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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:
  • "into your nominated bank account" (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)
  • ",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.
  • +31647230404 (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.
  • theclaimsdepartm@aol.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Royal Dutch Staatsloterij" <rdstaatsloterij@aol.com>
Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2007 13:14:25 -0700
Subject: The Royal Dutch Authorities.

THE ROYAL DUTCH STAATSLOTERIJ
INTERNATIONAL PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
REF Number: STT/231-ILGI0431/05
BATCH No: DH/15/096/TVFS
TICKET No: 20511465463-7644
SERIAL No: 472-9768-98
LUCKY No: 79-2-15-24-34-40-11

THE CLAIMS DEPARTMENT:
Mr. Steve Meijer
Tel: +31-647-230-404
Fax: +31-847-131-515
Email: theclaimsdepartm@aol.com
Website: www.staatsloterij.nl

Dear Winner,

THE ROYAL DUTCH STAATSLOTERIJ PRIZE AWARDS

We are pleased to inform you of the result of our Seasonal Lottery Winners
International programs held on the 6th of November, 2007. Your E-mail
address attached to ticket number 20511465463-7644 with Serial number
472-9768-98 drew the lucky numbers 79-2-15-24-34-40-11, which consequently
won in the 1st category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum
payout of €1.280.000. (One Million, Two Hundred and Eighty Thousand Euro
Only).This is from a total cash prize of €6.400, 000 (Six Million, Four
Hundred Thousand Euro) shared amongst Five Lucky Winners of the first
category. CONGRATULATIONS!! This is a promotional program by The Dutch
Authorities and this happens to be the biggest lottery program in the
Netherlands.
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
over 200,000 companies and 5,000,000 individual email addresses from all
over the world, as part of our international promotions program, which we
conduct several times a year.

Be informed that your documents must pass through the authorities to obtain
a clearance, which shall be attached to your document in readiness for the
subsequent onward transfer of your winnings into your nominated bank account
within 48 hours of completion of the authentication. Due to the possibility
of unscrupulous individuals filing a double claim, we suggest that you keep
this award strictly confidential until your claim has been processed and
notarized and your certificate of award obtained. This is in conformity with
the lottery claim regulations and security protocol of the Netherlands
Gaming Control Board. All winnings must be claimed not later than 23rd of
November, 2007.
After this date all unclaimed funds will be channeled to the Dutch Security
Vault as unclaimed funds. Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically
disqualified. All winnings must be notarized and a certificate of award must
be obtained from the Netherlands Gaming Control Board to complete the claims
process. For further information on this, please contact the above mentioned
claims department.
Also ensure that you take proper note of every correspondence as we will
not be held responsible should there be any complications in this
transaction due to laxity on your part. Congratulations once more from the
Royal Dutchland.

Yours truly,
Mrs. Marie de Boer
Games/ Lottery Coordinator.
The Royal Dutch Staatsloterij (Staatsloterij is a registered program
lottery program of the Royal Dutch Authority.Est.1876, Kvk.699472.Act
120/99) All rights reserved.

NOTE: BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL RESULT TO
IMMEDIATE DISQUALIFICATION. (TERMS AND CONDITIONS MAY APPLY)

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