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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:
  • "abuja" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • sandwight_australianlottery@yahoo.com.au (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Lisa Maxwell <lisamaxwell101@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 23:53:30 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!


AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY INC.
ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION
AWARD PRESENTATION CENTER : ABUJA FCT, NIGERIA

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release
on the 15th of May 2007 from the AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY
Programmed with the following information:

Ref: 575061725
Batch: 8056490902/188
Winning no: KB8701/LPRC.

This is fully based on an electronic selection of
winners using their email addresses yours was attached
to ticket number; 575061725 056490902 serial number
6741137002 this batch draws the lucky numbers as
follows: 4-13-33-37-42 bonus number 17, which
consequently won the lottery in the second category.
You hereby have been approved a prize of GBP400,
000.00(FOUR HUNDRED HOUSAND POUNDS) in cash credit
files Ref: ILP/HW 47509/02 from the total cash Prize
shared amongst eight lucky winners in this category.

All participants were selected through a computer
balloting system drawn from One hundred Thousand email
addresses from Canada , Australia , United States ,
Asia , Europe , Middle East and Africa as part of our
international promotions program which is conducted
annually. This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a
conglomerate of some multinational companies in UK
LONDON as part of their social responsibility to the
citizens in the communities where they have
operational base.

Further more your details (e-mail address) falls
within our European representative office Amsterdam,
Holland, as indicated in your play coupon and your
prize of GBP400, 000.00 will be released to you from
our Regional branch bureau in Abuja FCT, Nigeria. We
hope with part of your prize, you will participate in
our end of year high stakes for GBP1.3 Billion
international draw.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE: Simply contact our fiducially
Agent,

SANDRA DWIGHT
Email- sandwight_australianlottery@yahoo.com.au
Tel- +2347030836912

Please quote your Date of draw, 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 your claim is processed and your prize has been
released to you.

This is part of our security protocol to avoid
double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of
this programmed by non-participant or unofficial
personnel. Note, all winnings MUST be claimed by the
30th of June 2007; otherwise all Funds will be
returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to
charity.

Congratulations once again on your winning.

SINCERELY,
LISA MAXWELL

ALSO ENSURE YOU TYPE THE EMAIL ADDRESS CORRECTLY TO
ENSURE SAFE & QUICK MAIL DELIVERY/RESPONSE. ANY BREACH
OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF WINNERS WILL RESULT
TO DISQUALIFICATION.
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