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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:
  • "international lottery programme"
• 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.
  • +2348035761013 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • info_australian_lottery_results@yahoo.com
  • ubright_australian_lottery_prize@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "Mohammed Benson" <mohbensoon@msn.com>
Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2006 04:09:34 +0000
Subject: AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY LUCKY WINNERS NOTIFICATION

OFFICE OF AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY
AUSTRALIAN GLOBAL SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY
<http://www.australialotto.com/>
e-mail : info_australian_lottery_results@yahoo.com
e-mail : ubright_australian_lottery_prize@yahoo.co.uk



Date:3 /I2/2006

REF: ASL/26510460037/03

BATCH: 01/019/05

SERIAL N0: 4708-325

RESULTS NOTIFICATION


We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 3rd January,
2006 from the Australian Global Swept-Taker-Pools/International Lottery
programme. Which is fully based on an electronic election of winners using
their e-mail addresses. Your name was attached Ticket Number: 644 79543465
,B44 8056490902 Serial Number 4708-325 This batch draws the lucky numbers as
follows 4-13-33-37-42-46 bonus number 17,which consequently won the lottery
in the second category.

You here by have been approved a lump sum pay of $850,000 (EIGHT HUNDREN
AND FIFTY THOUSAND USD) in cash credit file Ref: ILP/HW 7509/02 from the
total cash prize shared amongst eight lucky winners in this category. All
participant were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from
Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Saudi Arabia, Kenya, United
States, Asia, Europe, Palestine, Africa and Oceania as part of our
international promotions program which is conducted annually.

This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by King Fhad of Saudi Arabia as part
of his social responsibility to eradicate global poverty, though he is late
and conglomorate of some multinational companies as part of their social
responsibility to the citizens in the commmunities where they have their
operational base. . Further more your details (e-mail address) falls within
our European representative office in Amsterdam,Holland, as indicated in
your play coupon and your prize of $850,000 will be released to you from our
regional branch office in NIGERIA.


HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE

Be notified that you are meant to contact Mr. Uche Bright,the African
Regional Representative in Nigeria. He is only person in a better position
to give you further information as regard THE FUND RELEASE ORDER on your
winning prize where your draw falls.Have him contacted through the Email
address below. Be informed that you have to furnish the following
information to our Africa Regional Representative Office


Mr. Uche Bright
Tel: 234-8035761013
Email :ubright_australian_lottery_prize@yahoo.co.uk

1.DATE OF DRAW
2.REF NO:
3.BATCH NO:
4.SERIAL NO:
5.FULL NAME:
6.YOUR CONTACT ADDRESS:
7MARITAL STATUS:
8AGE:
9.TEL/FAX NO:
10.AMOUNT WON:
11.SCANNED COPY OF YOUR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT OR DRIVING LICENCE
12:OCCUPATION AND POSITION.

We need this information for proper recording,verification and payment of
your winning prize. It is also part of our security protocol to avoid double
claiming of this winning prizes and to check individuals who are not lucky
winners, non-participant or unofficial personnel taking undue advantage of
this programme.All winning prizes should be claimed ( ON or BEFORE ) 15th
January,2006.Any prize which is unclaimed in the stated dates shall be
cancelled and returned to our head office.

Congratulations!!!!,

Dr Benson Mohammed.
(Zonal Co-ordinator)

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