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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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)
  • "fiduciary 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.
  • +31619705196 (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.
  • award_department033@yahoo.gr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Edsilia Simons" <onlinel2@planet.nl>
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 18:39:01 -0200
Subject: DAYZERS LOTTERY WINNING!

DAYZERS LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS.
PALEISSTRAAT 5,
2514 JA DEN HAAG ,
NETHERLANDS .
www.dayzers.nl


FROM: THE DESK OF THE MANAGEMENT
DAYZERS LOTTERY NETHERLANDS.
PRICE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
REF N?: NL/BC7765468/WW14
BATCH N?: NM/896161/WOP


WINNING NOTIFICATION

We the Board and Management of Dayzers Lottery International wishes to
inform you the results of the E-mail address ballot lottery
international program held on 17th day of April, 2007.

This results is today released to you and Your e-mail address attached to
ticket number:46939 with Serial number 472-9768 drew the lucky
numbers:W-91237-H 67/B4and bonus ball number:02 which subsequently won you
the lottery in the 2nd category .
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of 1,500.000 00 (ONE
MILLION FIVE HUNDRED EUROS) in cash credited to file
DEU/9023118308/03.

To File for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:

MR. PETER KEES
PALEISSTRAAT 5,
2514 JA DEN HAAG,
THE NETHERLANDS

TEL: +31-619-705-196,
FAX: +31-847-521-825
EMAIL: award_department033@yahoo.gr

your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence. Should there
be any change of addresses do inform our agent as soon as
possible.



Once again congratulations.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Edsilia Simons
For DAYZERS LOTTERY, NETHERLAND.

NB: All response should be mail to De Award Department:
award_department033@yahoo.gr

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam