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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • ",500,000" (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.
  • +31634066103 (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.
  • cutservices@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Williams Angela" <GYORYS@ptd.net>
Reply-To: cutservices@aim.com
Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 13:08:58 -0000
Subject: STAAT.NL Lottery



--
STAAT.NL Lottery
PRIZE AWARD DEPT, [FOR CATEGORY "A" WINNER ONLY]
REF No: 9590 ES 9414
BATCH No: 573881545-NL/2007
SERIAL No: 43568000/12

Dear Winner

Congratulations as we wish to inform you that you are a lucky winner in
the STAAT.NL Lottery online international promotions. This program was
organized for all email users world wild as part of our summer vacation
promotional draws. Be informed therefore that you have been approved a
winning sum of One Million Euros (1000000.000 Euros) as a category A
winner of the total sum of Ten Million Euros shared among 10 lucky
Winners.

Kindly do not have doubt over your participation in this Promotion, as
all
Participants were selected through an electronic computer ballot system
from over 2,500,000 email addresses of individuals and companies world
wild.


Provide the following with the Paying Bank to immediately commence the
transfer of your winning.

1. Name:
2. Telephone Numbers:
3. Age:
4. Ticket and Serial Number

*************************************************
Bank Name: LAAGSTEHYPOTHEEKOFFERTE. BANK
Contact person:Mr. Jim Benson
International Remittance Officer
E-mail: cutservices@aim.com
Tel: +31-634-066-103
Fax: +31-303-100-124
*************************************************

N.B: All claims are nullified after 20 working days from today.
Congratulations once again from all members of Winx Lotto
International.
Thank you for being part of our promotional program.

Yours in service,
Dr.Williams Angela.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam