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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)
  • "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.
  • rev.frjpalenberg9815@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "AUSTRALIA INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY INC" <au_intl4@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 17:05:54 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATION Winning no: GB8701/LPRC YOUR E-MAIL WON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY INC.
6123 COOL STREET ROAD,
SOMEWHEREVALUE AX34587
AUSTRALIA.

Date 20/11/2006
Ref: 475061725
Batch: 7056490902/188
Winning no: GB8701/LPRC


CONGRATULATION

Dear Sir/Madam,

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 20th of November
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; 47061725
7056490902,serial number 7741137002 This batch draws the lucky numbers as
follows 5-13-33-37-42bonus number 17,which consequently won the lottery in
the second category.All participant were selected through a computer
balloting system drawn form Nine hundred thousandE-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.You here by have been approved a
lump sum pay of US$400,000.00 (FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS) in cash credit
file ref: ILP/HW 47509/02 from the total cash prize shared among eight lucky
winners in this category.Australian Lottery winners tourism visit coming up
next month in which we will provide
all winners with free visa to Europe, free hotel accommodations, free air
ticket and lost of gift
on their arrival.once you receive your prize do let us know so as to enable
our International Attorney
proceed to obtain the necessary documents for your visa to Europe as more
information's will soon be given to you.and do contact your agent Rev.Fr.
John Palenberg where you have questions.

This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by aconglomorate 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(e-mail address) falls
within our European AND African representative office in Nigeria,,as
indicated in your play coupon and your prize ofUS$400,000.00 will be
released to you from this regional branchoffice in NIGERIA. We hope with
part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes for
US$1.3 Billion international draw. HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:Simply contact
our fiducial agent,

Rev.Fr. John Palenberg:rev.frjpalenberg9815@yahoo.com. to file for your
claim .Please quote your
reference,batch and winning number which can be found on the top left corner
of this notification as well as your full name, address and telephone number
to help locate your file easily. For security reasons, we advice allwinners
to keep this information confidential from the public until your claimis
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 by non-participant or unofficial personnel.Note, all winnings MUST
be claimed by the 30th of November 2006; otherwise all funds will be
returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to charity. Congratulations
once
again on your wining.

PLEASE REPLY TO THIS EMAIL.CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT AT:
rev.frjpalenberg9815@yahoo.com

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

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