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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.

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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "from: the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • info.australianlottohelpdick@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY INC" <australianfoundation1@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 01 May 2007 03:37:33 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATION YOU HAVE WON NOT JUNK MAIL.

                                                                

FROM: THE DESK OF THE MANAGEMENT

INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRICE AWARD DEPARTMENT.

REF N: EGS/475061725

BATCH N:05/763638/IPD

RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION/ FINAL NOTICE

CONGRATULATIONS!

 

National Australian  Lottery Incorporated  wishes to inform you the results of the E-mail address ballot lottery international program by Australia held on 28rd April, 2007. Your email account have been picked as a winner of $200,000.00} TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ONLY.

This results is now released to you on 30th April, 2007. and your email address attached  in the A Category. All email addresses were selected through a computer ballot system in which your email address was selected as one of the lucky winners. Your lucky number is:-  .and bonus ball number .

Be advised to keep your winning information confidential {VERY SECRET} until your claims has been processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by fraudulent and scampers.

 

All winning must be claimed not later than 24th May 2007. After this date all unclaimed funds will be returned to  Australia as unclaimed. Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your reference number in all correspondence.

You are therefore advised to contact your claim OFFICER in our regional branch in LONDON, 

 

                  HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE;

 

Simply contact our regional office

Contact Person,DR MARK JONES email....(info.australianlottohelpdick@yahoo.com)
by filling this form below and send it to him
to file for your claim .

DR MARK JONES,

email....(info.australianlottohelpdick@yahoo.com)

 

LOTTERY WINNERS APPLICATION FORM OF PAYMENT.

 

FULLNAME.................................................

DATE OF BIRTH..................................

ADDRESS..................................................
SEX.........................

AGE..................................

NATIONALITY...........................................

OCCUPATION...........................................

TELEPHONE..........................................

EMAIL.................................................

DATE......................................................

SIGNATURE...........................................

WINNER REF/BATCH NO...........................APPROVED FOR PAYMENT.

 

Congratulations from the staff and thank you for being part of email account users program.                                                            

 

Yours in service,                                                         

                                                                
Yours Sincerely,

Mrs Alice Henry

Executive(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).

VICE PRESIDENT

 

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