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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.
  • +31620896689 (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.
  • laagtepotbanknl@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "WINNING NOTIFICATION" <dayzernnnl@aim.com>
Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 04:10:18 +1100
Subject: CALL TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE MONEY

DAYZERS NL.
Paleisstraat 5, 2514 JA Den Haag.
Website: www.dayzers.nl


Sir/Madam,

CONGRATULATIONS: YOU WON 1,500,000.00 USD.

We are pleased to inform you of the result of DAYZERS LOTTERY NL, which was
held on the 16th May 2007. Your e-mail address attached to e-ticket number:
07-32-44-45-50 (01-07), with Prize Number (match 3): 106000009 drew a prize
of 1,500,000.00 (One Million Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars). This lucky
draw came first in the 2nd Category of the Sweepstake.

You will receive the sum of 1,500,000.00 (One Million Five Hundred Thousand
US Dollars) from our authorized bank. Because of some mix-up with sweepstake
prizes, including the time limited placed on the payment of your prize:
1,500,000.00 US Dollars, we advice that you keep all information about this
prize confidential until your funds: 1,500,000.00 US Dollars have been
transferred to you by our bank. You must adhere to this instruction,
strictly, to avoid any delay with the release of your funds to your person.

This program has been abused severally in past, so we are doing our best to
forestall further occurrence of false claims. This sweepstake was conducted
under the watchful eyes of 8,000 spectators. Your e-mail address attached to
e-ticket number 05-32-44-45-50 (01-07), was selected and; it came out first
by an e-ballot draw from over 250,000 e-mail addresses (personal and
corporate e-mail addresses). This program is sponsored by CFI to compensate
faithful internet suffers around the globe. Congratulations for becoming one
of the few lucky winners.

With your permission, your e-mail will also be included in the next
sweepstake of 2.5 Million Euros. You must claim y our prize: 1,500,000.00
US Dollars not later than 7 days from the moment you receive this e-mail. In
order to avoid unnecessary delays with your claim from the bank; please
contact them immediately, and quote your winning and personal information
now, and in all your correspondence with the bank.
Here is the contact information:

Bank: Laagste Heypotheekofferte Bank. N.L.
Contact Person:Dr. Nicolaas Melzen.
Karspeldreef 6A, 110 1 CJ, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
E-mail: laagtepotbanknl@aim.com
Tel: +31-6208 96689
Fax: +31 84 718 6055

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 Faithfully
Mrs. Dumald van Hook
Lottery Coordinator:DAYZERS NL.
Paleisstraat 5, 2514 JA Den Haag.
Website: www.dayzers.nl

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam