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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "million dollars" (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)
  • ",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.
  • +447031892517 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY DRAWS" <australianinternationallotterydraws@klikni.cz>
Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 02:06:49 +0800
Subject: AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL LOTTERY DRAWS!!!.


AUSTRALLIAN LOTTERY PROGRAME
PAUL GREEN VILLE Ax34587,
AUSTRALIA.
Ref: 435062725
Batch: 7050490902/189

Winning no: GB8101/LPRC

CONGRATULATIONS!!
Dear Sir/Madam,

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 26th Of
MAY .2008, from the Australia 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; 4700172507056490102
serial
number 7741134002 This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows

5-13-33-37-42 bonus mumber17,which consequently won the lotto in the
second
category.

You here by have been approved a lump sum pay of US$10,000,000.00 (TEN
MILLION DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW 47509/09 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 European 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$10,000, 000.00 will be released to you
from
this regional branch office in UNITED KINGDOM AND NIGERIA

RESPECTIVELY.
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,Dr KINGSLEY BRADSHAW. E-mail address

kingsley_bradshaw@live.com
<http://us.f456.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=kins_brad@live.com&YY=99348&y5beta=yes&y5beta=yes&order=down&sort=date&pos=2&view=a&head=b>
file for your claim contact him Monday to

Friday.Phone : +447031892517 by filling this form below and send it to
him to
file for your claim .

LOTTERY WINNERS APPLICATION FORM OF PAYMENT.
FULL NAME.................................................

DATE OF BIRTH.........................................
ADDRESS...................................................
SEX..........................................................
AGE........................................................

NATIONALITY...........................................
OCCUPATION............................................
TELEPHONE.............................................
EMAIL.....................................................

DATE......................................................
EQUITY LINE OF CREDIT........................
WINNER REF/BATCH NO...........................APPROVED FOR PAYMENT.

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 program by non-participant or

official
personnel. Note, all winnings MUST be claimed by the 30th of May
.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
CLAIMSAGENT AT kingsley_bradshaw@live.com
<http://us.f456.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=kins_brad@live.com&YY=99348&y5beta=yes&y5beta=yes&order=down&sort=date&pos=2&view=a&head=b>
ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE

PART OF
THE WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.
Carol sweet

Yours faithfully,

Carol Sweet

Online coordinator for AUSTRALIAN LOTTO PROGRAMME,

Sweepstakes.
MME,
Sweepstakes.

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