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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:
  • "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.
  • +31643939171 (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.
  • fundsclaims@aol.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • claimsrelease@aol.com

Fraud email example:

From: DAYZERS LOTTERY NETHERLAND <claimsrelease@aol.com>
Reply-To: fundsclaims@aol.com
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 07:50:37 +0200
Subject: INTERNET AWARD NOTICE!!!


INTERNET AWARD NOTICE!!!
DAYZERS LOTTERY NETHERLAND
Paleisstraat 5
2514 JA Den Haag
Netherlands
Email: dayzersmanagement@prolimitlive.org
www.dayzers.nl


=
RESULTS FOR FIRST CATEGORY
This is to inform you that your email ID has won Euro =80500.000.00 in the =
first dip of our computer ballot Email lottery with the said winning numbers =
giving below, Award Notice!!!
Ref:Number:EL-9318
Batch:Number:EL-9501
Ticket:Number:EL-01135
Serial:Number EL-1226922
To claim your winning, you should contact the OFFICIAL and APPROVED agency =
here in Holland-Netherlands urgently:-
Mr.Dorkin Havard .
Tel: +31-643-939-171
Email:(fundsclaims@aol.com]
You are also advice to furnish them with the following information:-
Your Names:-
Telephone / Fax-
Your Nationality {Your country of Origin}-
Ticket number-
Ref- Number-
Congratulations once again from management and staff of this company, and =
thanking you for being a lucky winner of our promotions program.
Regards
Mrs.Barbara Glanen
Email:claimsrelease@aol.com
www.dayzers.nl
NB: On contact your claims agents will issue you all further directives as =
regards the claims and transfer Procedures.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam