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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.
• 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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447024023148 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • rev_fr_d_r_2006@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • rev_r_donald@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Rev. Fr. Robert Donald" <rev_fr_d_r_2006@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 11:13:31 +0100 (BST)
Subject: CLEARIFICATION OF DOUBT


AUSTRALINA INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY INC FUDICIAL AGENT
NAME: REV FR. ROBERT DONALD.
ADDRESS: 28 CHINBROOK ROAD GROOVEPARK
LONDON SE12 9TH, UNITED KINGDOM.
TEL: +447024023148
EMAIL: rev_fr_d_r_2006@yahoo.co.uk
: rev_r_donald@yahoo.com.

Dear Winner,

Normally, it is unbelievable that you will wake up one
early morning all you see in your email box is you
have won the sum of $ 400,000 U.S dollars. without
entering any draw. But the fact is this is REAL.
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But as your agent for this period, your money will be
transferred to you.
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I Rev Fr. Robert Donald have been sent to direct you
and clear your mind of every doubt, that, this news is
real. You have really won the sum of $400,000 U.S
Dollars from the Australian lottery game.
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HOW IT WAS DON: - This Australian lottery game draw,
The online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an
exclusive list of 35,000,000 e-mail addresses of
individuals and corporate institutions, picked by an
advanced automated random computer search from the
internet. No tickets were sold, from different parts
of the world. And your lucky for that, your email
address was selected.
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For the past Ten years, this Australian lottery game
has been giving out $1.6 Million U.S Dollars yearly
for eight lucky winners, $400,000 U.S Dollars each.
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AIM: - We are here to promote our services through you
as a winner. And also to promote internationally, the
sponsors of this lottery programme.
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HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE: - Claiming of this prize
(Money) is shared into regions. This second region
headquarter is in Nigeria Africa. That is where your
region falls. And your money will be transferred to
you from this regional headquarter.=20
The Nigeria bank is selected to clear every doubt that
the world did not recognize the third world countries,
and after due clarifications from the World Bank of
Swiss the bank was chosen.

Claiming of this prize (Money) is in stages.
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STAGE ONE: - Is the Agent levels; you will fill the
forms that will be given to you by your agent
accordingly.
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First Form: - Is your personal data. Fill it and
return it to your agent. For preparation of your file.
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Second Note: - Your agent will give you the address to
the paying bank. You have to contact for the transfer.
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STAGE TWO: - Bank will give you a personal notice
note, letter of confirmation, in reply, you have to
scan your international passport face or Driving
License, or any valued I.D card, for procession of
your AFFIDAVIT. Which is the only legal document
needed for you, for easy and self transfer of this
money from one country to another.
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A PAYMENT APPROVAL will be given to you, which is the
final stage. Asking you on how you want your money to
reach to you.
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You can claim your money in three days if only you are
working according to the directives given to you in
every stage.

Note: We have been advised to send the money (U.S$
400,000 Dollars) to you intact without removing any,
for any reason for security reasons.

As your agent I shall also send you the Australian
government approval Note on this prize with your
deposited certificate and winners certificate of your
fund.
Together with a copy of my person identifications.
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I here by advice that you adhere to all the bank
directives.
God bless you,

YOUR AGENT,
REV FR ROBERT DONALD.


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