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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)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "from: the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "claims office" (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)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "courier company" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
• 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!
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • atra47@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "aust loto" <aust4loto@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2008 10:31:37 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!


AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY AWARDS

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

AWARD NOTIFICATION: FINAL NOTICE


The entire Australian National lottery organization
feel delighted to inform you of your e-mail address won the lottery prize
released on the 6th of September,2008. We feel obliged to let you know that
this organization has
been a lottery organization since its establishment in
1974.

Date of draw:20/08/2008
Current date:06/09/2008
Date of release:06/09/2008
Ref: ILP/HW 47509/008
Batch: 8056490902/188
Lotto type : MegaMillion
Official comment:Winners By Australian sweeptakes(Free Lottery)
Winning no:111326344448/48

This is fully based on an electronic selection of
winners using their e-mail addresses.Your name was attached to ticket number
575061725 serial number 6741137007.This batch draws the lucky numbers as
follows:11-13-26-34-44-48 bonus number 48,which consequently won the lottery
in the second category.

You hereby have been approved a prize of US$500,000.00
(FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref:
ILP/HW47509/008 from the total cash prize shared amongst eight lucky winners
in this
category.

All participants were selected through a computer
balloting system drawn from One hundred thousand E-mail addresses from
Canada,Australia,United States, Asia, Europe,Middle East and Africa as part
of our
international promotions program which is conducted
annually.

This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a
conglomerate of some multinational companies in Australia as part of their
social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have
operational base.This is part of the organizations'
bid to show gratitude to the global society for their patronage since the
last 33 years of existence.

Further more your details(e-mail address) falls within
our African representative office in Nigeria, as
indicated in your play coupon and your prize of US$500,000.00USD ONLY will
be released to you
from our Australian regional branch bureau in
Nigeria,Australian Embassy government quarter.HELP US EXPAND AUSTRALIAN
LOTTERY GLOBALLY!

We hope with part of your prize, you will participate
in our end of the year high stakes for US$2.3 Billion international draws..

FOR THE ROUTINE CLAIM OF YOUR PRIZE SIMPLY CONTACT OUR African AGENT:*
BARRISTER*.*ATRA JONES*
E-mail*:**Barr.atra_claims@live.com *

NOTE:


1.CLICKING THE WINNING NUMBERS/DETAILS FROM THE SITE
ABOVE WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO OPEN JUST FOR SECURITY OF YOUR WINNING
INFORMATION.
2.DO NOT TELL PEOPLE TILL YOU GET YOUR PRIZE FOR
SECURITY REASONS.
3.DO NOT REPLY TO THIS E-MAIL,CONTACT YOUR REGIONAL
CLAIMS MANAGEMENT.
4.WE HAVE TAKEN THESE MEASURES TO PROTECT YOU FROM
SHAMELESS LOTTERY FRAUD ARTISTS WITHOUT OFFICIAL WEBSITES AND TO ENSURE THAT
YOUR LOTTERY PRIZE IS PAID TO YOU FULLY,SMOOTHLY AND INSTANTLY.
5.PRIZES ARE FIXED DEPOSITED,SEALED WITHOUT DEDUCTION
OR TAMPERING WITH PRIZES FOR ANY REASON AT ALL AND ARE RECEIVED IN UNITED
STATES DOLLARS ONLY.PRIZES ARE PAYABLE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.

To file for your claim,fill this confirmation form
carefully and send to your regional claims office:ATRA OHAMS at
atra47@hotmail.com

FIRST NAME:
LAST NAME:
WINNING EMAIL:
OFFICE PHONE NUMBER:
HOME PHONE NUMBER:
ADDRESS:
CITY:
STATE:
COUNTRY:
OCCUPATION:
TICKET NUMBER:
SERIAL NUMBER:
WINNING NUMBER:
BATCH NUMBER:
MARITAL STATUS:
SEX:
AGE:
WINNING NUMBER:

METHOD OF PAYMENT

BANK TO BANK TRANSFER:?
COURIER COMPANY:

SET FOR HAPPY LIFE!

Sincerely,
Hon.Sir John Gregory,Oversea Director
Hon Kevin Rudd,(Prime Minister)Chief Director
Hon. Eric Abetz,(Senator)Chief Coordinator
Judith Adams(Western Australia),coordinator
Rod R. Blagojevich,Oversea Director
Carolyn Wright, Superintendent
Brian Lamer,Coordinator(Member)
John White, Oversea Coordinator.

YOU HAVE REASONS TO BE THANKFUL!

Anti-fraud resources:

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