419 scam: "DE NEDERLAND LOTTO"<INFO@DNL.NL> CONGRATULATIONS

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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:
- "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)
- "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)
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.
- +31617519593 (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.
- imfnvnl@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "DE NEDERLAND LOTTO" (may be fake)
Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 00:16:26 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS

De Nederlands Lotto,
Laan Van Hoornwijck 55,
2289 DG Rijswijk, Nederlands.
(Customer Service) Notification Desk

Attention: Email Account Holder,

Congratulations!!!! We happily announce to you the draw of the DE NEDERLANDS LOTTO, online Sweepstakes promotion held in the Nederlands. Your email address attached to Ticket Numbers 122-609-0717/AFIO with Reference Numbers NIL- FAI/0182/0312, Batch Numbers RTD/0509-10 and Serial Numbers 927211503 drew the lucky Numbers 01-17-12-26-03-36-509, this consequently won you the lottery in the "1st" Category.

You have therefore been allocated to claim a total sum of 1,000,000.00 Euro (One Million Euro only) in cash which is credited to File Number NLD/980982749/05. This is from a total cash prize of 3,000,000.00 shared amongst the three lucky winners in the "1st" category.

This promotional program was drawn based on email address as the key identification for setting up online accounts. All valid email addresses in the World Wide Web Draw used/participants for the online email promotion version were selected randomly through computer balloting from a global website collaboration with internet/email providers, whom also built their systems and based their membership registration identity on email addresses supporting this computer draw system done by extracted email addresses from over 5,000,000 companies and individual email addresses and affiliated members to the National Lottery website and their advertisers listed online. This Online promotion takes place through virtual ticket balloting and it is done annually.

Please note that your winning File Number NLD/980982749/05 falls within our European booklet representative office in the Nederlands as indicated in your ballot played coupon. In view of this, your 1,000,000.00 Euro would be released to you by our accredited claims agent in the Nederlands.

Contact our accredited claims agent immediately to commence the release of your lottery winning prize with the details as stated below:

Anthony Stevens
Tel: +31-61-751-9593
Email: imfnvnl@aim.com

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your lottery winning details confidential till your claim is processed and your prize remitted to you in whatever choice you prefer to claim it. Precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program are in place.

To file for your claim, please contact our accredited claims agent and always remember to quote your Reference, Batch, Ticket, Lucky and Serial Numbers in all correspondence with our accredited claims agent.

Congratulations once again from all members of staff and thank you again for being part of our 2010 promotions.

Important information: If you are below 18 years of age, you are automatically disqualified. Please do not reply to this mail. Contact our/your accredited claims agent immediately for remittance of your lottery winning prize.

Yours Sincerely,
Fran De Jong
Lottery Co-ordinator

"Please do not reply to the senders address or the source email address, this notification is sent automatically through computer virtual notification to winning email addresses and a response will not be attended by Human but computer" contact the accredited claims agent above"

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