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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • +448712640246 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +447747852643
• 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.
  • goffin001aim@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "NL GAMING BOARD" <lot-unit001ic@fsmail.net>
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 04:37:37 +0200
Subject:

LOTTERIJ INTERNATIONAL AWARD
PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
WESTHAVENWEG 65A
1042AL DEN HAAG.
WWW.LOTTO.NL

RESULTS FOR CATEGORY "A" DRAWS

Dear Sir/Madam,

Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, the
results of the Second Category Draws of Lotterij Int held
on the 22nd of March 2007. We are happy to inform you
that you have emerged as a winner under the First
Category, which is part of our promotional draws. The
results of the draws have been officially announced.

Participants were selected through a computer ballot
system drawn from 2,500,000 emails addresses of
individuals and companies from Africa, America, Asia,
Australia, Europe, Middle East, and Oceania aspart of our
International Promotions Program.

Your e-mail address, attached to ticket number 758 46939,
with serial number 472-97168 and lucky number
W-91237-H67/B4 consequently won in the First Category. You
have therefore been awarded alump sum pay out of
$1,110,000 (One Million One Hundred and Ten Thousand
United States Dollars),which is the winning payout for
Category A winners.

This is from a total cash prize of $10,000,000.00 (Ten
Million United States Dollars) shared amongst the first
Ten (10) lucky winners in this category.

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 beencompleted, and
your funds remitted to your account. This is part of our
security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous
acts by Participants/no participants of this program.
Please contact your claim
agent immediately for due processing and remittance of
your prize money to a designated Bank account of yours

NOTE: For easy reference and identification, find below
your Reference and Batch numbers. Remember
to quote in your correspondence with the following
information's
Name
Address
Country
Telephone Number
REF Number: NM/BC921245/KY14
BATCH No: NM/207161/WOP.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Your Fund is now deposited with the paying Bank. To begin
your claims, kindly contact our claim officer and legal
adviser in the United Kingdom with the details below,

Tel: +44 774 785 2643
Fax: +44 871 264 0246
E-mail : goffin001aim@aim.com
Contact Person: Mr. Patrick Iston

Calling hours: Monday-Friday, 9:00am-5:00pm

***********************************************
NOTE: All winning must be claimed not later than 20
working days from this notification
Congratulations once again from management and staffs of
Lotterij International Promotion
Program, and thank you for being part of our promotions
program.
Yours Faithfully,
Mrs. R. Jacobs
(The Promotion Manager)

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