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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:

• 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: DAVID WILLIAM <david31william@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 14:48:23 +0100 (BST)
Subject: FILL THIS AUSTRALIAN WINNER'S APPLICATION FORM


Dear Winner.

Thanks for your response to my office.
I have read your mail well understood,I want you to kindly provide me with your winners information for futher verification and confirmation before my desk here, and also you are requested to fill in the balank spaces of this winners appilication form below for on-ward process of your winning prize.

As soon as i confirmed the winners information and your data in this form you will be notify concerning how to recieve your winnining prize from the paying bank in London.

As you are filling the form, provide also your winning information like:

WINNERS NO:
REF NO:
BATCH NO:
SERIAL NO:

DO THIS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE FOR THE ONWARD PROCESS OF YOUR WINNING PRIZE.

THANKS.

FUDICIAL AGENT.
MR DAVID WILLIAM.




AUSTRALIAN WINNER'S APPLICATION FORM

This form is valid for only those who have won the AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL LOTTERY. Fill in the required fields in the space provided below. No field should be left blank, because your particulars are needed for record purposes.

NOTE : IT IS REQUIRED YOU CLICK THE REPLY BUTTON BEFORE FILLING OUT THIS FORM, AS ALL INPUTED DATA MAY BE LOST UPON OUR RECEPTION. IN THE EVENT THAT YOUR BROWSER SETTING DOES NOT SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM e.g html program, YOU ARE TO SEND THE REQUIRED DATA IN PLAIN TEXT FORMAT.
Please fill in the appropriate information in the space below:
WINNER'S APPLICATION FORM FOR PAYMENT.

WINNER'S PERSONAL DATA

First Name.: * [input]

Middle Name.: [input]
Last Name.: [input] *

Gender.:

Month Of Birth.:
Day:
Year: [input]

Marital Status.:
Nationality.: [input] *
Religion.: [input]
Occupation.: [input]

Home Address 1.: [input] *
Office Address 2.: [input]
City.: [input] *
State/Province.: [input] *
Zip Code.: [input] *

Mobile phone No.: [input] *
House Phone No.: [input] *
Fax No.: [input]
Email Address.: [input] * eg. username@domainname.com

BANK INFORMATIONS FOR TRANSFER
BANK NAME: [input] *
BANK ADDRESS: [input] *
BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER: [input] *

This is to verify that the information filled in this FORM is a valid particulars of me. Yes: [input] No: [input]



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