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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:

• 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!

Fraud email example:

From: "TOTO KRASLOTEN LOTERIJ" <Ms.MarianGelder@aol.nl>
Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2007 21:10:41 -0500
Subject: TOTO KRASLOTEN LOTERIJ JACKPOT.

TOTO KRASLOTEN LOTERIJ
Laan Van Hoorrnwijck 55
2289 DG RIJSWIJK
Netherlands
www.lotto.nl

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual
final draws of Toto Krasloten Loterij Million Euro Online Promotions held in
Rotterdam, The Netherlands on 2nd of June 2007.
The online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of
200,000 e-mail addresses of individuals and corporate bodies selected by an
advanced automated random computer search from the internet.
No tickets were sold. The selected e-mail addresses were attached to
tickets numbers which were spinned by our ballot machine. After this
automated computer ballot, your e-mail address attached to ticket number
0001680003381 emerged as one of five winners in the category "A" with the
following winning information :
REFERENCE N0 :CHOL07/000031907.
BATCH N0: BC-348/0700731
You have been approved for a payment therefore of €500,000(FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND EURO) cash prize which will be paid to you upon authorization by
The Netherlands Games Board.
Be advice to keep your winning information confidential until your claims
has been processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our
security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this
program.
You should contact our accredited agent that will assist you to obtain the
authorization of payment from the Netherlands games board on the information
below:
Contact person: Nobert Young
Koeman & Young Advocaten
E-mail: nobert@koemanyoung.com
Remember to quote your winning information, that is your reference/batch
number and your personal information as stated below:
1. Name in full
2. Address
3. Nationality
4. Age
5. Phone/Fax
NOTE: All winning must be claimed not later than 15 working days from this
notification.

Congratulations!!!

Yours Faithfully,
Ms.Marian Gelder
Games/Lottery Coordinator.

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