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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:
  • "hundred thousand u.s 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)
  • ",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)
  • "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)
• 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.
  • prolevobbanknl@aim.com

Fraud email example:

From: "POSTCODE" <natpostcodeloterij@live.com>
Date: Tue, 06 May 2008 09:01:00 +1200
Subject: GOODNEWS! GOODNEWS!! GOONEWS!!!...YOU WON US$1.5MILLION..............

AWARD NOTICE
POSTCODE LOTERIJ NL.{www.postcodeloterij.nl
RESULTS FOR CATEGORY "B" DRAWS

Dear Lucky Winner,

In view of the yearly sweepstake of the above named organization held
recently we are pleased to inform you that your e-mail address which was
electronically extracted from the world wide web came up in the second
dip.This invariably means that you have emerged as the prize winner of the
sum of US$1,500,000.00{One Million,Five Hundred Thousand U.S Dollars}only in
the second category.

Be informed that all participants were selected from a random computing
ballot system.This charitable sweepstake is sponsored by
postcdeloterij.nl,several Multi-National Corporations and some government
parastatals,here in Holland-Netherlands.All winners are expected to use a
part of their winning prize for any HUMUMANITARIAN/CHARITABLE
project/venture in their locality.To ensure an hitch free payment method,it
is in your best interest and to avoid mix up of numbers and names of any
kind that we request you keep the entire details of your winning strictly
from public notice until the process of transferring your claims has been
completed,and your funds remitted to your account.This is part of our
security protocol to avoid double claims and unscrupulous acts by
participants/ non participants of this program.

To claim your winning,PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT US,rather you SHOULD CONTACT
THE PAYING BANK IMMEDIATELY,as your winning prize{US$1.5Million} has been
deposited with them,so you should send to them the following informations:-

1 Full Names:-_____________________________________________________________
_________________________

2 Your contact Address:-___________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________

3 Nationality{Your country of
Origin}-_________________________________________________

4 Age:-_______________________________________

5 Occupation:-_________________________________________________________

6 Telephone numbers;-Office:-________________________________________Mobile
{CELL}_____________________________________________________

7.Your Web Site address{if any}____________________________________________
________________


Please send the above information STRICTLY to the paying bank Processing
Officer on this E-Mail address as stated here with:-

The Processing Offier
E-Mail Lottery Payment Center
Levob Bank NL
Holland Netherlands
E-mail:--prolevobbanknl@aim.com /////// prolevobbanknl@aim.com
///////prolevobbanknl@aim.com
Bank Web Page:-www.levobbank.nl

Congratulations once again from management and staff of this company,and
thanking you for being a lucky winner of our promotions program.

Sincerely,
Ms.Nancy De-Persie
NATIONALE POSTCODE LOTERIJ Promotion
www.postcodeloterij.nl
Holland-Netherlands{Europe}

PS:-For the security and safety of your winning prize,your winning
numbers{references} are not contained on this e-mail,upon your
response,these details will be sent to you in our subsequent e-mail.

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