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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fiduciary 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.
  • barr_mark_g@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: LOTTO AUSTRALIA <winlottoaustralia@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2006 11:59:33 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Winning Notification


AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY INC, GILI HOUSE,
74 Walters Drive, Osborne Park Western Australia, 6017
Customer Enquiries: (08) 9340 5201
Staff Reception: (08) 9340 5102
Facsimile: (08) 9242 2578
Date: 4/06/2006, Ref:05/8755412/2006,
Batch no; 987644329/654
WINNING NO: WFD 6540089 GILI
WINNING EMAIL ADDRESS
WINNING NOTIFICATION

It is our great pleasure to inform you of your Prize release of this months lottery result from the AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY INCORPORATION.These Lotteries are fully based on an electronic selection Of winners using their e-mail addresses. Your e-mail Address was attached to ticket number; 109865442 ,Serial number 8751128673. This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 22-41-63-77-82 bonus number 34,which consequently won The lottery in the second category. You hereby Have been approved a lump sum pay of ‚£100,000 (One Hundred Thousand pounds sterlings) in cash credit file ref: GILI/MM 8755412/05 from the total cash prize of ‚£1,000,000 shared amongst ten lucky winners in This category. All e-mail addresses 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 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 falls within Our African Regional office in Nigeria, as indicated In your play coupon and your prize of‚£100,000 Will be released to you from our London correspondent Where we have our corporate head quarters. HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE: Simply contact our fiduciary agent,Mark Ganzel(ESQ)
Via the Email barr_mark_g@yahoo.com. Please quote your reference, batch and winning number Which can be found on the top left corner of this Notification as well as your full name, address 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 program by non-participant or unofficial Personnel. DO CONTACT YOUR PAYING AGENT Mark Ganzel(ESQ) ON THE EMAIL;barr_mark_g@yahoo.com ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS MAY RESULT
TO DISQUALIFICATION. Note, all winnings MUST be claimed on or before the 20th of July 2006; otherwise funds will be Returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to charity. Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!

Best Regards Prof. Mike Stevens
Co-ordinator D/L (08)4061-9887


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