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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:
  • "australian lottery" (can only win this lottery if you bought a ticket)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
  • "courier service" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
• 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!
• Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.
• 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.
  • agentwinsonhudorrack@yahoo.ca (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: CANADIAN AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY INC <cali.cordinator@easymail.hu>
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 15:15:12 +0200
Subject: ATTN: WINNING NOTIFICATION/ FINAL NOTICE!!!

CANADIAN-AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY INC 2007
 

 

AUSTRALIA LOTTERY INC.
6123 COOL STREET,

SOMEWHERE VALUE AX34587,

AUSTRALIA.

WESTERN CANADA LOTTERY CORPORATION
Corporate Communications
6910-50th Avenue
Postal Bag 649
Stettler, AB  T0C 2L0
CANADA.
Date: 25/07/07
 
                                    WINNING NOTIFICATION/ FINAL NOTICE
 
We happily announce to you the results of the LOTTO 6/49,International online Sweepstakes program held on Wednesday,July 25/07/2007.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 05/763638/IPD with Serial number: EB/NIG/LTD-118/WB-NL-014-2001 drew the lucky numbers:2-11-24-31-39-49(bonus No:9),and winning number:ILP/HW47509/02 which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e. match 5 plus bonus.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of $308,391(Three Hundred and Eight Thousand Three Hundred and Ninety One United State Dollars) in cash credited to file  BA0581380660001.This is from a total cash prize of $1,541,955(One Million Five Hundred and Fourty One Thousand Nine Hundred and Fifty  five United State Dollars) shared amongst the (5) lucky winners in this category i.e. Match 5 plus bonus.All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online.

 

This promotion takes place weekly (wed and sat). Please note that your
lucky winning prize is awaiting you.

Therefore,$308,391(Three Hundred and Eight Thousand Three Hundred and Ninety One United State Dollars) would be released to you by an agent in the below address.

Prize Claim Inquiries:
Western Canada Lottery Corporation
Prize Payout Center
10th Floor, 125 Garry Street
Winnipeg, MB  R3C 4J1. Canada.
Agent Name:  Rev.Pastor Winson Hudorrack.
Email: agentwinsonhudorrack@yahoo.ca

LOTTO 6/49 SERVICE OFFICER.

 

On behalf of me and the staff we say Congratulations and thank you for being part of our International online Sweepstakes program. So you should go ahead and contact your agent for the claim of your winning fund: agentwinsonhudorrack@yahoo.ca

 

HOWEVER,YOU HAVE TO FILL OUT YOUR DETAILE INFORMATION BELOW TO ENABLE OUR AGENT: REV.PASTOR WINSON HUDORRACK TO KNOW HOW YOUR WINNING PRIZE FUND WILL BE TRANSFER TO YOU IN YOUR COUNTRY.

 

Surname:......................................
First name:....................................
Other name(if any):............................
Age:..........Date of birth:...................
Country/State of birth:.........................
Country/state of residence:....................
contact address.................................
Tel:............................................
Occupation:....................................
Marital status:.................................
Name of bank:.................................
Address of bank:................................
Account number:...............................
Account code: ................................
 
After filling all these then you have to send it to Rev.Postor Winson Hudorrack immediately to enable him to know how to remit your WINNING PRIZE FUND into your account immediately one he is our agent for CANADIAN-AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY INC 2007.
 
MOREOVER,YOU ARE REQUIRED TO FURNISH REV.PASTOR WINSON HUDORRACK WITH ANY WAY YOU WANT HIM TO REMIT YOUR FUND TO YOU.

 

(1) IF THRUOGH THE WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER:YOU WILL PROVIDE HIM WITH YOUR FULL NAME,ADDRESS,TEXT QUESTION TO ALLOW OUR BANK TO SEND YOUR WINNING FUND TO YOU INSTILLMENTALLY THRUOGH THE WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER.

 

(2) IF YOU WISH IT TO BE TRANSFERRED TO YOU THROUGH THE BANK TO BANK TRANSFER:YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE HIM WITH YOUR FULL BANKING DETAILS.

 

(3) IF YOU WISH IT TO BE TRANSFERRED TO YOU THROUGH THE INTERNATIONAL BANK DRAFT:YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE HIM WITH THE BANK NAME AND ADDRESS WHERE YOU WILL LIKE THE BANK DRAFT TO BE SENT WHERE YOU WILL GO AND CASH IN THE MONEY IN YOUR COUNTRY.

 

(4) IF YOU WISH IT TO BE TRANSFERRED TO YOU THROUGH THE UK DELIVERY COURIER SERVICE DIPLOMATS:YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE HIM WITH YOUR HOUSE ADDRESS WHERE THE DELIVERY COURIER SERVICE DIPLOMATS WILL REMIT THE FUND TO YOU IN YOUR HOUSE.

 

YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE ONE OPTION FROM THE ABOVE TRANSFER STATUS'S SO THAT YOUR WINNING PRIZE FUND MUST BE TRANSFERRED TO YOU WITHOUT DELAY.

 

Sincerely,
J.L. Burnett
Chairman.
Western Canada Lottery Corporation.

NOTE:  Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the Winners will result to disqualification that means you are not allowed to reveal this email to anybody until you have been fully paid. Do not reply this mail. You are to contact your agent immediately.

          Past winners round the world with full excitment
      

 

          

 

         

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