419 scam: ONLINE LOTTERY <tankman92@verizon.net> PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARDS

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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:

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:
- "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "claims agent" (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)
- ",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)
- "stanleychima.claims@live.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
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!

Fraud email example:

From: ONLINE LOTTERY <tankman92@verizon.net>
Reply-To: markwilliams2008@live.com
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:36:17 -0800 (PST)
Subject: PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARDS

FROM THE DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARDS DEPARTMENT AUSTRALIAN
INTERNATIONAL
SWEEPSTAKES LOTTERY CORPORATION.
11TH FEBRUARY,2009.

Dear Lucky
Winner,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just
concluded
annual draws of The Australian Cashout Lottery
Programme.

The Cyber lottery draws was conducted from an exclusive
list
of 21,000,000 e-mail addresses of individuals and coperate
bodies
selected randomly by an advanced automated random computer
balloting
search on the internet.

The programme is sponsored by the
Australian Government to promote the
use of internet services for
scientific,academic and anthropological
researches especially for
underdeveloped continents such as Africa.

Your e-mail address was among
the 5000 e-mail addresses that emerged in the
category {B} as a winner with
the following winning information:

WINNING INFORMATION
Batch
no:05/763638/IPD
Winning no:11 13 26 34 44 48
Ticket
no:275-189-657-23-05
Serial no:8756-05.

You as well as other winners
in this category are therefore to receive a
cash prize of US$200,000.00 {Two
Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars} each from the total
payout.

Your prize award has been insured with your e-mail address and
will be
transfered to you upon meeting our requirements,statutory
obligations,
verifications,validations and satisfactory reports.

Your
winning ballot file numbers fell within our African regional office,
you are
therefore directed to contact our regional office in Nigeria
for the
processing and transfer of your won prize to you.

Remember to quote your
reference/winning information in all
correspondence,you are to keep all
lottery winning information away
from the general public especially your
reference and ticket numbers,
this is important as a case of double claims
will not be entertained.

You are therefore directed to send to your
Claims Agent Dr. Stanley Chima,
through his confidential e-mail address
details below for the processing of
your claims:

PERSONAL
INFORMATION:
1. Full name...
2. Nationality...
3. Contact
Address...
4. Telephone Number...
5. Marital Status...
6.
Occupation...
7. Age...
8. Gender...
9. Date of winning
notification...
10.Amount won...

Anybody under the age of 17 and
members of the affiliate agencies are
automatically not allowed to
participate in this programme.

Reply to his confidential email account:
stanleychima.claims@live.com

Congratulations
once more from our members of staff.

Yours in Service.
Mrs Veronica
Oniel.
Vice President.
Australian Cashout Lottery Inc.

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