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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • +31641940320 (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.
  • contactgertgilbertson@gmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "STAATS LOTERIJ AWARD" <winningnotification@onlinedepartment.org>
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 16:20:19 +0200
Subject: CONTACT CLAIM PROCESSING DEPARTMENT!!!

CONTACT CLAIM PROCESSING DEPARTMENT!!!
E-MAIL INTERNATIONAL DRAW
Nederlandse Staatsloterij
Post bus 3334, 5902 RH Venlo
Den Haag, The - Netherlands
YOUR REF. No: SNL/4249859609/WP1
YOUR BATCH NO: AT-040SB03-07.
http://www.staatsloterij.nl


We are pleased to inform you of the result of the
Staatsloterij International Prize award Winners that was
held on the 2nd August 2007, the result was released today
15th of August 2007. Your email address have been selected
as one of the lucky winning Address, therefore you have been
approved for a lump sum payout of Euro 920,000.00. (Nine
Hundred And Twenty Thousand Euro Only) in the 3rd category
winners. Your email address attached to a Ticket numbers
7775114-6410 with Serial No: 472-9768-98

Congratulations!!!
All participants where selected through a computer ballot
system drawn from over 20,000 company and 30,000,000
individual email addresses and names from all over the world
drawn from Europe. America, Asia, Australia, New Zealand,
Middle East, parts of Africa, North and South America. We
hope with part of your winning you will take part in our
next year 50 million international lottery. To file for your
claim, please contact our claim processing
department with the contact information below:

********************************************
Mr. Gert Gilbertson
Staatsloterij NL
(STAATSLOTERIJCLAIM PROCESSING DEPARTMENT)
Tel: +31- 641 940320
Fax: +31 847 195169
Email: contactgertgilbertson@gmail.com
************************************************

We expect you to provide them with the information below for
the processing of your winning documents.

1). FULL NAMES:..................................
2). AGE: ........................................
3. OCCUPATION :.................................
4). SEX:.........................................
5). PHONES AND FAX NUMBERS:.....................
6). COUNTRY OF RESIDENT:.........................
7). NATIONALITY: ................................
8). MAILING ADDRESS:.............................
9). ANNUAL INCOME...............................
10). AMOUNT WON:................................
11). REFRENCE NUMBERS...........................
12). BATCH NUMBERS...............................
13). YOUR WINNING EMAIL ADDRESS..................
14). SERIAL NUMBERS..............................
15). TICKET NUMBERS..............................

NOTE: All winnings must be claimed not later than 28th of
August 2007, after this date all unclaimed funds will be
included in the next stake. Anybody under the age of 18 is
automatically disqualified. The award is sponsored by a
consortium of software promotion companies. The Intel Group,
Toshiba, Dell Computers, Dutch yahoo mail server, Orange
home mail server, Microsoft and other international
companies.

Congratulation once again from all our members of staff, we
expect you to make good use of the funds.

Yours Sincerely,

Janet van Sintel (Mrs).
(Staatsloterij Promotions Coordinator)

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