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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash)
  • "cheques " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash)
• 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.
  • +447024016980 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • au_claimoffice@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "=?iso-8859-1?Q?lottery.austrailia=5Fnational@aliceadsl.fr?=" <lottery.austrailia_national@aliceadsl.fr>
Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 01:49:48 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?CONGRATULATION_YOU_WON?=



MOTTO: STRIVING TO ALIVIATE POVERTY ACROSS THE GLOBE!


AUSTRALIA Online Info.
National Lottery

FROM THE DESK OF MRS ANN ELLIS
ONLINE CORDINATOR
NATIONAL LOTTO AUSTRALIA

The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
New South Wales
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
(Customer Services)



REF No: OJM/231-ILGI0431/05
BATCH No: CVA/15/096/OBS
TICKET No: 20511465463-7644
SERIAL No: 472-9768-98
LUCKY No: 8-66-97-22-65-66

WINNING NOTIFICATION


Um amigo seu visitou nosso site e recomendou seu e-mail:
CONGRATULATION !!

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Lottery Winners International programs held on the 19TH NOVEMBER 2006. Your E-mail address attached to Ticket number 20511465463-7644 with Serial number 472-9768-98 drew the lucky numbers 8-66-97-22-65-66, which consequently won in the 1st category; you have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of US$ 650,000.00 (Six Hundred and Fify Thousand United States Dollars). This is from a total cash prize of USD$10,000,000.00 Million shared amongst Twelve International Lucky Winners in the Category A + (Plus).
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WE DONT TOLERATE PIRACY OR SCAM !
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Be A Winner !!!
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CONGRATULATIONS: This lottery is a promotional program by LOTTO, NL (Biggest lottery Organization in the Australia) to advertise to the world its existence. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 50,000 companies and 2,000,000 individual email addresses from all over the world, as part of our international promotions program, which we intend to conduct several times a year.



SOME OF THE WINNERS OF THE LAST AUSTRALIA NATIONAL ONLINE LOTTERY.


Be informed that your winning certificate and all other relevant documents/paperwork will be prepared for you. You will be required to show an instrument of identification when cashing your cheque i.e. Drivers License or International passport.

Due to the possibility of unscrupulous individuals filing a double claim, we suggest that you keep this award strictly confidential until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to you. This is in conformity with the lottery claim regulations by our Organization & High Court of Justice.

This is part of our security protocol measures to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants/non participants. All winnings must be claimed within 7 WORKING DAYS of receipt of this information ,And according to the assigned REGION OF THE WORLD. After this period all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake. Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our EUROPEAN Regional booklet representative office in England as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your (Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars) will be released to you by any of our payment Regional offices in ENGLAND PAYMENT CENTER Precisely.

To file for your claim, please contact our regional claiming agent in ENGLAND who is obliged to guild you on the steps to collect your winning. He is your claims agent.

CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT HERE


Mr. Edward Graham
FIDUCIARY AGENT.

Mr. Edward Graham,

Official Email: au_claimoffice@yahoo.co.uk

Tele: +44-702-4016980
+44-702-4068601
+44-702-4016961.


NOTE: You must forward your REF No,BATCH No,TICKET No,SERIAL No and your LUCKY No to the regional agent for filing. All winners will bear the delivery charges in other for our affilliated courier company to deliver their cheques to them in their country respectively not LOTTO.NL

In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, provide the following when replying:

1.Name.............................................................

2.Address:.........................................................

3.Phone.............................................................

4.Occupation......................................................

5.Country...........................................................

6. Age...............................................................

Delays will compel us to disperse your funds, in other words, we shall divert your funds as stated above. Kindly remember to quote your reference number in all correspondence.

Finally, you make sure that you save a copy of this mail and note every letter clearly as stated for we will not be held responsible should there be any complications in this transaction due to laxity on your part.


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Enjoy Online Lottery

Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.

Yours faithfully
ANN E(Mrs)
Online Coor! dinator ! for
THE NATIONAL LOTTERY





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AUTRALIE LOTTERIE APPROVA

Confidentiality Notice:
Please note that this email, and any files that may be attached to it, is/are confidential and is/are intended for the sole use of the individual(s) or entity (ies) to which it/they is/are addressed. Any use, distribution, copying or disclosure by any other person or entity is strictly prohibited under applicable law(s). If you received this email in error, please notify the sender by return email and delete the original message (making sure it is also deleted from the Deleted Items folder of your mail client). Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to official business of NATIONAL LOTTERY and insurance shall be understood to be neither given nor endorsed by NATIONAL LOTTERY finance and insurance when addressed to comet finance and insurance clients; and any information contained in this email is subject to the terms and conditions of the governing client's contract(s).


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