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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:
  • "claims director" (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.
  • +31626401101 (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.
  • reg_awardept07@mail.nu (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "info_dayzers9@terra.es" <info_dayzers9@terra.es>
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 14:14:59 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: NOTIFICATION!!



NOTIFICATION!!

DAYZERS BV.DRAWS HEADQUARTERS
Lott Winners of 1,500,000.00 Euros
Ref. Number: NL/BC7965468/WW16
Coupon Number: NM/896165/WOP
category: 1st quarter lott Draws 2007

We are pleased to inform you today,the announcement of winners of the
DAYZERS DRAWS POGRAMS held on the 20th of April 2007.Your Company or
your personal e-mail address is attached to winning number 20-01-2005-02MSW,
with serial number S/N-00168 which drew the lucky numbers 887-13-865-37-10-83,
and consequently won in the first quarter international lott category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of One Million Five
Hundred Thousand EUROS (1,500,000.00) in cash credited to file REF NO:
NL/BC7965468/WW16 and Coupon NO.NM/896165/WOP

To claim your winning prize,contact the processing department
by email or call for processing and remittance of your prize money to you.
Your assigned claims Director contact is:

Mr. Reggie Martins
DPU Claims officer
Dayzers Draws BV.
TEL: +31-626-401-101
FAX: +31-847-262-754
Email:reg_awardept07@mail.nu

All prize money should be claimed on or before the 18th May 2007.
Please remember to quote your reference and coupon numbers as well as your full
names and address in all correspondences with your claims director.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Tiffany Flynn
Dayzers BV Draws Headquarters.
The Netherlands.







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