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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:
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "abuja" (a location commonly mentioned 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.
  • claimsdept@infohq.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROGRAMME INC
<drawrsult_announcer14@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <claimsdept@infohq.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 08:56:29 +0100
Subject: ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION AWARD PRESENTATION
CENTER: AUSTRALIA


AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY 2007
*****************************************
UNI,24 HIGHER AVENUE HARRIS PARK
GRANVILLE NSW 0152 SYDNEY
AUSTRALIA.



Ref: 475061725
Batch: 7056490902/188
Winning no: GB8701/LPRC
CONGRATULATIONS!!


ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION AWARD PRESENTATION CENTER: AUSTRALIA

Dear Winner ,

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 11th September 2007 from the Australian Lotto incorporated program.This is a bonus to promote lotto in australia Which is fully based on an electronic selection of winners using their e-mail addresses form some site. Your email address was attached to ticket number; 47061725 07056490902 serial number 7741137002 This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 5-13-33-37-42 bonus number17,which consequently won the lotto in the second category.

You here by have been approved a lump sum pay of US$500,000.00 (FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW 47509/02 from the total cash prize shared amongst eight lucky winners in this category.

All participant were selected through a computer balloting system drawn form Nine hundred thousand E-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.

This Lotto was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have operational base.

Further more your details (e-mail address) falls within our Africa representative office in Abuja Nigeria, as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of US$500,000.00 will be released to you from this regional branch office 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 fiducially agent, REV.KELVIN WASH E-mail address claimsdept@infohq.com to file for your claim .

by filling this form below and send it to him to file for your claim $500,000.00.

FILL THIS FORM BELOW AND SEND TO YOUR FIDUCIALLY AGENT:

SECTION: A PERSONAL DATA:

SURNAME NAME:.....................FIRST NAME:............................MIDDLE NAME:.....................

FULL HOUSS ADDRESS:.........................

CITY/STATE:.................................

COUNTRY:....................................

ZIP CODE:...................................

DATE OF BIRTH:DAY:...MOUNTH:......YEAR:.....

SEX GENDER:........MARITAL STATUS:..........

OCCUPATION:.................................

MOBILE PHONE NUMBER:........................

HOUSE PHONE NUMBER:.........................

NEXT OF KIN:................................

SECTION: B WINNING INFORMATION:

LOTTERY AMOUNT WON IN FIGURE:...............

LOTTERY AMOUNT WON IN WORDS:................

TICKET:.......... WITH PRIZE #:.............

WINNING E-MAIL ADDRESS:..............LOTTERY
WINNING DATE..........................
WINNING E-MAIL ADDRESS:..............LOTTERY
WINNING DATE..........................




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 as to help us locate your file easily.


For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize released to you.

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this program by non-participant or unofficial personnel. Note, all winnings MUST be claimed before the end of this programme, otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to charity organizations.

Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!

Best Regards Carol Sweet (co-coordinator) PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL.CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT AT claimsdept@infohq.com
ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.

Yours faithfully,
Carol Sweet
Online coordinator for
AUSTRALIAN LOTTO PROGRAMME,
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