419 scam: "Waters, Tina" <twaters@walton.k12.ga.us> THE NEDERLANDS LOTTO END OF YEAR BONANZA AWARD.

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

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:

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:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- ",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)
- "remittance.dptt@aol.nl" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- "remittance.dptt@aol.nl" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
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.
- +31617635121 (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.
- remittancedptt1@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Waters, Tina" <twaters@walton.k12.ga.us>
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:24:57 -0500
Subject: THE NEDERLANDS LOTTO END OF YEAR BONANZA AWARD.

THE NEDERLANDS LOTTO.
Laan van Hoornwijck 55
2289 DG Rijswijk-Nederland.
https://www.lotto.nl

Prize Award Notification.

Dear Sir/Madam,

We are happy to inform you that you have emerged a winner under the Third Category of our promotion program. Winners were picked by computerized system, drawn from over 50,000,000 companies and individuals e-mail addresses worldwide. This draws were officially announced 18th of November, 2009. Your email ID has won a lump sum of Five Hundred Thousand Euros only (EUR500.000.00) in the Third category of our computer ballot prize award.

NOTE: This compensational program was promoted and sponsored by Microsoft Corporation . No ticket was sold in this prize award but winners were randomly selected by the Netherlands Gaming Control Board from the internet online to boost the sales of software materials in all over the world.

We hope that you will have the chance of receiving compensation next free draw as you keep on browsing the net to boost the sales of software materials in all over the world. It is a great opportunity to anyone looking to increase sales through email marketing! So you can realize your dream of financial
independence. Remember to always quote your winning numbers in all your correspondence with the clearance office. Your winning information are specified as follow: Ticket Number: 5635416AGH and REFERENCE NUMBER: YH2524/98278/08.

Please contact the Remittance Department of Post Bank N.V for your prize claim:

Mr. Matt Gross (Director of Operation).
Verification/Accounts Department (Postbank.nl)
Phone:+31-617-635-121, Tel/Fax: +31-847-570-618
Web-Site: www.postbank.nl<http://www.postbank.nl>
Email: remittancedptt1@gmail.com<mailto:remittancedptt1@gmail.com>
Email: remittance.dptt@aol.nl<mailto:remittance.dptt@aol.nl>

Sincerely Yours,
Mrs. Waters Tina Godman (Public Relation Officer)
De Lotto (Official Website: www.lotto.nl<http://www.lotto.nl> )
Tel: 0900-0202 (EUR0,20 p/min.)
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Note: In accordance with the Nederlands lotto policy and regulations, this message is dispatched directly to the recipient only. If you are not the
rightful owner of this email address or feel that you have received this message by error, we advise you destroy this copy as you are not authorized to read,
print, retain or disseminate any part of it forany reason.
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