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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:
  • "claims 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.
  • +31616119277 (Netherlands, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "LAURA MCFADDEN" <royalsunalliance@excite.com>
Reply-To: eumillionsnetherland@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 18:28:57 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: RESULTS FOR CATEGORY "B" DRAWS


Euro Millions Netherlands Internacional SweepstakeLaan van Hoornwijck 512201 AS Rijswijk HollandRESULTS FOR CATEGORY "B" DRAWSYOU WON: €715, 000, 00Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, the results of the Second Category draws of the Euro millions Netherlands Internacional Sweepstake Held on the 24th,August 2007 we are happy to inform you that you have emerged a winner under the Second Category, The draws were held to mark our first international program, for Microsoft users.Which is part of our promotional draws. Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 25, 000, 00 Names/email addresses of individuals and companies from Africa, America, Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East, and Oceania as part of our International Promotions Program. Three names came as the lucky winners you/your company email id, attached to ticket number 0101-6- 105, with serial number 01-07 drew the lucky numbers 23-07-19-00 (14) consequently won in the second
Category. You have therefore been awarded a lump sum pay out of ¤715, 000,00 (Seven hundred &amp; fifteen thousand euros) which is the winning payout for Category" B" winners. This is from the total prize money of €2,145,000 shared among the 3 winners in this category. CONGRATULATIONS! Your fund is now deposited with a banking institute, based in Europe, and insured in your name. In your best interest and also to avoid mix up of numbers and names of any kind, we request that you keep the entire details of your award strictly from public notice until the process of transferring your claims has been completed, and your funds remitted to your account. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants/no Participants of this program. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our South European booklet representative office in Spain as indicated in your play coupon. We also wish to bring to your notice our end of year
premium stakes draw where you stand a chance of winning up to €5.5 million euros we hope that with a part of your prize you will participate in it. Please contact your file/claims officer immediately for due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice:File/Claims OfficerFRANCIS MENTHOLROYAL &amp; SUN ALLIANCE AGENCYKRAMATWEG 11 1095JSAMSTERDAM-NETHERLANDSTEL: 31-616-119-277FAX: 31-847389274 E-MAIL: eumillionsnetherland@gmail.comYou are advised to contact your file/claims officer by email/fax within one week of receiving this notice. Failure to do so may warrant disqualification. NOTE: For easy reference and identification, find below your reference and Batch numbers. Remember to quote these numbers in every correspondence with your claims agent.REFERENCE NUMBER: EUME/0723/19BATCH NUMBER: 010776/EUMECongratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.Sincerely,LAURA MCFADDENTHE LOTTERY
COORDINATOR, EUROMILLIONS INTERNACIONAL GAMES Sweepstakes International Program

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