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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 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")
  • "hundred thousand u.s dollars" (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!

Fraud email example:

From: "British Lottery" (may be fake)
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2006 06:54:08 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS


CASH-OUT LOTTO BV
The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRICE AWARD DEPARTMENT. Date:25/8/2006
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
Winning no: 11 13 26 34 44 48
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Dear Sir/Madam,
We are delighted to inform you of the result of the E-mail address
ballot lottery draw of the Australian cash-out lotto bv international
programme,which took place on the 25 of aug 2006.This is a computer
generated lottery of Internet users using email addresses for draws.
This lotto draw is fully based on an electronic selection of winners
using their e-mail addresses from different World Wide
Web(www)sites.Your
e-mail address attached to ticket number: 275-189-657-23-05 with Serial
number 8756-05 drew the lucky numbers and bonus ball number which
subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.You have therefore
been approved to claim a total sum of US$500,000.00 (FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND U.S DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref:ILP/HW 47509/02.
This is from the total cash prize of US$5,000,000 Million
Dollars,shared amongst the first Ten (10) lucky winners in this
category.All
participant were selected
randomly 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
programme which is conducted annually.This Lottery is being promoted
and sponsored by a conglomerate of 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 European
representative office in Amsterdam,Holland,as indicated in your play
coupon and your prize of US$500,000.00 will be released to you from the
regional branch office in UK.
We hope with part of your prize,you will participate in our end of year
high stakes for US$1.3 Billion international draw.Our agent will
immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your
funds as
soon as you contact him.
HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:
Simply contact your claims agent,MR FRANK ANDRSON at
email.... (agentfrank_customerservices)by filling this
form below and send it to him
to file for your claim .
LOTTERY WINNERS APPLICATION FORM OF PAYMENT.
VERIFICATION/WINNER'S CLAIM FORM
WINNER'S PERSONAL DATA
First Name.: *
Middle Name.:
Last Name.: *
Gender.: MaleFemale
Month Of Birth.:
MonthJanuaryFebuaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember
Day:
Day12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031 Year:
Marital Status.: SingleMarriedDivorced
Nationality.: *
Religion.:
Occupation.:
Address 1.: *
Address 2.:
City.: *
State/Province.: *
Zip Code.: *
Mobile phone No.: *
House Phone No.: *
Fax No.:
Email Address.: * eg. username@domainname.com <mailto:username@domainname.com>
WINNING INFORMATION
Batch Number.: *
Serial Number.: *
Refrence Number.: *
This is to verify that the information filled in this FORM is a valid
particulars of me. Yes: No:
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.
Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your
winning information confidential until your claims has been processed
and
your money Remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to
avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some
participants.
Note that,all winnings MUST be claimed by a STIPULATED TIME;otherwise
all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually be reabsorbed
into our next lucky dip sweepstakes.
Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!
Yours in service,
Mrs. Grace Ford
Executive Co-ordinator(australian Lottery Inc).
Dr. P. Swier, Mr. Gerald Goodman (Manager Foreign Operations), Mr.
Franklyn Van Der Weijden (Manager Domestic Banking Operations), Dr.
James
Williams (Director International Credit Department), Mrs. Sandra Murphy
(Executive), Mr. Michael Cole (Executive), Mr. Stephen Boer (Chairman).
PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS OFFICE,MAKE SURE YOU CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS
AGENT ABOVE.ALSO MAKE SURE YOU SEND DOWN YOUR PHONE AND FAX NUMBERS TO
YOUR CLAIMS AGENT FOR EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION.
ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL
RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.

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