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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:
  • "claims 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.
  • +31616217896 (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.
  • fiduciarycen231@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Serena Vlutglaan" <richlip101@delphiforums.com>
Reply-To: fiduciarycen231@aim.com
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 11:08:49 +0000
Subject: Staats Lottery Winning Notification!!!


THE PROMOTION DIRECTOR
RESULTS FOR THE FIRST CATEGORY DRAW
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS DEPT STAATSLOTERIJ NL.
REF: PEK/12748/TSP
BATCH: TATS/2333/ST

ATTN;WINNER,

We are pleased to inform you of the release, of the long awaited
results of the STAATSLOTERIJ/INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAMES NL held on
2nd of January 2007. Reference Number: PEK/12748/TSP, and Batch number
: TATS/2333/ST.

Your email address attached to the ticket number:TK/4693659BV that draw
the lucky winning number, which consequently won the loterij in the
second category in four parts. You have been approved for a payment of
1,000,000.00 Euro (ONE MILLION EURO) in cash credited to file reference
number:HPL/4247159609/WP1. This is from a total cash prize of TEN
MILLION EUROS Shared among the ten international winners that won the first
categories.

Congratulations!!!

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn
from 40,000 company email addresses and 20,000,000 individual email
addresses from across the Globe as part of International Promotional
Program, which is conducted annually. .Due to mixed up of some names and
addresses, we ask that you keep this award personal, till your claims has
been processed and your funds remitted to you.

This is part of our security measures to avoid double claiming or
unwarranted taking advantage of the situation by other participants or
impersonators.To begin your claim, do file for the release of your winning
by contacting our accredited agent:

Mr.Otto Bruderer.
Remittance Director/Claims Coordinator
Tel: +31 616-217-896
Fax: +31 847-300-758
Email:fiduciarycen231@aim.com

Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications
please remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all
correspondence.They are your agent, and responsible for the processing and
transfer of your winnings fund to you.

YOUR SECURITY FILE NUMBER IS 78/23432/KB (keep personal) Remember, your
winning must be claimed not later than (23-1-2007) After this date,
funds might be returned to the unclaimed. Furthermore, should there be any
change in your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as
possible.

Yours truly,
Mrs. Serena Vlutglaan
STAATSLOTERIJ. NL
THE PROMOTION DIRECTOR.
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM (NL).

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