419 scam: Australia Lottery Programe <letswin2002@msn.com> YOU HAVE WON FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

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.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "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.
- +2348035742929 (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.
- malikpaymentdivision@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Australia Lottery Programe <letswin2002@msn.com>
Reply-To: <malikpaymentdivision@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2009 12:01:20 +0000
Subject: YOU HAVE WON FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS

REF NUMBER:575061725
BATCH NUMBER:8056490902/188
WINNING NUMBER:KB8701/LPRC

Dear Winner,
We are delighted to inform you of your prize which was released today being 06th June 2009, from the Australian International Lottery program, which is fully based on an electronic selection of winners using their e-mail address from some sites. Your email address was attached to ticket number; 4700172507056490102 and serial number 7741134002. This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 5-13-33-37-42 and bonus number 17,which consequently won the lottery in the second category.

You hereby have been approved a lump sum pay of USD$500,000.00 (FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY) in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW47509/09 from the total cash prize shared amongst eight lucky winners in this category. All participants were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses.

Furthermore, your details (e-mail address) fall within our European representative office in Amsterdam,Holland as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of USD$500,000.00 will be released to you from this regional office in NIGERIA. We hope that with part of your prize,
you will participate in our end of year high stakes for US$1.5 Billion international draw. To file for your claim, please contact our director of finance.

Name: MR.MALIK COKER.
Email: malikpaymentdivision@gmail.com
Tel: +234-803-574-2929

PROVIDE THE BELLOW INFORMATIONS:

1} YOU’RE NAMES...........
2} AGE....................
3} NATIONALITY............
4} CONTACT NUMBER.........
5} OCCUPATION.............
6} SEX....................
7} ANNUAL INCOME..........
8} CONTACT ADDRESS........
10} BANK INFORMATION'S........

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this program by non-participants or unofficial personnel.

Note: all winnings MUST be claimed before the 26th June 2009,otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to charity organizations.

Yours Faithfully,
Dr.Marcela Cherry
Coordinator,

NOTE: Do not reply to me, rather you are to contact
MR.MALIK COKER

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