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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "international lottery programme"
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• 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.
  • agent_lottery_123@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "JOHN MAN KAN" <johnman_kd19@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 10:36:22 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS YOUR EMAIL HAS WON THE 2007 PROM

AUSTRALIA LOTTO LOTTERY INC.
5th Floor East
Commonwealth Centre
55 Currie Street
Adelaide SA 5000,
South Australia.

DATE: 22TH FEBRUARY -2007.


CONGRATULATIONS LUCKY WINNER .....................
Dear,

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 22th of FEBRUARY
-2007 from the AustralianInternational Lottery programme.Which is fully
based on an electronic selection of winners using their e-mail addresses ,
your name was attached to ticket number47061725 07056490902 serial number
7741137002.

This batch draws the lucky numbers asfollows 5-13-33-37-42 bonus number 17,
which consequently won the lottery in the second category.You hereby have
been approved a lump sum ofUS$200,000.00(DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref
ILP/HW 47509/02 from the total cash prize of US$16000.00(DOLLARS) shared
amongst eight lucky winners in this
category.

All participants were selected through a computer balloting system drawn
from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from canada,Australia, United
state, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceaniaas part of our international
promotion program which is
conducted annually.

This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by conglomorate of some
multinational companies as part of their social responsibilities to the
citizens in the communitties where they have operational bases.

Further more your details(e-mail address) falls within our ASIA
representative office ,as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of
US$200,000,00USD, will be released to you from this regional branch office
in MALAYSIA:

We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year
high stakes for US$1.3 Billion international draw.

PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU QUOTE YOUR BELOW WINNING PARTICULARS WHEN
CONTACTING YOUR AGENT:Ref:4758961725Batch: ALLINC 70564943902/188
Winning
no: FGNGB2701/LPRC

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE,Simply contact our fiducial agent,mr ibrahim
msallam (agent_lottery_123@yahoo.com)to file for your claim .

Please quote your reference, batch and winning numbers which can be found on
the top left corner of this notification letter as well as your full name,
address and telephone number as to help us locate your file easily.

For security reasons, we advise all winners to keep this information
confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize
released to you.

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted taking advantage of this programme bynon-participant or
nofficial personnels.

Note, all winnings MUST beclaimed on or before the 30th of FEBRUARY -2007.

otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed andeventually donated to
charity.

Congratulations, once more from the entire Management and Staff of AUSTRALIA
LOTTO LOTTERY INC to all our lucky winners this year. Thank you for of
being part of this promotional lottery program.


Yours Sincerely,

Carol Smith(co-ordinator).
PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL.CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT:
(agent_lottery_123@yahoo.com)

ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL RESULT TO
DISQUALIFICATION.


CONGRATULATIONS YOUR EMAIL HAS WON THE 2007 PROM

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