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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • +31644893616 (Netherlands, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "NL AWARD." <onlinenlpromo3@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 15:18:37 +0000
Subject: EUROPEAN GAMING BOARD LUCKY No: 9-43-97

RESULTS STAATSLOTERIJ.NL AWARD.
No 21 MANNI-STRAAT 1309HA AMSTERDAM/NETHERLANDS
FROM THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR:
BATCH No: 573881545-NL/2007
TICKET No:PP 3502 /8707-01
SERIAL No: 05908 LUCKY No: 9-43-97
WINNING EMAIL NOTIFICATION [FOR CATEGORY "A" WINNER ONLY].

ATTN: LOTTERY WINNER.
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the last final annual draw of
our
LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL Programs. The online cyber lotto draws was
conducted from an exclusive list of 25,000,000 e-mail addresses of
individuals
and corporate institutions,picked by an advanced automated random computer
search from the internet. No tickets were sold.After this automated
computer
ballot, your e-mail address emerged as a winner in the category "A" with
the
following numbers attached Ref Number: QC 9590 ES 9414,Batch Number:
573881545-NL/2007 and Ticket Number: PP 3502 /8707-01.You are therefore
to receive a cash prize of $1,500,000.00 (One Million, Five Hundred
Thousand
Dollars)from the total payout.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Your prize award has been insured with your e-mail address and will be
transferred
to you upon meeting our requirements, statutory obligations,verifications,
validations
and satisfactory report. Tofile in for the processing of your prize
winnings, youare
advised to contact our Certified and Accreditedclaims agent for category
"A"
winners with the information below: Name: woolley Andrew
CONTACT DETAILS
**********************************************
BANK NAME :laagstehypotheekofferte Bank.nl
Laagste Bank, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
CONTACT PERSON: Mr Andrew Woolley

E:mail: laagstebanknl@fstmail.com
Tel: +31-644-893-616
Fax: +31-84-724-9563
**********************************************
You are advice to provide him with the following information:
1.Given Name (As Stated in your ID)
2.Telephone/Fax number:
3.Nationality:
4.Age::
5.Winning reference and Batch numbers:
NOTE: All winnings must be claimed not later than 14 days, thereafter
unclaimed funds
would be included in the next stake. Remember to quote your reference
information in
all correspondence. Members of the affiliate agencies are automatically not
allowed to
participate in this program. Furthermore, we call on you to make sure that
you save a
copy of this mail and note every letter clearly as stated for we will not
be held responsible
should there be any complications in this transaction due to laxity on your
part.
Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being
part of our
promotional program. Should there be any change of address do inform our
agent as soon
as possible.Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank
you for being
part of our promotional program.
Yours truly,
Walter Jones
Promotion Manager.
THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Anti-fraud resources:

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