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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)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "million dollars" (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)
  • ",500,000" (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)
• 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.
  • +447031946941 (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.
  • claimagentdeptuk1@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • aimagentdeptuk1@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "slbv001 Gazeta.pl" <slbv001@gazeta.pl>
Reply-To: claimagentdeptuk1@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 08:06:44 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATION!!!!!YOUR EMAIL IS AMONG THE WINNERS OF CASH-OUT LOTTO BV2008!!!!


*SOUTH AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY INTL.*
*..........WE FACILITATE YOUR FINANCIAL DREAMS...*
**
**
*OFFICE OF THE INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS *
*AND PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT*
**
*Level 12, 50Grenfell St ,*
*Adelaide, SA, 5000** *
*Date of issue: 28/05/2008*
*Dear Friend,*

* LETTER OF NOTIFICATION*
*We are delighted to inform you on the result of the E-mail address ballot
lottery draws of the South Australian 2nd category cash-out lotto BV2008
international program, which took place on the 26th of May, 2008,during
which your e-mail address emerged as one of our ten lucky winners . This is
a computer generated lottery of Internet users using email addresses for
draws.
*** *This lotto draw is fully based on an electronic selection of winners
using their e-mail addresses from different World Wide Web (www) sites. Your
e-mail address attached to ticket number: 275-189-657-23-05 with Serial
number 8756-05 drew the lucky numbers and bonus ball number the lucky
numbers [image: Ball number 11][image: Ball number 13][image: Ball number
26][image: Ball number 34][image: Ball number 44][image: Ball number 48] and
bonus ball number which** subsequently won you the lottery in the 1st
category. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of
US$250,000.00 (TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND U.S DOLLARS) in cash credit
file ref:ILP/HW 47509/02.* *This is from the total cash prize of
US$2,500,000 Million Dollars, shared among the first Ten (10) lucky winners
in this category. All participants were selected randomly through a computer
balloting system drawn from nine hundred thousand e-mail addresses from
Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and
Oceania as part of our international promotions program which is conducted
annually. This Lottery is being promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of
Multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the
citizens in the communities where they have operational base.* *We also hope
that you will avail yourself this golden opportunity in realizing the
objective of this program. **For more information,simply contact our
correspondent office through the E-mail:
southaustralianlotterydept@y7mail.com<http://au.mc461.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=southaustralianlotterydept@y7mail.com>
Or **contact your regional claims agent:* *Rev.paul shelton* *
TELL+447031946941* *EMAIL:*
*claimagentdeptuk1@yahoo.co.uk<http://au.mc461.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?toaimagentdeptuk1@yahoo.co.uk>
* ** *Fill and send the form below to your claims agent.
LOTTERY WINNERS APPLICATION FORM OF PAYMENT. * *FULL
NAME..................................................* *DATE OF
BIRTH...................................* *
ADDRESS...................................................* *
SEX.........................* *AGE..................................* *
NATIONALITY............................................* *
OCCUPATION............................................* *
TELEPHONE..........................................* *
EMAIL..................................................* *
DATE......................................................* *WINNER
REF/BATCH NO...........................APPROVED FOR PAYMENT.* *Please quote
your reference and winning number which are stated above and ensure that the
data is kept highly confidential for security reasonsuntil your claim is
processed and your prize money remitted/released to you. This is part of our
precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this
program by some unscrupulous elements, equally to guard against non
participant or unofficial personnel taking undue advantage of this program.*
*Note that, all winnings MUST be claimed by a STIPULATED TIME. otherwise all
funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually be reabsorbed into our
next lucky dip sweepstakes. * *Congratulations on your winnings!!!

Yours in service, * **
*Yours in service, *
*

Mrs..Dwell Hope.*
*Executive Co-ordinator (National Lottery Agency).*
*Dr. P. Swier, Mr. Gerald Goodman (Manager Foreign Operations), Mr. Franklyn
Van Der Weijden (Manager Domestic Banking Operations), Dr. James Williams
(Director International Credit Department), Mrs. Sandra Murphy (Executive),
Mr. Michael Cole (Executive), Mr. Stephen Boer (Chairman).*
*PLEASE ENSURE YOU CONTACT OUR CORRESPONDENT OFFICE OR YOUR CLAIMS AGENT
WITH HIS EMAIL ADDRESS AS WRITTEN ABOVE. *

ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL RESULT TO
DISQUALIFICATION.
* *
**
*Sponsored by [image: Yahoo! Mail] and *

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