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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:
  • "million united state dollars" (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)
  • "00,000.00" (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)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
• 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.
  • +31610698903 (Netherlands, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: lotery lotery <lotery2@web.de>
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:45:18 +0100
Subject: De Nederlandse Staatsloterij.


De Nederlandse Staatsloterij. Please Contact The Payment Bank For Your Lottery Claim.

De Nederlandse Staatsloterij.
Postbus 3334, 5902 RH Venlo, Netherlands.
Official Site: www.staatsloterij.nl [http://www.staatsloterij.nl/]

Attention: winner.

We are pleased to inform you of the result of De Nederlandse Staatsloterij Lotto, which was held on the
14th January, 2008. You were entered as an independent email participant with: Ticket Number: 5489815/06/DSP,
Serial Number- 879. Your email address attached to Lucky Draw number: 16 17 30 31 38 40 5 with Bonus
number 08 which consequently won the De Nederlandse Staatsloterij lottery in the 3rd category. This lucky
draw came first in the 3rd Category of the Sweepstake. You will receive the sum of US $ I, 000,000.00 (One
Million United State Dollars) only from our authorized bank.

Because of some mix-up with sweepstake prizes, including the time limited placed on the payment of
your prize:, we advice that you keep all information about this prize confidential until your funds have
been transferred to you by our bank. You must adhere to this instruction, strictly, to avoid any delay with
the release of your funds. This free Lotto program has been abused severally in past, so we are doing our
best to forestall further occurrence of false claims.

This sweepstake was conducted under the watchful eyes of 10,000 spectators. Your e-mail address was selected
and came out first by an e-ballot draw from over 7 10 19 20 22 33 11 e-mail addresses (personal and
corporate e-mail addresses). This program is sponsored by the Microsoft Corperation/CFI Networks to
compensate internet users around the globe and the winning funds will be paid to you in US Dollars.

Congratulations for becoming one of the few lucky winners and we hope your e- mail will also be included
in the next international sweepstake of US $ 5 Million.

Your winning prize sum is now deposited in a special account with the officially approved European Bank
based in Holland the Netherlands {Direktbank N.L}. To begin your claim, contact the approved PROCESSING
DEPARTMENT as they will guide you step by step towards claiming your prize.

Dr. Johan Gallagher. (Director of operations).
Processing Department
Phone: +31-610-698-903
Fax: +31-847-301-110
Email: StaatsloteryNL@aol.de [mailto:StaatsloteryNL@aol.de]


Your security file number is DNL105/WIN777/2008 (keep personal). Failure to claim your winning prize will
obviously mean that your winning prize will be re-staked in our next Lottery draws, so ensure that
the needful is done now and quickly as possible. Once again, accept our profound and sincere.

Congratulations on your winning.

Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Edna Broook
Online Co-Ordinator De Nederlandse Staatsloterij.




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