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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• 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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
• 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.
  • +447024025418 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • frjameswalter@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Goodluck Alagbaoso" <goodluckjerryalagbaoso65@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: goodluckjerryalagbaoso@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 05:03:13 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS !!FROM AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY DEPARTMENT

AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROGRAMMES
21 PICCADILLY LONDON . W1B 0BH.UK
TEL:+44-702 402 5418,FAX:+44-7005-938103


Date: 223/9/2006
Ref: 575061725
Batch: 8056490902/188
Winning no: KB8701/LPRC

CONGRATULATIONS!!

Dear Sir/Madam,


We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 24th of

August 2006 from the Australian International Lottery programme. Which

is fully based on an electronic selection of winners using their e-mail

addresses.Your name was attached to ticket number; 575061725 8056490902

serial number 6741137002.This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows
4-13-33-37-42bonus number 17,which consequently won the lottery in the

second category.

You here by have been approved a lump sum pay of US$1,000, 000.00 (ONE

MILLION DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW 47509/02 from the

total cash prize shared amongst eight lucky winners in this category.

All participant were selected through a computer balloting system drawn

form Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada, Australia,

United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of

our international promotions program which is conducted annually.

This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomorate of some

multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the

citizens in the commmunities where they have operational base.Further

more your details(Your e-mail address) falls within our European

representative office in london,UK, as indicated in your play coupon

and your prize of US$1,000,000.00 will be released to you from this

regional branch office in london UK[EUROPE]rgeough one of our Bankers.

We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of

year high stakes for US$1.3 Billion international draw.

Note,THAT you are URGENTLY required to contact FR.JAMES WALTER THE

co-ordinator ON (frjameswalter@yahoo.com) for immediate release of

your fund and forward him with your full name and address,age

occupation,telephone and fax number without delay for the processing of

your winning payment.All winnings MUST be claimed by the 25th of oct

2006; otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually

donated to charity.

Congratulations once again.


Regards,


Mr.Goodluck Alagbaoso
For:Australian Lottery.

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