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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "fudiciary" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "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!
• 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.
  • williamsrose_51@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "AUSTRALIA LOTTO" <australianlotto505@bigmir.net>
Date: Sat, 24 May 2008 03:36:43 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS HAS WON 2008 LOTTERY


AUSTRALIA LOTTO LOTTERY INC.
5th Floor East
Commonwealth Center
55 Currie Street
Adelaide SA 5000,
South Australia.

Date:24/05/2008
Ref: 475061725
Batch: 7056490902/188
Winning no: GB8701/LPRC
CONGRATULATIONS!!

Dear Sir/Madam,

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 24th of may
,2008 from the Australian International Lottery programmer. 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 5-13-33-37-42bonus number 17,which consequently won the lottery in
the second category.
You here by have been approved a lump sum pay of US$800,000.00 (Eight
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 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) falls within our European representative office
in Amsterdam, Holland, as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of
US$800,000.00 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$1.8 Billion international
draw.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE: Simply contact our fiducial agent,WILLIAMS ROSE at
williamsrose_51@yahoo.com, to file for your claim .

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 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 released to you. This is part
of our security protocol to avoid double
claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this programmer by
non-participant or unofficial personnel.
Note, all winnings MUST be claimed by the 29th of June, 2008, 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-ordinator)
PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL.CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT AT:
williamsrose_51@yahoo.com, ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE
WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.
To file for your claim, please kindly fill out the claim form below and
e-mail it to our fudiciary agent, with the contact below.
1.FULL NAMES:__________________________________
2.ADDRESS:_____________________________________________
3.SEX:_______________
4.AGE:________
5.MARITAL STATUS:___________________
6.OCCUPATION:________________________
7.ACCOUNT NO_________________________________
8.E-MAIL ADDRESS:_____________________________
9.TELEPHONE NUMBER:_____________________
10.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL___________
11.AMOUNT WON:___________________________________
12. COUNTRY________________________________

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

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