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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:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "million pounds" (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)
  • ",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)
  • "you are advice to " (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.
  • +447011135663 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +31644648286 (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.
  • contactmrbongers@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • claims_christopher056@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: contactmrbongers@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 11:55:51 -0600
Subject: Your Winning Ref No: STLI/772-5/7009.

Lucky Day Lottery NL
Promotional/Sweepstakes Office
Laan van Hoornwijck 55
2289 DG Rijswijk
KvK: 41151075
The Netherlands.

Dear. Sir/Madam,
We are pleased to inform you that your email address has won
2,580,000:00 Euro (Two Million Five Hundred and Eighty
Thousand Euro Only) in the Netherlands Lucky Day Lottery
Sweepstakes promotional program, conducted on the 10th day
of February 2009, and the results were release today the
20th day of February 2009. This is a free promotional
program sponsored by consortium of software companies, which
mean Lottery tickets were not sold.

For more information’s/procedure of your winning
claim, you are advice to contact our processing department
with the contact information below, provide them with your
winning details below and your winning email address.

Bob Bongers (Mr).
Lottery Processing Dept.
Tel: +31 644648286
Fax: +31 847195169
Email: contactmrbongers@gmail.com

Your Winning Details.
Ref No: STLI/772-5/7009
Batch No: 889/5557JQ.
E-Ticket No: ZUK-7708-217-777
Serial No: NL/9667/04465

NOTE: Please be warned, your winning and its entire
information are to be kept strictly confidential, this is to
avoid previous bad experience this program has suffered,
such as abuse of this program by other internet user who use
the name of this company for unscrupulous activities and
double claiming of winning entitlement because of insecurity
of winning information on the part of beneficiaries. Always
call to ensure you are dealing with the right office.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Mary Slater.
Sweepstakes Coordinator.
Visit our website at: http://www.luckyday.nl
Lotto is een onderdeel van De Lotto. Copyright(c) 2007 by De
Lotto, the Netherlands.
************************************************************************
The Free Lotto Awards is organized by consortium firm
companies to encourage the use of the internet and promote
computer literacy worldwide.
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Disclaimer:
Any views of this e-mail are those of the sender except
where the sender specifically states them to be that of
Lucky Day Lottery or its subsidiaries. The message and its
attachments are for designated recipient(s) only and may
contain privileged, proprietary and private information. If
you have received it in error, kindly delete it and notify
the sender immediately. Lucky Day Lottery accepts no
liability for any loss or damage resulting directly and
indirectly from the transmission of this e-mail message.

Dear Winner,

We happily announce to you the draw (#1004 of the British
Lottery,
online Sweepstakes International Program held on 7th Of
February 2009.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 5647500545
188 with
Serial number :56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02
drew the
lucky numbers: 1,17 ,24,26,30,49,( Bonus 14)

Bonus Ball which subsequently won the Jackpot prize. You
have therefore
been approved to claim a total sum of £1,000,000.00
(One Million
Pounds Sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.
All participants for the online version were selected
randomly from the
World Wide Web through a computer draw system and extracted
from over
100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are
listed
online. This promotion takes place weekly.
T o file for your claim, contact our fiduciary agent:

Name: Mr.Christohper Morgan
Tel phone: +4470 1113 5663
Email: claims_christopher056@hotmail.com

VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM
1.FULL NAMES:....
2.ADDRESS:......
3.SEX:......
4.AGE:...........
5.MARITAL STATUS:.....
6.OCCUPATION:......
7.E-MAIL ADDRESS:
8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:.......
9.WINNING NUMBER:....
10.COUNTRY....

Regards,

Online coordinator
Mrs.Susan Taylor
The British National Lottery
Sweepstakes International Program

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