419 scam: lotto-rheinlandphalz-gmbh@arcor.de NOTIFICATION OF WIN

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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:

The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- ",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)
- ",500,000" (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)
- "zurichltds@mail.mn" (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.
- +447024066941 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
- +448704908013 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: lotto-rheinlandphalz-gmbh@arcor.de
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:53:26 +0100 (CET)
Subject: NOTIFICATION OF WIN

LOTTO Rheinland-Pfalz GmbH.
Ferdinand-Sauerbruch-Strasse 2.
DE-56073 Koblenz,
Rheinland-Pfalz,
Germany.

Your Reference : LRP/17-DE/1503
Batch number: LRP/10/17.

LOTTO RHEINLAND-PFALZ GMBH WIN NOTIFICATION.

We are pleased to inform you that your email identity emerged winner of € 2,500,000 (Two million five hundred thousand Euro) in LOTTO Rheinland-Pfalz GmbH draws for 2010 which was conducted last week. Your email address was attached to sequential number- 07-5693 and drew the winning numbers- 30-32-24-12-31-17.
No ticket were sold.

LOTTO Rheinland-Pfalz GmbH draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 70,000,000 e-mail addresses picked by an advanced automated random computer ballot search from the internet as part of our international promotions program which we conduct every year.

To begin your claims, please contact your funds release manager, Mr. Walters Fehlman of the Paying insurance company through his contact details below;

Mr. Walters Fehlman,
Zurich Management Services Limited,
Professional and Risk Services Manager,
Phone: +44 702 406 6941.
Fax: +44 870 490 8013.
Email: zurichltds@mail.mn

For more information and remittance details.

NOTE;
1) To avoid unnecessary complications or delay, edeavour to quote your reference and batch numbers in every correspondence with your claims agent.

2) You must be above the age of 30 to be qualified for payment.

3)This is a confidential email. Any breach of confidentiality means automatic disqualification.

Congratulations once again from all members of our staff.

Yours truly,
Mr. Hans-Peters Schossler
Managing Director,
LOTTO Rheinland-Pfalz GmbH.
Germany.

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