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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)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• 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!
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • +447024070054 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +447
• 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.
  • jackson_agt@yahoo.co.uk
  • customercaresservice@yahoo.com.au (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "LOTTERY ZONAL CO-ORDINATOR" <australia_resultrelease04@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 02:00:30 +0100
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION (CONGRATULATIONS!!!) YOU HAVE WON.

                                                              

CASH-OUT LOTTO BV
CASH-OUT PLAZA, SUITE 1102A
AMSTERDAM ZUID-OOST
AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS

INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRICE AWARD DEPARTMENT.

Date: 19/11/2006  
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 the 1st of  November 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 Wide 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  and bonus ball number which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of  US$2,500,000.00 (TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND U.S DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref:ILP/HW 47509/02.

This is from the total cash prize of US$50,000,000 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 YAHOO AND MSN/HOTMAIL in conglomerate of Multinational companies of SHELL as part of their social responsibility for benefit to the citizens in the internet where they have  operational bases.

Further more your details(e-mail address) falls within our American representative office in New York,USA,as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of US$2,500,000.00 will be released to you from the regional branch office in UNITED STATE OF AMERICA. 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,BARRISTER JACKSON, email....(jackson_agt@yahoo.co.uk) by filling this form below and send it to him
to file for your claim .

Barrister Jackson,

email....(jackson_agt@yahoo.co.uk)

Tel: +447_02407_0054

 

LOTTERY WINNERS APPLICATION FORM OF PAYMENT.

 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

WINNER REF/BATCH NO...........................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 30th 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,

 

    

Barrister Jackson

tel: +447024070054

your claims agent.

 

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.

 

NOTE, FILL IN THE FORM ABOVE AND SEND IT TO YOUR CLIAMS AGENT AT

(jackson_agt@yahoo.co.uk).

for more informations please contact the lottery fiducial co-rodinators at email

Email: customercaresservice@yahoo.com.au

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