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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)
• 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.
  • +447024055391 (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.
  • agent_rorozickziky@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "South Australian Lottery program" <south_ausl003@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: agent_rorozickziky@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2006 20:41:21 +0100
Subject: NOTIFICATION OF WINING: YOU HAVE WON.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA LOTTERIES
23 RUNDLE MALL, ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA.
(SOUTH AUSTRALIA LOTTERIES IS AN AFFILIATE OF LONDON
SUBSCRIBER AGENTS). HEADQUARTERS AT. 10 BEDFORD STREET
WC2E 9HE, LONDON UK. FROM: MISS MARGARET BANKS
(LOTTERY COORDINATOR)

DEAR SIR/MADAM,

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
WE ARE PLEASED TO INFORM YOU OF THE RESULT OF THE SOUTH AUSTRALIA
LOTTERIES WINNERS INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS HELD ON THE 3rd, OCTOBER 2006.
YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS ATTACHED TO TICKET #: 00903228100 WITH PRIZE # 778009/UK
DREW $250,000.00-DOLLARS WHICH WAS FIRST IN THE 2ND CLASS OF THE DRAWS. YOU
ARE TO RECEIVE $250,000.00 (TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS). BECAUSE
OF MIX UP IN CASH PAYOUTS, WE ASK THAT YOU KEEP YOUR WINNING INFORMATION
CONFIDENTIAL UNTIL YOUR MONEY ($250,000.00-DOLLARS) HAS BEEN FULLY REMITTED
TO YOU BY OUR ACCREDITED PAY-POINT BANK. THIS MEASURE MUST BE ADHERING TO
AVOID LOSS OF YOUR CASH PRIZE. WINNERS OF OUR CASH PRIZES ARE ADVISED TO
ADHERE TO THESE INSTRUCTIONS TO FORESTALL THE ABUSE OF THIS PROGRAM BY OTHER
PARTICIPANTS.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THESE DRAWS WERE CONDUCTED FORMALLY, AND WINNERS
ARE SELECTED THROUGH AN INTERNET BALLOT SYSTEM FROM 60,000 INDIVIDUAL AND
COMPANIES E-MAIL ADDRESSES - THE DRAWS ARE CONDUCTED AROUND THE WORLD
THROUGH OUR INTERNET BASED BALLOT SYSTEM. THE PROMOTION IS SPONSORED AND
PROMOTED BY SOUTH AUSTRALIA LOTTERIES. WE CONGRATULATE YOU ONCE AGAIN. WE
HOPE YOU WILL USE PART OF IT IN OUR NEXT DRAWS; THE JACKPOT WINNING IS
$85MILLION. REMEMBER, ALL WINNING MUST BE CLAIMED NOT LATER THAN 20 DAYS.

AFTER THIS DATE ALL UNCLAIMED CASH PRIZE WILL BE FORFEITED AND INCLUDED IN
THE NEXT SWEEPSTAKE. PLEASE, IN ORDER TO AVOID UNNECESSARY DELAYS AND
COMPLICATIONS REMEMBER TO QUOTE PERSONAL AND WINNING NUMBERS IN ALL
CORRESPONDENCE WITH US. CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN FROM ALL MEMBERS OF SOUTH
AUSTRALIA LOTTERIES. THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF OUR PROMOTIONAL PROGRAM.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF YOUR CASH PRIZE KINDLY FILL THE FORM BELLOW AND
SEND IT TO OUR LONDON AGENT, E-MAIL: AGENT_ROROZICKZIKY@YAHOO.COM.HK FOR
DIRECT CONVERSATION, PHONE: +4470-2405-5391.

(WINING APPLICATION FORM FOR PAYMENT) SECTION: A PERSONAL DATA

SURNAME NAME:..........................FIRST NAME:....................MIDDLE

NAME:....................

FULL HOUSS ADDRESS:...........................................

CITY/STATE:...................................................

COUNTRY:......................................................

ZIP CODE:......................................................

DATE OF BIRTH:DAY:...........MOUNTH:.........YEAR:..............

SEX GENDER:......................MARITAL STATUS:................

OCCUPATION:........................................

MOBILE PHONE NUMBER:........................................

HOUSE PHONE NUMBER:.........................................

NEXT OF KIN:...............................................

SECTION: B WINNING INFORMATION

LOTTERY AMOUNT WON IN FIGURE:....................................

LOTTERY AMOUNT WON IN WORDS:.........................................

TICKET:.................... WITH PRIZE #:....................


WINNING E-MAIL ADDRESS:..................................LOTTERY WINNING

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

AS SOON AS YOU FILL THIS FORM , WE WILL INFORM YOUR WINNING CERTIFICATE
WHICH WILL BE SEND TO YOU AS A RIGHT WINNER.

CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN.
YOURS IN SERVICE,
MISS. MARGARET BANKS.

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