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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.

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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 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")
• 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.
  • agentlevi_australianlottery@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "nama muoly" <matter0@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2006 15:29:50 +0100
Subject:

Date 1/9/2006
Ref :575061725
Batch:8056490902/188
Winning no:KB8701/LPRC
Dear Sir/Madam

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release
on the 31st of August 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; 575061725
8056490902 serial number 6741137002. This batch draws
the lucky numbers as follows: 4-13-33-37-42 bonus
number 17,which consequently won you the lottery in
the second category.

You hereby have been approved a lump sum pay of
US$200,000.00 (TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS) in cash
credit file ref: ILP/HW 47509/02 from the total cash
prize shared amongst eight lucky winners in this
category.

All participant were selected through a computer
balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand
E-mail addresses from Canada, Australia, United
States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, and Africa as part
of our international promotions program which is
conducted annually.

This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a
conglomorate of some multinational companies as part
of their social responsibility to the citizens in the
commmunities where they have operational base. Further
more your details(e-mail address) falls within our
European representative office in Amsterdam,Holland,
as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of
US$200,000.00 will be released to you from our
regional branch bureau in london.

We hope with part of your prize, you will participate
in our end of year high stakes for US$1.3 Billion
international draw.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:
Simply contact our Fiducial Agent, Mr levi smith
at(agentlevi_australianlottery@yahoo.com) to file for your claim .

Please quote your :
Date of draw,Reference Number, Batch Number and
Winning Number, which can be found on the top-left
corner of this message. Also, you should give in your
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 has been
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.

Note, all winnings MUST be claimed by the 30th of
September 2006; otherwise all funds will be returned
as unclaimed and eventually donated to charity.
Best Regards.

MR LEVI SMITH
(For the co-ordinator)
PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL.
CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT AT(agentlevi_australianlottery@yahoo.com).

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