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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:
  • "claim 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.
  • +31620881205 (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.
  • winneremail2006@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: frank garik <f.garik54@hotmail.fr>
Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 13:25:27 +0000
Subject: CONTACT MR. W. VERMULEN.


YOUR EMAIL ID HAVE WON CONGRATULATIONS.WE ARE PLEASED TO INFORM YOU OF THE RESULT OF THE KRASLOTEN LOTTO EMAIL WINNERS PROGRAM HELD ON 10TH OFMAY 2007. YOUR EMAIL I.D.ADDRESS HAS BEEN SELECTED ASONE OF OUR LUCKY WINNER EMAIL OWNER I.D.ADDRESS FOR ALUMP SUM PAYOUT OF EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND EUROS(€800,000.00). BATCH NO; 13031894-NL-07REFERENCE NO ; NL7534 -437 - 3433TICKET NO; 966333-3443.TO FILE AND CLAIM YOUR WINNING . CONTACT YOUR CLAIM AGENT OFFICE ; winneremail2006@netscape.net PLEASE YOU HAVE TO SEND YOUR REPLY EMAIL ALONG WITHYOUR FULL NAMES, YOUR WINNING INFORMATION AND YOURCONTACT TELEPHONE NUMBERS.NOTE. CONTACT THE PROCESSING OFFICER. PLEASE DON'TFORGET TO SEND YOUR CONTACT TELEPHONE NUMBERS WITHYOUR COUNTRY TELEPHONE CODE NUMBERS.KRASLOTEN LOTTO VERIFICATION DEPT – PROCESSING AGENCY. VERMULEN.WILLIAMS.EMAIL; winneremail2006@netscape.netTELEPHONE:0031-62088-1205.CONGRATULATION FOR YOUR WINNINGMRS.DEBORAL.. VAN KENLOTTERY COORDINATOR KRASLOTEN LOTTO.
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