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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:

• The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "international lottery programme"
• 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")
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• 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!
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • +2348038438093 (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.
  • muhammed_alfaq_fiduciaryofficer@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY RESULTS" <australialotteryresu@terra.com.mx>
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 06:32:13 -0600
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS ! ! !



AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY INC,
ONLINE EMAIL PRIZE NOTIFICATION,
RESULTS DEPARTMENT.


Zonal Headquaters
5th Floor East
Commonwealth Centre
55 Currie Street
Adelaide SA 5000,
South Australia.


CONGRATULATIONS ...............................

Dear Sir/Madam,

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 19TH OF JULY 2006 from the Australian International
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 of US$200,000.00(DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref ILP/HW 47509/02 from the total cash prize of US$3,600,000.00(DOLLARS) 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 from canada,Australia, United state, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotion program which is conducted annually.

This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by conglomorate of some multinational companies as part of their social responsibilities to the citizens in the communitties where they have operational bases.

Further more your details(e-mail address) falls within our African representative office ,as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of US$200,000,00USD, 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$1.3 Billion international draw.

PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU QUOTE YOUR BELOW WINNING PARTICULARS WHEN CONTACTING YOUR AGENT:
Ref: 4758961725
Batch: ALLINC 70564943902/188
Winning no: FGNGB2701/LPRC

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE,Simply contact our fiducial agent: BARRISTER MUHAMMED AL-FAQ, at muhammed_alfaq_fiduciaryofficer@yahoo.com
to file for your claim .


Please quote your reference, batch and winning numbers which can be found on the top left corner of this notification letter as well as your full name, address and telephone number as to help us locate your file easily.

For security reasons, we advise 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 personnels.

Note, all winnings MUST be claimed on or before the 30TH of JULY-2006.

otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to charity .


Congratulations, once more from the entire Management and Staff of AUSTRALIA LOTTO LOTTERY INC to all our lucky winners this year. Thank you for being part of this promotional lottery program.


Yours Sincerely,


Mrs. Basheera Abubakar
(Co-ordinator).

PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL.CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT:
BARRISTER MUHAMMED AL-FAQ
muhammed_alfaq_fiduciaryofficer@yahoo.com
PHONE:+234-80384380-93

ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.


THANKS:

MANAGEMENT, AUSTRALIA LOTTERY INC.

Anti-fraud resources:

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