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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "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.
  • australialotteryheadagentoffice@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Rev Wisdom William" <australialotteryheadagentoffice@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2006 23:30:14 +0100
Subject: AUSTRALIA LOTTERY BONANZA

AUSTRALIA LOTTERY INC.
Date 01/08/2006
Ref: 475061725
Batch: 7056490902/188
Winning No: GB8701/LPRC
CONGRATULATIONS
Australian Lottery Bonanza
www.australianlottery.biz.ly


Dear Sir/Madam
The Lucky Winner

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 1st, Aug 2006 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 toticketnumber; 47061725 07056490902 serial number 7741137002 This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 5-13-33-37-42bonus 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/HW 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 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 promo!
ted and sponsored by a conglomorate of some multinational companies as part of their sociaresponsibility to the citizens in the commmunities where they have operational base.

Further more your details(e-mail address) falls withinour European representative officein Amsterdam,Holland, asindicated 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, Rev Wisdom William at australialotteryheadagentoffice@yahoo.com to file for your claim.
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 doubleclaiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this programme by non-participant or unofficial personnel.

Note,
All winnings MUST be claimed by the 10th of Aug ,2006; otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to charity Congratulations once again on your wining.
PLEASE REPLY THIS EMAIL CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT AT
NAME:,Rev Wisdom William at australialotteryheadagentoffice@yahoo.com
Best
Regards
Mr Bright Paul(For co-ordinator)


BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.
PRIVATE "TYPE=PICT;ALT=TRUSTe:click to Verify"
THANKS:
MANAGEMENT, AUSTRALIA LOTTO LOTTERY INC.
Past winners round the world with full of excitment

LOTTERY SPONSORS: CHIEF SPONSORS;
MICROSOFT CORPORATION UK, MICROSOFTCORPORATION AFRICA, MICROSOFT CORPORATION USA, MICROSOFTCORPORATION ASIA
www.australianlottery.biz.ly

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