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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• 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.
  • +447035913930 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • revfelixhansel@yahoo.com
  • felixhansel04@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: MONICA KEWEL <ausdraws710@msn.com>
Reply-To: <felixhansel04@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 15:50:26 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS! YOUR E-MAIL HAS WON ($750,000.00).























AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY NOTIFICATION DESK.

GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED!!!CONGRATULATIONS!!!



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 1st of October.
2008, from the Australian 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
number17,which consequently won the lotto in the second category. You here by have been approved a lump sum pay of US$750,000.00 (SEVEN
HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND 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 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$750,000.00 will
be released to you from this regional branch office in UNITED KINGDOM . 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, Rev. Felix Hansel E-mail
address:




revfelixhansel@yahoo.com

Felixhansel04@gmail.com













Phone: +447035913930. To file for your claim. Contact
him Monday to Friday. 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...........................................

AMOUNT
WON............................................ OCCUPATION............................................ TELEPHONE.............................................


EMAIL..................................................... DATE......................................................

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
unofficial personnel.
Note,
all winnings MUST be claimed by the 1st of November.
2008; otherwise all
funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to charity
Organizations. Congratulations
once again on your winnings!!! Best Regards Mrs. Monica Kewel. (coordinator)
CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT IMMEDIATELY TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE.



ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL
RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION. Yours
faithfully, Mrs. Monica
Kewel. Online coordinator for AUSTRALIAN
LOTTO PRO GRAMME, Sweepstakes International Program

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