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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.
• 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.
  • +31616293431 (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.
  • custservices@lycos.nl (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "East-West AustraliaLottery" <australialottery02@yahoo.com.au>
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 10:58:55 -0800
Subject: East-West AustraliaLottery

NSW Lotteries Corporation,
Special Edition.
2 Figtree Drive,
Homebush Bay NSW 2127

Dear Winner,

Congratulations: claim $1,000,000.00 prize money. This is to announce the
result of the last
sweepstake of NSW Australian Lottery held on the 17th,April 2007.Your
e-mail address
attached to prize winning number: 0116 1307 0199 6088 16 15 and a special
supplementary
number: 92 70 drew a prize money of $1,000, 000.00 (One Million USDollars).
This lucky numbers attached to your e-mail address came first in the 2nd
Category of the
Sweepstake draws. You will receive the sum of $1,000,000.00(One Million
USDollars) from our
authorized bank in Netherlands.

Because of some mix-up with our sweepstake numbers and prizes, plus the
time limited placed
on the payment of your prize: $1,000, 000.00, we advice that you keep all
information about
this prize confidential until your funds: $1,000,000.00 have been
transferred
to you by the authorized bank in The Netherlands. You must adhere to this
instruction,
strictly, to avoid any delay with the release of your unds to your person.
This program has been abused severally in past, so we are doing our best to
forestall further
occurrence of past mix-ups.

This sweepstake was conducted under the watchful eyes of 8,500 spectators.
Your e-mail
address attached to prize winning number: 0116 1307 0199 6088 16 15 was
selected and; it
came firstthrough a "SPECIAL" e-ballot draw from over 150,000 e-mail
addresses (Personal and
corporate e-mail addresses).

This program is sponsored byMicrosoft and GCI networks to compensate
faithful internet
suffers around the globe.
Congratulations for becoming one of the few lucky winners in NSW Lotteries
special edition. With
your permission, your e-mail will also be included in the next sweepstake
of $4Million.
You must claim your prize: $1,000,000.00 not later than 7-days from the
moment you receive this
e-mail. In order to avoid unnecessary delays with your claim from our
authorized bank; please
contact them immediately, and quote your winning and personal information
now.

The bank contact details are as follow(s):
Bank’s Name:Bank Name: PostBank B.V.
Contact person: John Van Kempering.
President: Private Banking.
Tel:+31 616 293 431
Fax:+31 84 759 9547
E-mail address: custservices@lycos.nl
Furnish them with the following:
(i). Your name(s),
(ii) Your telephone and fax numbers
(iii) Your contact address
(iv) Your winning information (including amount won).
Congratulations.
Yours in service,
Mr. Glady Haris.
NSW Australian Lotteries.

Anti-fraud resources:

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