First Category.

You have therefore been awarded a lump sum pay out of US$1,000,000.00 (One million United State dollars), which is the winning payout for Category A winners. This is from the total prize money from 2,000,000 shared among the 2 winners in this category CONGRATULATIONS! Your fund is now deposited with the paying Bank.

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 claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants/non-participants of this program.
Please contact the claims department immediately for due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice:
To file for your claim, please contact the under-mentioned at the claims department.
*******************************************************************************************
Mr. Michael. Melakos.
Claim Department office,
Staatsloterij International B.V
Tel.:+31-644 893 481
Email: mmelakos@gawab.com
staatsclaimdept@aol.com
*******************************************************************************************
NOTE: For easy reference and identification, find below your reference and Batch numbers. Remember to quote these numbers in every one of your correspondence with the claims dept.

REFERENCE NUMBER: LSLUK/2031/8161/04
BATCH NUMBER: 14/011/IPD

CONGRATULATIONS FROM THE MEMBERS AND STAFF OF STAATS LOTERIJ.


Sincerely,
Mrs.Magaret Van Henk
Promotions Coordinator
Coordinator for STAATS LOTERIJ Sweepstakes International Lottery Promotion Program





BELOW ARE THE SPONSORS OF THIS PROGRAM


Executives:
Dr. P. Swier (CEO), Mr. Gerald Goodman (Manager Forei gn Operations), Mr. Franklyn Van Der Weijden (Manager Domestic Banking Operations), Dr. James Williams (Director International Credit Department), Mrs. Lonni K Anderson (Legal Representative), Mrs. Lyudmyla Marchukova(Regional Manager), Mr. Stephe

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