419 scam: "Dr. Marieke van Schaik."<bankgiro_loterij@yahoo.nl> Our contribution to online Wealth Creation.

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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:
- "we advice you" (this email uses bad English)
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.
- +31685248769 (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.
- bankgiro.loterij@aol.com (AOL; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
- tel: +31-685-248-769 fax: +31-847-456-739 email: bankgiro.loterij@aol.com email: bot.adrianus@gmail.com sincerely yours, dr. marieke (Aol; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr. Marieke van Schaik." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bankgiro.loterij@aol.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2014 00:06:11 +0200
Subject: Our contribution to online Wealth Creation.

BankGiro Loterij NL.
(Promotional Division)
Van Eeghenstraat 70,
1071 GK Amsterdam,
The Netherlands.

Dear Email owner,

In continuation of our contribution to online Wealth Creation and poverty alleviation, our management team here at The BankGiro Loterij NL Company (Promo Division), write to congratulate you and also explain in details how your email address has won you the sum of €2,150,000.00 (Two Million One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Euro Only) in our email address Sweepstakes program of Friday the 3rd day of October, 2014. See below your complete winning details in other to apply for the freely given winning funds.

Winning Details:-
Payment Batch Number: NL08/21/5466
E-Ticket Number: 0011-41376311(10-14)
Payment (File) Reference: BLPD-876-10/2014.

Be informed that your email address was among the different email address that were extracted from the Internet through an email address extractor software and entered into this promotional sweepstakes program and it happens that your E-mail Address is among the few randomly selected email addresses that emerge winners in our program hence this congratulatory email message to you. In other for us to process and release you the winning funds, we advice you send our payment officer an email message with the above winning details through the below contact information's;

BankGiro Loterij NL.
Mr. Adrianus Bot.
(Payment Officer),
Tel: +31-685-248-769
Fax: +31-847-456-739
Email: bankgiro.loterij@aol.com
Email: bot.adrianus@gmail.com

Sincerely Yours,
Dr. Marieke van Schaik.
(Managing Director).
http://www.bankgiroloterij.nl
KvK 41126590.
© 2014 The license for our lottery is issued by
the Gaming Authority under reference 00,011,885 dated 15/04/13.
Disclaimer:
The information contained in this email is confidential. If the reader is not the intended recipient or you are the intended recipient but do not wish to claim your funds,you must notify the sender immediately by return email and then delete all copies of this email. You must not copy, distribute, print or otherwise use the information. Email may be stored by the Company to support operational activities. All information will be held in accordance with the Company’s Privacy Policy which can be found on our website.

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