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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" (no such lottery exists)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "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.
  • agentcoleman02@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: agentco leman <officelotto7777@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 19:46:44 +0100 (BST)
Subject: AWARD NOTIFICATION: FINAL NOTICE


FROM:THE DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARDS
DEPARTMENT AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY COPORATION;

Date:29/08/2007
E UH
Batch: 8056490902/188
Winning Numbers 1 2 26 30 40 21



AWARD NOTIFICATION: FINAL NOTICE
Attn: Winner,

We are pleased to inform you of the lottery result winners of Australian
International Lottery Programmes held on the 13th of jun 2007 by 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; 675061725 9356460902. Serial Number 67749137002.
This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 2-9-23-35-46 bonus number 14,
which consequently won the lottery in the second category. You are here by
approved a lump sum pay of US $400,000.00 (FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS) in
cash credit. File ref: ILP/HW 46704/07 from the total cash prize of US $3.2
Million shared amongst Eight lucky winners in this category. YOU ARE A
WINNER!!!


Due to mix up of some numbers and names, you are advised to keep your winning
information confidential until your claim has been processed and your money
remitted to your nominated bank. This is part of our security protocol to
avoid double claims and unwarranted abuse of this programme by some
participants. All participants where selected through a computer/mail
balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from
Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and
Oceania as part of our international promotions programme which is conducted
annually.

This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some
multinational companies and also the Australian Government as part of their
social responsibility to their citizens in the commmunities where they have
operational base. Furthermore, your details (e-mail address) falls within our
European representative office in Amsterdam, Holland, as indicated in your
play coupon and your prize of US$400,000.00 will be released to you from our
African branch office in NIGERIA which is in charge of our funds transfer. We
hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year high
stakes for US$2.3 Million international draw.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE: Simply contact our claims agent,
DR.COLEMAN FRANK , E-MAIL ADDRESS BELOW:
agentcoleman02@yahoo.co.uk

To file for your claim . Please quote your Date of draw, Reference Number,
Batch Number and Winning Number, which can be found on the top-left corner of
this message. Also, you should give in your telephone number to help us
locate your file easily. For security reasons once again, we advice all
winners to keep this information confidential from the public until your
claim is processed and your prize has been released to you and also to the
public. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted taking advantage of this programme by non-participants or
unofficial personnel.

BEST REGARDS
ROSE ADAMS (MRS)
(LOTTERY COORDINATOR)

PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT AT : DR.COLEMAN FRANK
agentcoleman02@yahoo.co.uk

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



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