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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "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 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.
  • +2348084366433 (Nigeria, 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.
  • mr_rechardhardgett_claimofficer@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY" <aulot48@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 07:58:47 +0000
Subject: NOTIFICATION YOU HAVE WON $400,000.00 USD(AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY PROGRAM 2007)

           

CASH-OUT LOTTO BV
CASH-OUT PLAZA, SUITE 1102A
AMSTERDAM ZUID-OOST
AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS

INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRICE AWARD DEPARTMENT.

DATE:27TH APRIL, 2007.

 

Dear Lucky Winner,
 
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual final draws of AUSTRALIAN CASH-OUT LOTTO BV international Lottery programs. The online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 21,000 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet, no tickets were sold. After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as one of two winners in the category "A" with the following winning information:
Ref: ILP/HW 47509/02
Batch:05/763638/IPD
Winning no: 11 13 26 34 44 48

Ticket number: 275-189-657-23-05 with Serial number 8756-05 drew the lucky numbers and bonus ball number

You as well as the other winners are therefore to receive a cash prize of $400,000 Dollars (Four Hundred Thousand Dollars Only) each from the total payout.
Your prize award has been insured with your e-mail address and will be transferred to you upon meeting our requirements, statutory obligations, verifications, validations and satisfactory report. To begin the claims processing of your prize winnings you are advised to contact our licensed and accredited claims agent for category "A" winners with the information below:
 
To file for your claim, please contact the processing agent; 
 PERSON IN CHARGE (MR RECHARD HARDGETT CLAIM AGENT)

Email address: mr_rechardhardgett_claimofficer@yahoo.com

CONTACT NUMBER: +234-8084366433

 

Remember to quote your reference information in all correspondence. You are to keep all lotto information away from the general public especially your reference and ticket numbers. (This is important as a case of double claims will not be entertained). Anybody under the age of 17 and members of the affiliate agencies are automatically not allowed to participate in this program.
 
Please note; You are hereby advice to send the asigned fudiciray Agent details below for Processing of your Claims;
(1.) FULL NAME .....................................................
(2.) FULL ADDRESS ..................................................
(3).NATIONALITY. .....................................................
(4) AGE......................................................................
(5) OCCUPATION........................................................
(6)TELEPHONE NUMBER...........................................
(7) DATE OF WINNING NOTIFICATION........................
(8) SEX.......................................................................
(9) TOTAL AMOUNT WON..........................................
(10) MARITAL STATUS ...............................................
(11)EMAIL ADDRES.................................................

(12)YOUR ACCOUNT NUMBER.................................

 

scan  and artach a copy of your id or international passport and send to the claim agent that will enable him to get your payment filed easy.

contact to this confidential email account: you are advice to contact to our claim agent with this EMAIL ADDRESS:mr_rechardhardgett_claimofficer@yahoo.com

 

CONTACT NUMBER:+234-8084366433

 

       

ENDEAVOUR TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE ON OR BEFORE THE 25TH DAY OF  NEXT MONTH,2007.

 

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

 

Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.
 

Yours in service,

 

                               

Mrs. Basheera Abubakar            

(Co-coordinator).                

(australian Lottery Inc).

 

Dr. P. Swier, Mr. Gerald Goodman (Manager Foreign Operations), Mr. Franklyn Van Der Weijden (Manager Domestic Banking Operations), Dr. James Williams (Director International Credit Department), Mrs. Sandra Murphy (Executive), Mr. Michael Cole (Executive), Mr. Stephen Boer (Chairman).

 

Past winners.

 

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