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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • ",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.
  • +2348081142916 (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.
  • mrlarryjames11@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 01:36:38 -0800 (PST)
Subject: CONGRTURATION :YOUR EMAIL HAVE WON ($250,000.00 UsD)








HEAD OFFICE.6123 Cool Street





Paulgreenvulle Ax34587,Australia





CONGRATULATIONS !!!





BATCH NUMBER:   8056490902/188





WINNING NUMBER: GB8701/LPRC





REFERENCE  NUMBERS: 575061725





ELECTRONIC E-MAIL AWARD NOTIFICATION





AWARD PRESENTATION CENTER: AUSTRALIA.








Dear Lucky Winner,








    We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on 14th octo,


 2008 from the Australia Lottery programme. Which is fully based on an


 Electronic selection of winners using their e-mail addresses Your name


 was attached to ticket number;47061725 07056490902 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 second category.





 You hereby have been approved a lump sum pay of US$ 250,000.00 (TWO


 HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW


 47509/06 from the total cash prize of US$4,000,000.00 shared amongst


 sixteen lucky winners in this category. All participant were selected





 hrough 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 Lottery 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) fall within our African





representative office in Nigeria,West Africa, as indicated in your


play coupon and your prize of US$250,000.00 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$1


Million international draw.





HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:Simply contact our fiducial agent In


Nigeria,Mr Larry James, by email (mrlarryjames11@gmail.com) ,or call


TEL, +234 8081142916 . To file for your claim.





NOTE: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 programme by


non-participant or unofficial personnel.





All winnings MUST be claimed by 23th DECEMBER,2008 otherwise all funds


will be returned as Unclaimed


 





Congratulation Once Again


YOUR ADDRESS HAS WON


Best Regards


Mrs. Michelle Davidson(co-ordinator)


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