419 scam: "AUSTRALIA LOTTERY"<winners@australialot.net.tf> CONGRATULATIONS!!, YOU HAVE WON 935,470.00 EURO !!!!!!!

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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
- "international lottery programme" (no such lottery exists)
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- ",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)
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.
- pablonacha@hotmail.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "AUSTRALIA LOTTERY" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <pablonacha@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 17:14:35 -0700
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!, YOU HAVE WON 935,470.00 EURO !!!!!!!

AUSTRALIA LOTTO LOTTERY INC

ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION
AWARD PRESENTATION CENTER:AUSTRALIA

West Africa Lottery Technology, Australia
9 Palmerston Crescent
South Melbourne, Victoria 3205
Australia

Date:11/06/2012
Ref: 575061725
Batch: 8056490902
Winning no: KB8701

CONGRATULATIONS!!! 2012.This is a computer generated lottery of Internet users using email addresses for draws. This lottery draw is fully based on an electronic selection of winners using their e-mail addresses from different World Wide Web(www)sites. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 275-189-657-23-05 with Serial number 8756-05 drew the lucky numbers 11 13 26 34 44 48 and bonus ball number 02 which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of 935,470.00 EURO (NINE HUNDRED AND THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND, FOUR HUNDRED AND SEVENTY EURO) in cash credit file ref:ILP/HW 47509/02. This is from the total cash prize of 30,000,000 Million Euro, shared

Dear Winner,

We are delighted to inform you of the result of the E-mail address ballot lottery draw of the Australian international lottery programme, which took place on the 9TH of JUNE,2011 amongst the first Ten (10) lucky winners in this category. All participant were selected randomly through a computer balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions programme which is conducted annually.

This Lottery is being promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of 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 MADRID,SPAIN, as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of 935,470.00 EURO will be released to you from the regional branch office MADRID in SPAIN. We hope with part of your prize,you will participate in our end of year high stakes for US$1.3 Billion international draw.
Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:

Contact our claims agent with the info below:

MR. PABLO NACHA
consultseguridad Company SA, Madrid, Spain

Email: pablonacha@hotmail.co.uk

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 money remitted/released to you. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this programme by some unscrupulous elements, equally to guard against non participant or unofficial personnel taking undue advantage of this programme.

Note that,all winnings MUST be claimed by a STIPULATED TIME(ON OR BEFORE 20th OF JUNE, 2011) otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually be reabsorbed into our next lucky dip sweepstakes.

send your listed informations to MR. PABLO NACHA

Full name:
Telephone number:
Fax number:
Mailing address:
Age:
Occupation:
Fax:
Ktu Number:
Draw Number:
Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!

Yours in service,

Mrs. Deborah Martins

Executive Co-ordinator
Australian International Lottery Program.
Dr. P. Swier, Mr. Gerald Goodman
Manager Foreign Operations,

PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS OFFICE, MAKE SURE YOU
CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT AT
pablonacha@hotmail.co.uk

ALSO MAKE SURE YOU SEND DOWN YOUR PHONE AND FAX NUMBERS TO YOUR CLAIMS AGENT FOR EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION WITH YOUR WINNING, BATCH AND REF NUMBERS. ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.

THANKS:
MANAGEMENT, AUSTRALIA LOTTO LOTTERY INC.

LOTTERY SPONSORS: CHIEF SPONSORS;

MICROSOFT CORPORATION UK, MICROSOFTCORPORATION AFRICA,MICROSOFT CORPORATION USA, MICROSOFTCORPORATION ASIA.

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