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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 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:
  • "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.
  • rev_fr_r_donald@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "AUSTRALIA LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME" <aus_lttin09@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2006 04:14:55 +1100
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS(Winning no: GB8701/LPRC)

Date 08/11/2006
Ref: 475061725
Batch: 7056490902/188
Winning no: GB8701/LPRC


CONGRATULATIONS

Dear Winner

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 08th November.
2006 from the Australian International Lottery programme.

Which is fully based on an electronic selection of winners using their
e-mail addresses.Your name was attached to ticket number; 47061725
7056490902,serial number 7741137002 This batch draws the lucky numbers as
follows 5-13-33-37-42bonus number 17,which consequently won the lottery in
the second 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.

You here by have been approved a lump sum pay of US$400,000.00 (FOUR HUNDRED
THOUSAND DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW 47509/02 from the total
cash prize shared among eight lucky winners in this category.

Australian Lottery winners tourism visit coming up by December in which we
will provide all winners with free visa to Europe, free hotel
accommodations, free air ticket and lost of gift on their arrival.once you
receive your prize do let us know so as to enable our International Attorney
proceed to obtain the necessary documents for your visa to Europe as more
information's will soon be given to you.and do contact your agent Rev. Fr.
Robert Donald where you have
questions.

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 European AND
African representative office ,as indicated in your play coupon and your
prize of US$400,000.00 will be released to you from this regional branch
office in AFRICA OR EUROPE. We hope with part of your prize, you will
participate in our end of year high stakes for US$1.3 Billion international
draw.
HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE: Simply contact our fiducial
agent,

REV.FR. ROBERTO DONALD.
at:rev_fr_r_donald@yahoo.co.uk to 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 to help locate your file easily.

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

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

Note, all winnings MUST be claimed by the 20th of Novermber 2006;
otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to
charity.
Congratulations once again on your wining.

PLEASE REPLY TO THIS EMAIL.CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT
AT:rev_fr_r_donald@yahoo.co.uk
ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE
WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.

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