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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:

• 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")
  • "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!

Fraud email example:

From: "The Australian Lottery Program" <claimsagent012@administrativos.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 03:03:06 +0100 (CET)
Subject: YOUR WINNING NORTIFICATION







FROM:THE DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARDS DEPARTMENT AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL SWEEPSTAKES
LOTTERY CORPORATION

Date: 26/02/2008
Ref: 575061/03
Batch: 8056490902/188
Winning Numbers 1 2 26 30 40 21


AWARD NOTIFICATION: FINAL NOTICE
Attn: Sir/Matham

We are pleased to inform you of the lottery result winners of Australian
International Lottery Programmes held on the 30th of December 2007 from
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 have been approved a lump sum pay of US$1,200,000.00 (ONE MILLION
TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW 46704/03
from the total cash prize shared amongst Eight lucky winners in this
category.

Due to mix up of some numbers and names, you are
advised to keep your winning information confidential until your claims
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 the citizens in the commmunities where they have operational base.
Further more your details (e-mail address) falls within our European
representative office in UNITED KINGDOM, as indicated in your play coupon
and your prize of US$1,200,000.00 will be released to you from our
regional branch office in LONDON. We hope with part of your prize, you
will participate in our end of year high stakes for US$5.4 Million
international draw.
HOW TO CLAIM : SIMPLY CONTACT YOUR REGIONAL
CLAIMS AGENT.
*************************************************************************

Rev. Fr. STEVE COSNA
EMAIL claimsagent012@administrativos.com


*************************************************************************


Endeavour to contact him with the following informations:
1. Full Names :...................................
2. Contact
Address :...........................
3. Telephone Number
:.........................
4. Age
:............................................
5. Sex
:............................................
6. Nationality
:...................................
7. Occupation
:..................................
8.State/Province:..............................
9. Winning
information i,e ticket number, batch number, reference
number,serial
number e.t.c. :

To file for your claim . Please quote Amount
Won,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 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 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-participant or unofficial personnel.


Note: All
winnings MUST be claimed before the 28th of March 2008; otherwise all
funds will be forfeited. Congratulations once again on your winning .

BEST REGARDS
MRS ROSE PHILIP
(LOTTERY COORDINATOR)

PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT AT :
claimsagent012@administrativos.com

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

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