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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:
  • "please endeavor to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • ",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)
  • "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 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.
  • +31642339349 (Netherlands, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2008 09:45:02 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: PAYMENT VERIFICATION FORM


PAYMENT VERIFICATION FORM
 
Attn: Winner,
 





























Your email indicating you as a winner in the lottery programs held by the POSTCODE LOTERIJ INTERNATIONAL was received. Your email address was selected through the  computer ballot system from the average collection of over 70,000,000.00 (Seventy million email addresses), your email address attached to a single ticket was found as one of the lucky email address that emerge from the first category to have won the sum of €1,000,000.00 (One Million Euro),

 


The information was passed to you by the lottery coordinator to ensure that we are in contact with the rightful owner of the winning email address to avoid double claiming.

To begin the proccess of your claim,

NOTE:

YOU ARE THEREFORE REQUIRED TO CAREFULLY FILL IN THE APPLICATION FORM BELOW TO ENABLE US COMMENCE ON YOUR CLAIM PROCESSING AND ENSURE THAT YOUR WINNING FUNDS IS TRANSFERED TO YOUR WITHOUT FURTHER DELAY, PLEASE ENDEAVOR TO FILL IN THE APPRIOPRATE INFORMATION AND RETURN IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE EITHER BY EMAIL ATTACHMENT OR BY FAX TO FACILITATE YOUR CLAIM PROCESSING. PLEASE ENSURE THAT ALL THE  DATA ARE TRUE CORRECT, AND INCASE OF FALSIFICATION OR ERROR, YOU  SHALL LOSE CLAIMS TO YOUR TOTAL FUNDS.
****************************** ****************************** ****************************** ***

 
   POSTCODE  LOTERIJ INTERNATIONAL NL  
                                           
            PLANTAGE MIDDENLAAN 50
           1018 DH AMSTERDAM
           THE NETHERLANDS                                                                                        
  Tel: + 31-642-339-349 FAX+31-847-288-631                                                     


























POSTCODE LOTERIJ INTERNATIONAL  WINNER CLAIM VERIFICATION FORM




WINNER'S PERSONAL DATA




First Name.:




Middle Name.:


Last Name.: *








Gender.: MaleFemale





Month Of Birth.: MonthJanuaryFebuaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember

Day: Day1234 5 678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031

Year:





Marital Status.: SingleMarried Divorced


Nationality/Country.: *


Religion.:


Occupation.:





Address 1.: *


Address 2.:


City.: *


State/Province.: *


Zip Code.: *





Mobile phone No.: *




House Phone No.: *


Fax No.:


Email Address.: * eg. username@domainname.com








WINNING INFORMATION


Batch Number.: *


Amount Won: *


Ticket Number.: *





This is to verify that the information filled in this FORM is a valid particulars of me. Yes: No:




Your  application for the claim of lottery winning prize  will be duly  process and  upon certification, your funds shall be transferred without any delay to your designated bank account after the due process of claim processing.
 
It is further guaranteed that we shall handle with respect and confidentiality your entire personal information at our disposal.
 
Best regards,
 
MR. MICHAEL VAN  HOLMES

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