419 scam: "Harry Witkamp (Mr.)"<regfinsc@aim.com> FINAL NOTIFICATION.

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "into your nominated bank account" (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)
- "high court" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
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.
- slpcarolynwillis@aim.com (AOL Instant Messenger; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Harry Witkamp (Mr.)" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <slpcarolynwillis@aim.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:28:26 +0100
Subject: FINAL NOTIFICATION.

REF Number: FAQ/231-ILGI0431/05
BATCH No: EAPA/15/096/FAQ
TICKET No: 20511465463-7644
SERIAL No: 472-9768-98
LUCKY No: 8-66-97-22-65-99

RE: WINNING FINAL NOTIFICATION

Sir, Madam

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Lottery Winners International programs held on the 24th of
January 2010. Your E-mail address attached to Ticket number 20511465463-7644 with Serial number
472-9768-98 drew the lucky numbers 8-66-97-22-65-99, which consequently won in the 1st category, you
have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of € 1,000,000.00 (One Million Euros). This is from a
total cash prize of EUR €10,000,000.00 Million shared amongst Ten International Lucky Winners in the
Category A + (Plus).

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

This lottery is a promotional program by Staatsloterij (Biggest lottery Organization in the Netherlands) to
advertise to the world its existence. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn
from over 50,000 companies and 2,000,000 individual email addresses from all over the world, as part of our
international promotions program, which we intend to conduct several times a year.

Be informed that your documents have to pass our authority to obtain a clearance, which shall be attached
to your document in readiness of the subsequent onward transfer into your nominated bank account with 24
hours of completion of the authentication. Due to the possibility of unscrupulous individuals filing a double
claim, we suggest that you keep this award strictly confidential until your claim has been processed and
notarized and your certificate of award obtained. This is in conformity with the lottery claim regulations by
our Organization & High Court of Justice. This is part of our security protocol measures to avoid double
claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants/non participants. All winnings must be
claimed not later than 15th of February 2010. After this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the
next stake. Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.

To file for your claim, please contact our /your processing agent
Carolyn T. Willis (Mrs.)
Email: slpcarolynwillis@aim.com

NOTE: All winnings must be notarized and a certificate of award must be obtained from the High Court of
Justice to complete the claims process, this certificate can only be obtained through legal representation so
winners will be referred to a lawyer to assist in this process. Winners are to cover the legal charges for the
notarization of the claims form and the acquisition of the certificate of award not STAATSLOTERIJ.
In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, provide the following when replying:

Name:
Nationality:
Country of residence:
Tel number:

Delays will compel us to disperse your funds, in other words, we shall divert your funds as stated above.
Kindly remember to quote your reference number numbers in all correspondence. Finally, you call on us and
make sure that you save a copy of this mail and note every letter clearly as stated for we will not be held
responsible should there be any complications in this transaction due to laxity on your part.

Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional
program.

Yours truly,
Harry Witkamp.
Staatsloterij.

NOTICE: You have received this message from the Staatsloterij international prize dept. at your e-mail
address because you have visited one of our sponsored sites and have voluntarily given your email address
to receive mails from their sponsors.If you wish to be taken out of this list do not reply to this mail,reply to
the agent with the words remove. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not, directly or indirectly,
use, disclose, distribute, print or copy any part of this message. If you believe you have received this
message in error, please delete it and all copies of it from your system and notify the sender immediately by
reply e-mail. Thank you.

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