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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:
  • "international lottery programme"
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• 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.
  • thompsonpedro_austrialialottery@yahoo.co.uk
  • thompsonpedro_australialottery@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Mark williams <mwilliams_australialottery@yahoo.com.au>
Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2006 08:29:10 +1100 (EST)
Subject: CONGRATULATION!!! YOU ARE A WINNER IN OUR E-MAIL LOTTERY FOR THE YEAR ENDED 2005..


Ref: 675161724
Batch: 9055490902/188
Winning no: QB8701/LNR
CONGRATULATIONS !
Dear Lucky winner,
We are delighted to inform you of your prize release
on the 30th of December 2005 from the Australian
International Lottery programme. Which is fully based
on an electronic selection of winners using their
e-mail addresses.Your name was attached to ticket
number; 675161724 9055490902 serial number 6741137002.
This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows
4-13-33-37-42 bonus number 17,which consequently won
the lottery in the second category. You here by have
been approved a lump sum pay of US$200,000.00 (TWO
HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref:
ILP/MW 47509/02 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 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
conglomorate of some multinational companies as part
of their social responsibility to the citizens in the
commmunities where they have operational base. Further
more your details(e-mail address) falls within our
European representative office in Amsterdam,Holland
and London as indicated in your play coupon and your
prize of US$200,000.00 will be released to you from
this regional branch office in NIGERIA. We hope with
part of your prize, you will participate in our end of
year high stakes for US$1.3
Billion international draw.
HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:
Simply contact our fiducial agent, MR.PEDRO THOMPSON
at:thompsonpedro_austrialialottery@yahoo.co.uk to file
for your
claim . Please quote your Date of draw,reference,
batch and winning numbers which can be found on the
top left corner of this and telephone number to help
locate your file easily. 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 programme by
non-participant or unofficial personnel.
Note, all winnings MUST be claimed by the 20th of
January 2006; otherwise all funds will be returned
as Unclaimed and eventually donated to charity
Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!
Best Regards,
Mr.Mark Williams
(For co-ordinator)
PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS
AGENT AT :
[thompsonpedro_australialottery@yahoo.co.uk] ANY
BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF WINNERS WILL
RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION

**********Disclaimer************
This email and any files transmitted with it are
confidential and intended solely for the use of the
individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If
you have received this email in error please notify
Australia Lottery lnternational.This message contains
confidential information and is intended only for the
individual name.










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