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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 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.
  • prudent@doramail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "KRASLOTEN PROMOTION BV" <selectlotto@sify.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: prudent@doramail.com
Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2007 17:38:01 +0200
Subject: We congratulate you once again

KRASLOTEN PROMOTION BV,
POSTBUS 3045, 2280 GA,
RIJSWIJK, Netherlands.
Attn: REF NO: ILPB642857301


In view of the yearly sweepstake of the above named organization held
on the 07th of October 2007.It is my pleasure to inform you that your e-mail
address attached to the above Ref No, ticket star number (45407),serial
number 51622, lucky numbers 3-18-40-40-76, batch number
EULO/2907/444/908/06 came up in the first dip.


This invariably means that you have emerged as the prize recipient in
the first category with an allocated sum of Nine Hundred and Seventy
Five Thousand United States Dollars(US$975.000.00). Be informed that all
participants were selected from a randon computing ballot system.

This charitable sweepstake is sponsored by a group of corporate
organizations and governmental parastatals drawn from major cities in Europe.

As a matter of principle,you are to donate at the minimum one tenth of
the fund to an outstanding charity project in your locality,after the
reception of your fund.

==================================
PRUDENT FINANCIER BV.NL
Amsterdam Netherland.
Contact: Mr.Pieter Van Daneil
Email:prudent@doramail.com
====================================
Provide Prize reference number-[FL2/05/207152/SK/IE]and winning ticket number [962901-PCF03] for confirmation. In your best interest(s), you must initiate contact within one week of receipt of this correspondence.

You are to provide the below details, to enable the speedy evaluation and processing of your winnings. we advice that you adhere strictly to their procedures to avoid any disqualifications and subsequent cancellation

LOTTERY PAYMENT APPLICATION FORM
(To be completed by lottery winners only)
Ticket Number: ...............................................
Reference Number:............................................
First Name: ......................................................
Last Name:.....................................................
Home Address:..................................................
Town/City: .....................................................
Post Code: ......................................................
Country: ............................................................
Telephone (Home): .........................................
Mobile: ............................................................
Fax (Private): ...................................................
Fax (Office): .....................................................
Email Address: ................................................
Date of Birth: ...................................................
Occupation: ....................................................
Marital Status: ....................................................
I.............................???hereby declare that the above information are
true and binding on me. If at any time it is discovered that I have given false information, I will forfeit my rights to my winnings.theabove detailed information will be absolutely necessary to file in your claims.
*********************************************************************
Note that, all winnings must be claimed not later than Two Weeks
starting from today 20th October 2007,
*********************************************************************
You may be required to provide any of the above information during the process of collecting your prize.

We congratulate you once again and it is our hope that you participate in any of our international programs in the nearest future.


To file for your claim and other enquiries,contact the designated
fiducial consultant: Mr.Pieter Van Daneil
Contact Email: prudent@doramail.com
Webside:http://www.kraslot.nl

Please note all winning must be claimed not later than 20th October, 2007.
Congratulations once more
Faithfully yours'

Thank you.

Sincerely,
Mrs Peggy Martins,
Promotions Manager

Anti-fraud resources:

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