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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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")
  • "million 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)
• 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.
  • +2348063290190 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • salbv_corresp_agency@yahoo.com.au
  • rev_masa.mtrn@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "SOUTH AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY BV2006 PROMO" <lbv2006_pro4@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 01:30:35 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATION!!!!!YOUR EMAIL IS AMONG THE WINNERS OF CASH-OUT LOTTO BV2007!!!!

SOUTH AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY INTL.

                 ...WE FACILITATE YOUR FINANCIAL DREAMS...

 

 

 

OFFICE OF  THE INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS

AND PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT

 

Level 12, 50Grenfell St ,

Adelaide, SA, 5000

Date of issue: 26/04/2007

Dear sir/madam,

                         LETTER OF NOTIFICATION

We are delighted to inform you on  the result of the E-mail address ballot lottery draws of theSouth Australian 2^nd  category cash-out lotto BV2007 international programme, which took place on the   22^nd of february, 2007,during which your e-mail address emmergedas one of our ten lucky winners . 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 1^st category. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of  US$250,000.00 (TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND U.S DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref:ILP/HW 47509/02.

This is from the total cash prize of US$2,500,000 Million Dollars, shared among the first Ten (10) lucky winners in this category. All participants 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 a conglomerate of Multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have operational base.

We also hope that you will avail yourself this golden opportunity in realising the  objective of this programme.

For more information,simply contact our correspondent office through the e-mail: salbv_corresp_agency@yahoo.com.au OR contact your regional claims agent:

 REV. FR. MASA MUTARN

TELL: +2348063290190.

EMAIL: rev_masa.mtrn@yahoo.co.uk

Fill and send the form below to your claims agent.

LOTTERY WINNERS APPLICATION FORM OF PAYMENT.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

WINNER REF/BATCH NO...........................APPROVED FOR PAYMENT.

Please quote your reference and winning number which are stated above and ensure that the data is kept highly confidential for security reasonsuntil 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. otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually be reabsorbed into our next lucky dip sweepstakes.

Congratulations on your winnings!!! 
 
Yours in service,

 
 
Mrs.Dwell Hope.

Executive Co-ordinator (National Lottery Agency).

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 ENSURE YOU CONTACT OUR CORRESPONDENT OFFICE OR YOUR  CLAIMS AGENT WITH HIS EMAIL ADDRESS AS WRITTEN ABOVE.

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

                

       

 

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