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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.
  • moriscarter_australianlottery@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr Elvis Donald" <elvis_donald06@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 12:14:23 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!LOTTERY WINNER.

FROM:THE DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARDS
DEPARTMENT AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY COPORATION.

Date 16/11/2006

WINNING:KB8701/LPRC
REF:575061725
BATCH NUMBER:08564490902/188

Winning Numbers 1 2 26 30 40 21

AWARD NOTIFICATION:
Attn: Winner,
We are pleased to inform you of the lottery result winners of Australian
International Lottery Programmes held on the 14th of 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; 675061725 9356460902 serial number
67749137002. This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 2-9-23-35-46
bonus number
14,which consequently won the lottery in the second category.
You are 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 46704/03
from the
total cash prize shared amongst eight lucky winners in this category. YOU
ARE A WINNER!!!!

Due to mix up of some numbers and names, you are advised to keep your
winning information confidential until your claims has been processed and
your money remitted to your nominated bank. This is part of our security
protocol to avoid double claims and unwarranted abuse of this programme by
some participants.All participant were selected through a computer/mail
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 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
European representative office in Amsterdam,Holland, 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 NIGERIA. We hope with part of your prize, you
will participate in our end of year high stakes for US$2.3 Billion
international draw.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE: Simply contact our fiducial agent, Mr Moris Carter
at moriscarter_australianlottery@yahoo.com. To file for your claim . Please
quote your Date ofdraw,Reference Number, Batch Number and Winning Number,
which can be
found on the top-left corner of this message. Also, you should give in your
telephone number to help locate your file easily. For security reasons, we
advice all winners to keep this information confidential from the public
until yourclaim is processed and your prize has been released to you and
also to the public. 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
on or before 30th of November 2006; otherwise all funds will be
forfited.
Congratulations once again on your winning!

BEST REGARDS
ADAM ROSE (MRS)
(LOTTERY CO-ORDINATOR)

PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT AT
:moriscarter_australianlottery@yahoo.com

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

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