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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:
  • "australian lottery" (can only win this lottery if you bought a ticket)
  • "international lottery programme" (no such lottery exists)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "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.
  • +447024099738 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • australianlottoi@mail.ru
  • christianhana47@mail.ru (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "won2007@terra.es" <won2007@terra.es>
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 14:16:19 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!! CONGRATULATIONS!! You Won.



AUSTRALIA LOTTO LOTTERY INC.
AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY GAME 2007
Australian Lottery Headquarters:
National Lottery Services,
Sydney Australia.

Date:15/06/2007

Ref:Batch:7050470902/126
Winning no: GB8102/LPRC

CONGRATULATIONS!! CONGRATULATIONS!! CONGRATULATIONS!!

DEAR SIR/MA ,

We are delighted to inform you of your prize which was released today the 16th of March 2007, from the Australian International Lottery programme,which is fully based on an electronic selection of winners using their e-mail addresses from some sites. Your email address was attached to ticket number; 4700172507056490108 and serial number 7741134002.

This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 5-13-33-37-42 and bonus number 17,which consequently won the lottery in the second category. You hereby have been approved a lump sum pay of US$2,000.000.00(Two Million Dollars Only)in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW 47509/09 from the total cash prize shared amongst eight lucky winners in this category.
All participants 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 promotion 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 communities where they have an operational base. Furthermore, 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$2,000.000.00 will be released to you from
this regional branch office in LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM. We hope that 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 FATHER CHRISTIAN HANA 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-participants or unofficial personnel.

Note, all winners are to make claim for their winning immeditely otherwise all unclaimed funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to charity organisations.

PLEASE CONTACT REV FATHER CHRISTIAN HANA on how you will receive your winning prize.

Name: REV FATHER CHRISTIAN HANA
Email: australianlottoi@mail.ru
Email: christianhana47@mail.ru
Tel: +44-7024099738
Tel: +44-7024099204

Congratulations once again on your winning!!!
Sincerely,

Ms Josephine Harrison
Zonal Coordinator
National Lottery Services,
Sydney Australia.

PLEASE DO NOT REPLY THIS EMAIL. CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT AS ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL RESULT TO LOST OF CLAIM.





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