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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:
  • "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!
• 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.
  • agent_eriks@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "australia lottery" <australia_206@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 13:17:38 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS HAVE WON !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The National Lottery CLOTTO BV
CASH-OUT PLAZA, SUITASH-OUT E 1102A
AMSTERDAM ZUID-OOST AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRICE AWARD DEPARTMENT.


Date: 16 / 10 / 2006
Ref : ILP/HW 47509/02
Batch: 05/763638/IPD
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 16th OF OCTOBER 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 W 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 Ball number 11Ball number 13Ball number
26Ball number 34Ball number 44Ball number 48 and bonus ball numberBonus
Ball number 2 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
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.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, email....(agent_eriks@yahoo.com) by
filling this form below and send it to him to file for your claim .

LOTTERY WINNERS APPLICATION FORM OF PAYMENT.


FULLNAME......................................



DATE OF BIRTH...............................



ADDRESS........................................



SEX................................................



AGE................................................



NATIONALITY..................................



OCCUPATION..................................


TELEPHONE....................................


EMAIL.............................................



DATE..............................................



SIGNATURE....................................



WINNER REF/BATCH NO...
Ref: ILP/HW 47509/02
Batch:05/763638/IPD.APPROVED FOR PAYMENT.


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(VERY SECRET)
from the public until your claim is processed and your prize money
remitted/released to you.This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid
double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this programme by some unscrupulous
elements,equally to guard against non participant or unofficial personnel
taking undue advantage of this programme.


Note that,all winnings MUST be claimed by a STIPULATED TIME(ON OR BEFORE
31th OF NOVEMBER )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 Karimu
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.

The National Lottery

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