419 scam: "De Lotto Netherlands" <entitlementapproved@luckymail.com> Approved For Immediate Payment.

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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.
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:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- "entitlementapproved@luckymail.com" (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 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.
- entitlement.reviewoffice@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "De Lotto Netherlands" <entitlementapproved@luckymail.com>
Reply-To: entitlement.reviewoffice@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:42:28 +0100 (CET)
Subject: Approved For Immediate Payment.

De Lotto NL.
Free Sweepstake Dept.
Postbus 3074,
2280GB Rijswijk.
Date: 14th Feb, 2012.

Dear Sir/Madam,
Free Sweepstakes Notification.

Following our unsuccessful attempt to reach you via your mailing address,
We are pleased to inform you of the approved and certified result of our
Free (Online) Sweepstakes program that was conducted on Saturday 4th day
of February, 2012. Your E-mail address which was extracted among other
e-mail addresses from the Internet Search Directories and entered into a
Free Online Sweepstakes program with a File Serial Number:
DLT-83450/047ZL, has won you, the email address owner a cash prize of
€2,300,000 Only (Two Million, Three Hundred Thousand Euro Only). Courtesy
of one of our partners, we would like to inform you that we have a lot of
discounted magnificent houses in the Netherlands, Germany, France and
London you can purchase with a small amount of money from your winning
funds and this is only at beneficiary's request. You can claim this
approved funds only by contacting our payment release department through
the below stated details.

Funds Release Department..
Tel: +31-208-932027
Fax: +31-208-907604
Email: entitlement.reviewoffice@gmail.com
Email: entitlementapproved@luckymail.com

This lottery program was conducted by us through the assistance of our
Insurance Partners as Goodwill Gesture and it was email addresses free
online sweepstakes program. Your winning funds have to be Claimed within
28days of your receipt of this message. See below are the required details
which you have to Send to our payment department now for the claiming of
your winning funds.

1). Complete Full Names:
2). Residential Address:
3). Occupation:
4). Phone/Fax Numbers:

Congratulations and happy spending in advance.

Sincerely yours,
Suzanne Harmes.
(Programs Coordinator)
De Lotto (Online Sweepstake).
Copyright (c) 2010
http://www.lotto.nl

Disclaimer:
This is a promotional lottery winning and winner’s emerge by luck and you
do not need to purchase a ticket before entering this sweepstakes. If you
decide not to claim this winning fund, kindly delete this message and
ignore it’s request because it is a criminal offense to distribute it
content without written permission from us.

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