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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:
  • ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • +2348034291752 (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.
  • drmartinsolomon4@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Australian Intl. Lottery Agency" <drmartinsolomon5@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2007 20:11:06 +0100
Subject: Winning Notification. Contact agent for claims.

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


CONGRATULATIONS!


Dear Lucky Winner ,


We are delighted to inform you of your prize release
on the month of December,2007 from the Australian
International Lottery Programme. Which is fully based
on an Electronic ONLINE selection of winners using
their e-mail addresses 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 number 17,which
consequently won the lottery in the second category.

You hereby have been approved a lump sum pay of
US$500,000.00 (FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS) in cash
credit file ref: A2000 SO/AB/CI/049/01 from the total
cash prize of US$4,000,000.00 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 Lottery 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) fall within
our African Representative office in Nigeria, West
Africa,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 Next high
stakes for US$1.3 Billion international draw.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:

Simply contact our fiducial agent in Nigeria,

Contact Person: Dr. Martin Solomon

Contact Email: drmartinsolomon4@yahoo.com

Contact Phone:+234-803-429-1752

TO FILE FOR CLAIM:

Please fill the below form and send to your agent

YOUR FULL NAMES..........:

YOUR FULL ADDRESS........:

YOUR NATIONALITY.........:

AGE.......................;

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

PHONE/FAX.................:

EMAIL ADDRESS.............:

REF NUMBER................:

BATCH NUMBER..............:

WINNING NO................:

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 programmed by non-participant or unofficial
personnel.

Note, all winnings MUST be claimed before 31st December
2007.otherwise all funds will be returned as unclaimed
and eventually donated to charity.

DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL,KINDLY CONTACT YOUR AGENT
ON
drmartinsolomon4@yahoo.com
OR CALL HIM ON
+234-803-429-1752

Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!

Best Regards,
David Harris (co-coordinator)

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