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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)
  • "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 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.
  • au.official.claim@national-champs.com
  • dr_arnold_jammie@grad.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "National Australian Lottery Inc" <pedroso@paraisonet.com.br>
Reply-To: dr_arnold_jammie@Grad.com
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 13:08:57 -0300
Subject: OFFICIAL CLAIM AUTHORIZATION

AUSTRALIA INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY INC.

 

ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION

AWARD PRESENTATION CENTER : AUSTRALIA

 

THE AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
FROM: THE DESK OF THE MANAGEMENT
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRICE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
REF N : EGS/475061725
BATCH N :7056490900/188

RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION/ FINAL NOTICE
CONGRATULATIONS!

 

The National Australian Lottery Incorporated wishes to inform you of the results of the E-mail address ballot lottery international programme by Australia  held on 10th of September,2008. Your email account have been picked as a winner of ($400,000.00) FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY.

 

This result is now released to you on 13th of September, 2008. Your email address was attached in the B Category. All email addresses were selected through a computer ballot system in which your email address was  selected as one of the lucky winners. Your lucky number is= Ball number (11)Ball number (13)Ball number (26)Ball number(34)Ball number (44)Ball number (48)and Bonus Ball number(02)

 

Be adviced to keep your winning information confidential (VERY SECRET) until your claims has been processed and your money remitted to you.This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this programme by fraudulent and scammers. All winning must be claimed not later than 30th of September,2008. After this date all unclaimed funds will be returned as unclaimed.

Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your reference number in all correspondence.You are therefore advised to contact your Claim Officer in our Asia regional branch Bangkok Thailand  where your winning balloting numbers fall for payment.

 

Contact Details

Name :Dr Arnold Jammie

Email: au.official.claim@National-Champs.com
Email: dr_arnold_jammie@Grad.com

Tel : +66890689199

Address : Pantip Towers ,Soi 23 Sathorn Bangkok 10222 Bangkok Thailand .

 

Congratulations from the staff and thank you for being part of our email account user programme.

 

Yours Sincerely,
Mrs Alice Henry
Executive(australian Lottery Inc).
Executive Co-ordinator(australian Lottery Inc)                        

 

Australian Prime Minister Kelvin Rudd,
Dr. P. Swier, Mr. Gerald Goodman (Manager Foreign Operations), Mr.Franklyn Van Der Weijden (Manager Domestic Banking Operations), Dr. James Williams (Director International Credit Department), Mrs. Sandra Murphy
(Executive), Mr. Michael Cole (Executive), Mr. Stephen Boer (Chairman).VICE PRESIDENT

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