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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:
  • "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 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.
  • vanblumme_12@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs Erica Gerald" <vanblumme_12@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 22:02:24 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE WON !!!


FROM THE DESK OF THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR
DE NEDERLANDSE STAATSLOTERIJ
THE NETHERLANDS.
vanblumme_12@hotmail.com
www.staatsloterij.nl
INTERNATIONAL E-MAIL LOTTO PROMOTIONS/PRIZE
AWARD.
We are pleased to announce you as one of the lucky winners in the StaatsLoterij New Year Email Lottery draw held on the 27th of March 2007.
All winning Email addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 50,000,000 international emails from Internet Service Provider Companies.
Your email address emerged as a category 2 winner in this year's Lotto Draw. Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Euros only (2,500,000 Euros).
In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence with your claims officer.
1. BATCH:11021894-SL-06
2.The file Ref
number: SL231/637/4575
Please contact the underlisted claims officer as soon as possible for the immediate release of your winnings:
MR VAN BLUMME
CLAIMS OFFICER
DE NEDERLANDSE STAATSLOTERIJ
vanblumme_12@hotmail.com
for processing and remittance of your cash to a designated account of your choice.
You are required to contact Mr VAN BLUMME about the claimant procedures, send your fax and telephone to Mr VAN BLUMME, this will enable his office to send the claims application form to you the Beneficiary.
Please note,in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence. Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform the Claims Officer as soon as possible as he is responsible for the processing of your approved file for payment. Congratulations Once again on behalf of all our staff.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Sincerely,
Mrs Erica Gerald
(Lottery Coordinator)
Please make sure you keep your winning confidential till you have received your payment.This is to avoid double claims.Do not contact this office as your correspondence should be addressed to your claims officer above Mr Blumme.
NB: In accordance with the DE NEDERLANDSE STAATSLOTERIJ policy and regulations, this notification is dispatched directly to only the 35 lucky consultation 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.

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