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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.
  • +31619703839 (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.
  • staatsclaimdept@aol.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • mmelakos@gawab.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "van henk" <mvanhenk-slj075@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 07 May 2007 14:57:33 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS FROM THE MEMBERS AND STAFF OF STAATS LOTERIJ FOR YOUR WINNING!!!

CONGRATULATIONS FROM THE MEMBERS AND STAFF OF STAATS LOTERIJ FOR YOUR
WINNING!!!



FROM: THE PROMOTION DIRECTOR,INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS DEPT.
STAATSLOTERIJ LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
B.V. Boeing Avenue 44 9459 PE Schiphol-Rijk



Attn: Dear Recipient,

In view of the yearly sweepstake of the above Organization,we therefore
bring to you notice that Staatsloterij International B.V has just concluded
its final draws of it's periodical promotional program. An exclusive list of
email addresses of individual and corporate bodies were picked by automated
random computer search from the internet, serial number 5772-54 drew the
lucky numbers 3-4-17-28-35-44 and consequently won in the First Category.

It is my pleasure to inform you that your e-mail address attached to serial
number 5772-54, lucky numbers 3-4-17-28-35-44 came up in the first dip,
Reference number for your prize.




Ref. No.- LSLUK/2031/8161/06
BATCH NUMBER: 14/011/IPD.
Ticket number 50941465206-529.



This invariably means that you have emerged as the prize recipient in the
first category of One Million Dollar ($1,000.000.00 ).Be informed that No
tickets were sold while all participants were selected from a randon
computing ballot system. Email sweepstake is sponsored by a group of
internet providers, corporate organizations and governmental parastatals in
America, Europe and Asia.

To file for your claim and other enquiries,contact the designated claim dept
office:
Dr. Micheal Melakos
Claim Department office,
Staatsloterij International B.V
Contact Email: staatsclaimdept@aol.com or mmelakos@gawab.com
Tel: + 31-619-703-839.


Please note all winning must be claimed within 3 weeks from the date of this
notice.
Congratulations once more



Yours Faithfully,
Mrs Magaret Van Henk (Co-ordinator)
Internatinal Promotions/Prize Award Dept.


BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL RESULT TO
DISQUALIFICATION.
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This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended
solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed.If
you have received this email in error please notify or send it back
to:staatsclaimdept@aol.com , any disclosure, coping, distribution or any
action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it is prohibited and may
be unlawful.

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