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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)
  • "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)
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "hundred thousand united states 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)
  • "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.
  • +2348033994897 (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.
  • paymentdivisionclaimagent@walla.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY DEPARTMENT" <ukglobal15@gmail.com>
Reply-To: paymentdivisionclaimagent@walla.com
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 15:46:00 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS, YOU HAVE WON $200,000.00USD


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

DATE: 05/08/2008
REF NUMBER: 475061725
BATCH NUMBER: 7056490902/188
WINNING NUMBER: GB8701/L PRC
WINNER #6

CONGRATULATIONS, YOU HAVE WON $200,000.00USD

Dear Sir/Madam,
We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 4th Sep
2008 from the AUSTRALIA 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; 470617250705649
0902 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
first category. You have been approved a lump sum of Two Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars($200,000.00USD) in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW
47509/02 from the total cash prize shared amongst eight lucky winners in
first category. All participant were selected through 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 =2 0which is conducted
annually. This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a
conglomerate of some international companies as part of their social
responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have
operational base. Furthermore your detail (e-mail
address) falls within our NIGERIA representative office in AFRICA as
indicated in your play coupon and your prize of Two Hundred
Thousand
United States Dollars ($200,000.00USD) 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$2.6
Billion international draw. HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE: Simply
contact our fiducially Agent,

DR.ROBIN QUEST G
Email address; paymentdivisionclaimagent@walla.com
Phone Number: +234-8033994897

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 from the winning information you have given to
this office concerning your prize money of $200,000.00usd, which you
have won, you are the Original winner of the prize money.
1.FULL NAMES:________________________________
2.ADDRESS:___________________________________
3.SEX:_______________________________________
4.AGE:_______________________________________
5. NATIONALITY___ ____________________________
6.OCCUPATION:________________________________
7.BANK NAME:_________________________________
8.ACCOUNT NUMBER:____________________________
9.E-MAIL ADDRESS:____________________________
10.TELEPHONE NUMBER:_________________________
11.AMOUNT WON:_______________________________
12.MARITAL STATUS:___________________________
NOTIFICATION DATE:___________________________
ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS
WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.
In anticipation of your urgent response to this! For
security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this
information confidential from the public until your claim is
processed=2 0and your
prize released to you. This is part of our security protocol
to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of
this
lottery programmer by non-participant or non-official
personnel. NOTE, all
winnings must be claimed before 30th of September 2008,
otherwise all
funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated
to charity
organization. How Long Until You Make You’re First
Million? // $1 million ((c) George
Diebold/Solus-Veer/Corbis)

Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!

Best Regards
REV FR.DUCK MAYOR.
(Coordinator).


PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL,< br> CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS
AGENT;
DR.ROBIN QUEST G
Email address; paymentdivisionclaimagent@walla.com
Phone Number: +234-8033994897


YOU MUST CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT WITH THE E-MAIL ADDRESSES
THAT HAVE
BEEN INDICATED FOR CLARIFICATIONS. Australian Lottery
International
coordinator (Announcer).

*

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