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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 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.
  • frbasilgeorge@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROGRAMME <view_results_for_more_details@yahoo.com.au>
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 18:40:46 +1000 (EST)
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION.


Date: 23/10/2006.
Ref: 475061725.
Batch: 7056490902/188
Winning no: GB8701/LPRC

CONGRATULATIONS!!

Dear Sir/Madam,

We are delighted to inform you of your prize
release on the 23rd of October 2006, from the Australian International Lottery programme.

Which is fully based on an electronic selection
of winners using their e-mail addresses form
some site.

Your email address was attached to,
ticket number; 47061725 07056490902,
serial number; 7741137002.

This batch draws the lucky numbers
as follows 5-13-33-37-42bonusnumber 17,which
consequently won the lottery in the second category.

You here by have been approved a lump sum payof
US$200,000.00,
(TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS)
in cash credit fileref: ILP/HW 47509/02,
from the total cash prize shared amongst
eightlucky 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 promoted and sponsored by a
conglomorate of some multinational companies
as part of their social responsibility to the citizens
in the commmunities where they have operational base.

Further more your details(e-mail address) falls within our Europeanrepresentative office in
Amsterdam,Holland,
as indicated in your playcoupon and your prize of
US$200,000.00 will be released to you fromthis
regional branch office in NIGERIA.

We hope with part of yourprize, you will participate
in our end of year high stakes for US$1.3 Billion
international draw.

HOWTO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE: Simply contactour
fiducial agent,
REV, BASIL GEORGE. at frbasilgeorge@yahoo.comto
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 tohelp locate
your file easily.

For security reasons, we advice allwinners to
keep this information confidential from the public
untilyour claim is processed and your prize
released to you.

This ispart of our security protocol to avoid
double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage
of this programme by non-participant
OR
unofficial personnel.

Congratulations once again on younr winnings!!!
BestRegards Carol Sweet(co-ordiator).

PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS E-MAIL.
CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT AT,
frbasilgeorge@yahoo.com ,

Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!
BestRegards Carol Sweet(co-ordinator)
PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THISEMAIL.
CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT AT:
frbasilgeorge@yahoo.com.

ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE
PART OF THE WINNERS WILL RESULT TO
DISQUALIFICATION.




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