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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!
• 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.
  • +447011133045 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • j_miller47@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "DAYZERS LOTTO. BV" <WEBDNXIEV401@prodigy.net>
Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2007 19:18:34 -0800
Subject: CONSOLATION PRIZE WINNER NOTICE!!!

DAYZERS LOTTO. BV DAYZERS-WHEEL E-GAME 2007
LONDON BRANCH OFFICE
Customer Service Department 28 TANFIELD ROAD,
CROYDON.LONDON
Dear Consolation Prize Winner,
CONSOLATION PRIZE WINNER NOTICE!!!

Europe / America private international e-games
organizers and co- sponsors, DAYZERS LOTERIJ,
officially bring to your notice of the final draw
result of FEBRUARY .DAYZERS LOTERIJ wheel E-game which
was conducted at our international corporate office
complex. DAYZERS INTER LOTTO BV London Branch office .
Most recently this foundation set up the NEW LOTTERY
SCHEME to give out prizes based on COMPUTER BALLOT
SYSTEM. By doing this the foundation seek to promote
the use of Internet for academic and business
pursuits. It major aim is to promote music, theater,
art, literature, projects in the social and political
arena with a focus on health, as well as science,
research, and higher education. We wish to
congratulate and inform you on the selection of your
email coupon number, which was, selected among the 45
lucky consolation prize winners. Your email ID
identified with coupon No. DZL2348974321 and was
selected by our E-games Random Selection System (ERSS)
with entries from the 50,000 different email addresses
enrolled for the WHEEL E-game. Your email ID was
included among the 50,000 different email addresses
submitted by our partners international email provider
companies. You have won a consolation cash prize of
500,000.00GBP (Five Hundred Thousand Great British
Pounds) only. The DAYZERS LOTERIJ Group have approved
a payout of yo ur consolation cash prize which will be
remunerated directly to you by the official Payment
Agency Board. Our DUE PROCESS UNIT (DPU) will render
to you complete assistance and provide additional
informationandprocesses for the claims of your
consolation prize. For due processing of your winning
claim, please contact the DPU Information Officer Mr.
John Miller who has been assigned to assist you.
Contact E-mail: j_miller47@yahoo.co.uk
TEL: : +44-701-113-3045
FAX: +44-756-098-6483
Once again congratulations from all our staffs on your
consolation prize winning, we hope you will partake in
our forth coming DAYZERS LOTERIJ Email-games.
Regards,
Helen Ince(Mrs). (Group Coordinator)
NB: In accordance with the DAYZERS LOTERIJ E-games
policy and regulations, this notification is
dispatched directly to only the 45 lucky consolation
prize Winners. This notification also contains
information that is proprietary, privileged or
confidential or otherwise legally exempt from
disclosure. If you are not the right recipient whose
email address attached to the lucky numbers along with
the winning information's you are not authorized to
read, print, retain, copy or disseminate this notice
or any part of it.Please do find below the NON
RESIDENT AWARD CLAIMS FORM which you required to fill
and return as this will facilitate claims.
DAYZERS LOTERIJ ,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAM
======================================
NON-RESIDENT AWARD CLAIM FORM GG
=======================================
FULL
NAME:................................................
FORWARDING
ADDRESSE:....................................
CITY/STATE:.......................
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN:.....................
MARITAL STATUS:.....................
NATIONALITY.......................
SEX.............
INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT NR:..................
DATE OF BIRTH:.............
TEL/FAX NR: .................
OCCUPATION:..................
CURRENT EMAIL:............................
===================================
WINNING INFORMATION
====================================
COUPON NR:.............
LOTTERY DATE:...............................
CLAIMANT SIGNATURE:.........................
Please you are to choose your payment option at which
you want your fund Paid to you; listed below is our
payment modalities and option of payment.
(1) TRAVELLING TO THE U.K FOR CASH COLLECTION (Send
flight itinerary to
confirm your arrival/appointment
Date}:......................
(2) BY COURIER
SERVICE..................................
For further confirmation Please call DPU office at
TEL: +44-701-113-3045

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