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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.

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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "international lottery programme" (no such lottery exists)
• 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.
  • +2347031009627
• 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.
  • revfrjohpalenbergs101@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "lotterywinnersalert203@auslotto.org" <lotterywinnersalert203@mailbox.hu>
Reply-To: revfrjohpalenbergs101@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 03:46:39 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATION!!! YOUR EMAIL WON


Ref : GB8701/LPRC
Batch : 7056490902/188
Winning no: 475061725


CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Dear Lucky Winner,

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the month of
June,2008 from the Australian International Lottery Programme Which is fully
based on an Electronic ONLINE selection of winners using their e-mail
addresses your email address 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 of US$500,000.00
(FIVEHUNDERED THOUSAND DOLLARS) in cash credit 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 balloting system drawn form 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 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 our African
Representative office in Nigeria, West Africa,as indicated in your play
coupon and your prize of US$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 our Next high stakes for US$1.3 Billion international draw.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:

Simply contact our fiducial agent in Nigeria,

Contact Person:Rev.Fr.John Palenbergs

Contact Email: Revfrjohpalenbergs101@gmail.com

Contact Phone: +234-703-1009-627

TO FILE FOR CLAIM:

Please fill the below form and send to your agent

YOUR FULL NAMES..........:

YOUR FULL ADDRESS........:

YOUR NATIONALITY.........:

AGE.......................;

OCCUPATION................:

PHONE/FAX...............:

EMAIL ADDRESS.............:

REF NUMBER................:

BATCH NUMBER..............:

WINNING NO................:

For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information
Confidential from the public until your claim is processed 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 End of June 2008.otherwise all
funds will be returned as unclaimed.

DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL,KINDLY CONTACT YOUR AGENT ON
Revfrjohpalenbergs101@gmail.com OR CALL HIM ON +234-703-1009-627

Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!

Best Regards,

Mrs Carol Smith
(co-coordinator)

Anti-fraud resources:

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