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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:
  • "australian lottery" (can only win this lottery if you bought a ticket)
• 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.
  • koffiwilliams-1@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "officemail101 Gazeta.pl" <officemail101@gazeta.pl>
Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 00:20:22 +0200
Subject: HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:CONGRATULATION!!!


*Attn: Pls.*

*We are pleased to inform you of our Managements free Net Lottery
Promotional award draws for 2008 from SHELL PETROLEUM in collarboration with
AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY INC. Which are fully based on an electronic selection of
winners using their e-mail addresses. Your E-MAILL was attached to BATCH NO:
7056490900/188. *

*This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows:- Ball number 11 Ball number
13Ball number 26Ball number 34 Ball number 44Ball number 48
(11-13-26-34-44-48) and bonus number:- Bonus Ball number 2 (02) which
consequently won the lottery in the first category. *

*You are here by had been approved a lump sum pay of US$2,500.000.00 (TWO
MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR) in cash credit file ref no: -
EGS/475061725 from the total cash prize shared among the first ten lucky
winners in this category. The draws is electronically generated using email
addresses of people who have visited sites or internet addresses operated or
enabled by microsolft.*


*Due to mix up of some numbers and names, you are advised to keep your
winning information confidential until your claim has been processed and
your money remitted to you. *

*This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claims and
unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants. All participants
where selected through a computer/mail balloting system drawn from Nine
hundred thousand E-mail addresses of people from Canada, Australia, United
State, Asia, Europe, Middle East, 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 and also the Australian Government as part of their
social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where the have
operational base. *

*Further more your details (e-mail address) falls within our Africa
representative office in Benin as indicated in your play coupon and your
prize of US$2,500.000.00 will be released to you from our regional branch
office in Benin Republic. We hope with part of your prize, you will
participate in our end of year high stakes for US$8.3 Million international
draw.*


*HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:*

*Simply contact our Benin Republic payment agent; Mr.Koffi William at (**
koffiwilliams-1@myway.com* <koffiwilliams-1@myway.com>*) to file for your
claim. *

*Please provide him with the following information to help him locate your
file easily.*

*FULL NAME..............................................
................................
DATE OF BIRTH.............................................
...........................
ADDRESS...........................................
.....................................
TELEPHONE.........................................
....................................
SEX...............................................
..........................................
AGE...............................................
..........................................
NATIONALITY.......................................
.....................................
WINNER Ref Batch NO................................................
................
OCCUPATION........................................
....................................*

*Note: All winnings must be claimed as soon as possible; otherwise all funds
will be forfeited & returned to the lotto organizers.*

*Congratulations once again on your winning!*

*Yours in service,
Ms Alice Henry
Executive Australian Lottery Inc.*


*Dr. P. Swier, Mr. Gerald Goodman (Manager Foreign Operations), Mr.
Kenkidman Weijden (Head Of promotion), Dr. James Williams (Director
International Credit Department), Mrs. Sandra Murphy (Executive), Mr.
Michael Cole (Executive), Mr. Stephen Boer (Chairman). Lucky *

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