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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:

• The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "australian lottery" (can only win this lottery if you bought a ticket)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • ",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)
• 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.
  • +2348035729455 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: Australian Lottery <aus333@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2007 23:24:30 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS9contact your agent)



AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY


Ref : GB8701/LPRCBatch : 7056490902/188Winning no: 475061725CONGRATULATIONSDear Lucky winner ,We are delighted to inform you of your prize release forthe month of Setp,2007 from the Australian InternationalLottery Programme. Which is fully based on an Electronicselection 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 pay ofUS$500,000.00 (FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS) in cashcredit file ref: A2000 SO/AB/CI/049/01 from the total cash prize of US$4,000,000.00 shared amongst eight lucky winners in this category.All participant were selected through a computer ballotingsystem drawn form Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada,Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually.This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some 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) fall within ourAfrican Representative office in Nigeria, West Africa, asindicated in your play coupon and your prize ofUS$500,000.00 will be released to you from this regional branch office in Nigeria.We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in ourNew year high stakes for US$1.3 Billion international draw.HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE Simply contact our fiducial agent inNigeria,Contact Name: Rev. Father John ChurchillEmail: revjohnchurchill36@yahoo.comand his number is (+234)-803 5729 455.To file for your claim. Please quote your reference, batchand 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 thisinformation Confidential from the public until your claim isprocessed and your prize released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this programmed by non-participant or unofficial personnel.Note, all winnings MUST be claimed before this month runsout. otherwise all funds will be returned as unclaimed andeventually donated to charity.

So get back to your agent with all these infos

1, Your full names
2, Your address
3, Your age
4, Your direct telephone number
5, Your occupation
6 You country.Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!

Carol sweet
Yours faithfully, Carol SweetOnline coordinator for AUSTRALIAN LOTTO PROGRAMME, Sweepstakes International Program. PLEASE DO NOT REPLY ANY EMAIL APART FROM THIS TO AVIOD MISS DIRRECTION OF FUND AND TO AVIOD SCAM EMAIL
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