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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• 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.
  • +31630800589 (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.
  • payoffice69@aim.com

Fraud email example:

From: info@office-contractmails2004.net
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 07:48:24 +0000
Subject: FROM MRS. ELIZABETH KUYPER




FROM MRS. ELIZABETH KUYPER
From: dayzers Nederland organization:
Dayzers Nederland: paleisstraat 5,2514ja,
The Hague, the Netherlands
Official Website: www.dayzers.nl,

Result month of January sweepstakes program:

Our Dear winner,

Congratulations your email is among the seven lucky winners that won 1,000.000.00. (One Million, Euro) each in the just concluded draw held to promote dayzers lottery, Sponsored by COCA-COLA INTERNATIONAL Amsterdam, for prize claiming, Contact dayzers claims department

MRS. Voeman Morrison
Dr. Alex James
Tel: +31 630-800-589
Email: payoffice69@aim.com
Dayzers claims department

Contact the claims department on their telephone number +31 630-800-589 or email the department on (payoffice69@aim.com ) and also provide the following information
Your verification, while quoting: (1) Your full name(s) and nationality ;(2)your winning information; (3)telephone number.

These are your winning information’s:

Ticket number: dznl 492- 714- 027/ 2006
Lucky number: 09,22,36,61,63,79,84
Batch number: dtow 139662u7a
Online ref no: 0035/02/2008

Remember, all winning must be claimed not later than 20 days of this notification,

Yours Faithfully,

Mrs. Elizabeth Kuyper.
Management.

Please. Reply to (payoffice69@aim.com ) for the processing of your winning amount. Official Website: www.dayzers.nl,

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam