419 scam: NATIONAL LOTTERIJ <fax@num.edu.mn> Winners 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.
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.
- +31687163348 (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.
- nationallottclaims@aol.com (AOL; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: <Nationallottclaims@aol.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 10:49:02 +1000
Subject: Winners Notification

NATIONALE LOTTERY PROMOTIONS
http://www.nationale-loterij.be
FROM: GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED LOTTERY

Dear Winner,
CONGRATULATIONS!!! YOU HAVE WON 1,500.000.00 EURO.
You have been awarded the sum of 1,500.000.00 Euros (One Million,Five Hundred Thousand Euro) in the NATIONALE LOTTERY online cyber lotto draws in which your e-mail address was selected randomly from 50,000 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet. No tickets were sold.
Your email address was amongst those chosen this week for the NATIONALE
LOTTERY.
And this promotional program is proudly sponsored by the NATIONALE LOTTERY
organization.
Your email address attached to

Ref number 5, 7, 14, 27, 18, 93 with Serial 10, and consequently won the lottery in the "A" Category. You have therefore
been approved the lump sum pay out of 1,500.000.00 Euros. Number 1979-12 drew the lucky.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European Booklet
representative. In View of this, your winning prize will be released to you
by our Lottery fiduary Agent located In the Netherlands.

This promotion takes place weekly for security reasons, you are advised to
keep your winning details confidential till your claims is processed and
your winning funds remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to Claim
your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double
claiming and unwarranted d abuse of this program by some unscrupulous
elements.

To file immediately for your claim, kindly our lottery fiduary Agent :
----------------------------------------
Cordinator:Mrs.Jenifer Buxton
Tel:+31-687163348
Fax:+31-84-439-1951
Email:Nationallottclaims@aol.com
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You are require to provide the lottery fiduary Agent the informations as stated
below
to process the release of your winning funds:
(1) Name:
(2) Address:
(3) Marital:
(4) Age:
(5) Sex:
(6) Nationality:
(7) Country of Residence:
(8) Occupation:
(9) Telephone Number:
(10)Fax Number:

These details facilitate the due process and the release of winnings to avoid unnecessary delays and complications in the processing of your Winnings.

Congratulations once more from all members and staff of this program.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Rosemary Van Ries
Online Games Director
http://www.nationale-loterij.be

Signature from the NUM server,
fax num

National University of Mongolia

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