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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.
  • +31614385272 (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.
  • lotterijagent@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: eindhoven2007@eanitadayzers.orangehome.co.uk
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 14:32:10 +0100 (CET)
Subject: PLEASE CONTACT AGENT WOUTERS W. RICHARD


PLEASE CONTACT AGENT WOUTERS W. RICHARD
DAYZERS NEDERLAND: LUCKY WINNER
NEW YEAR BONANZA!!!!! INTERNATIONAL PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
THE HAGUE, THE NETHERLANDS.
Official Website: www.dayzers.nl
Attn. Beneficiary,
Dayzers Lotterij Nederland is proud to notify you of an e-mail Lottery
Ballot - Global Gaming Board Sweepstakes Program held on the 24th day
of January, 2007. Your e-mail address attached to our Lottery payment
order with the following particulars;
a. Ticket Nr. DZNL - 875-329-1615/2006
b. Lucky Nr. 034, 057, 067, 042, 036, 023, 083
c. Reference Nr. DZNL/DZLOT/75300PTT
d. Batch Nr. SCAX 9123 6634PS6
Which consequently won you the lottery in the first category. You have
therefore been approved to claim a total sum of "One Million Euro" only
(1,000.000.00) in cash credited to your file reference number as quoted
above. This amount is from a total cash prize of "Sixty Million Euro"
only (60,000.000.00) to be disbursed to the sixty (60) lucky winners in
this category.
All participants to this draw were randomly selected
from the internet through a computer draw system extracted from over
150 countries listed online by Microsoft Corporation to encourage
companies and individuals with websites and e-mail addresses promote
this lottery exercise which takes place every decade.
A payment authorization of your prize "One Million Euro" only (1,000.000.00)
already paid and insured on your name with our paying Bank shall be
issued to facilitate immediate and swift transfer of the sum on the
term and mode you prefer and nominate upon satisfactory report on your
identity verification and validation recommended by our claim agent.
It is our privilege to inform you that over "Three hundred million
euro" ( 300,000.000.00) is won annually in more than 150 countries
globally through our highly Efficient Promotion Programs.
To avoid a mix-up of identity and double claim, you are advised to keep your
winning information secret and confidential until your claim has been
processed and your money paid into your designated/nominated account.
All winners must make their claim not later than the 30th day of
Febuary, 2007. At the expiration of this date, all unclaimed funds shall
be returned for future draws.
To file for your claim, please contact
our claim agent:
Contact person: Mr. Wouters W. Richard
(International Processing Department).
Telephone: +31-614-385-272
Email: lotterijagent@aim.com
For your identity verification. Do not forget to quote your (i)
Full name and Nationality (ii) Reference Number and (iii) Batch Number.
Once more, accept our congratulations.
Yours faithfully,
Mevrouw,
Anita Van Eindhoven
(Lottery Co-ordination)
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This e-mail may contain confidential or privileged information that is solely
for the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient you are not
permitted to disclose, circulate or use the information for any purpose.
If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager.
*Microsoft Copy right 2007*
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